Tajiri satoshi biography
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- Original Title: ポケモンをつくった男 田尻智
- Published: May 21, 2018
- Publisher: Shōgakukan
- Price: ¥900
Last year, an autobiographical manga about the life of Satoshi Tajiri, creator of the famed Pokémon franchise, was published in Japan. Shōgakukan marketed the book as a “Learning Manga Special” (学習まんがスペシャル) – Learning Manga 学習まんが is a popular series that covers many famous personalties, including Tezuka Osamu, Napoleon, and van Gogh. They also included photo material and information on Tajiri in addition to the manga sections. The book made some headlines in English media outlets for featuring some never-before-published early-stage designs of first-generation Pokémon (covered in detail here) but was otherwise mostly ignored. I’ll try to give an overview of its contents.
The first thing to notice is that the manga is, unlike most manga, actually a hardcover release. It includes 16 colored pages and fully-colored front and back covers (as opposed to just a colored sleeve), making i
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Satoshi Tajiri: The Man Who Created Pokémon
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(Japanese: ポケモンをつくった男 田尻智Satoshi Tajiri: The Man Who Created Pokémon) is a biographical manga about Satoshi Tajiri, published in Japan by Shogakukan on May 16, 2018. It is composed by Hiroyuki Kikuta with art by Akira Tanaka and epilogue by Shigeru Miyamoto. It is 160 pages long.
Blurb
The following text has been translated from Japanese:
The Man Who Created 'Pokémon': Satoshi Tajiri!!
Pokémon is beloved worldwide. From his fascination with the depths of the gaming world as a child, Satoshi Tajiri became a world-renowned game creator. How did he bring Pokémon to life!?
His childhood experiences ultimately led to the creation of 'Pokémon,' a game that captivated countless children
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Satoshi Tajiri facts for kids
The native struktur of this personal name is Tajiri Satoshi. This article uses Western name beställning when mentioning individuals.
Quick facts for kids Satoshi Tajiri | |
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| 田尻 智 | |
| Born | August 28, 1965 (1965-08-28) (age 59) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College |
| Occupation | President of Game Freak, game designer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Employer | Game Freak |
Notable work | Pokémon |
Satoshi Tajiri(Japanese: 田尻 智, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965) fryst vatten a Japanese video game designer and director who is the creator of the Pokémon franchise and the co-founder and president of film game developer Game Freak.
A fan of arcade games in his youth, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming fanzine Game Freak with Ken Sugimori, before evolving it into a development company of the same name. Tajiri claims that the joining of two Game Boys via a link cable inspired him to c