The facts
Roles
Manga artist
Country
Japan
Active since
1988
Publishers
Shueisha (Weekly Shōnen Jump); Viz Media in English
Awards
Tezuka Award (1988); Shogakukan Manga Award (1995); Kodansha Manga Award (2000)
About Takehiko Inoue
Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist best known for the basketball series Slam Dunk (1990–1996) and the jidaigeki manga Vagabond. Viz Media sells Slam Dunk, Vagabond and Real in North America.
He worked as an assistant to Tsukasa Hojo on City Hunter and debuted in 1988 with Purple Kaede in Weekly Shōnen Jump, which won the Tezuka Award. Slam Dunk sold more than 170 million copies and won the 1995 Shogakukan Manga Award. Vagabond won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2000 and the Tezuka Osamu Culture Award Grand Prize in 2002.
In 2022 he made his directing debut with the anime film The First Slam Dunk, which later earned him Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival.
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