Makoto Kobayashi (artist)
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his unusual drawing style. One of his best known manga is What's Michael?, a manga about a curious orange cat and his many adventures that is often compared with Garfield. His earliest work is Grapple Three Brothers, which won the Shōnen magazine New manga artist award. He has twice won the Kodansha Manga Award, for in 1981 and What's Michael? in 1986.
Works
Manga
- Grapple Three Brothers
- Sanshirō of 1, 2
- Judo-bu Monogatari
- JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari
- I am Makkoi
- Club 9
- Gaburin
- Chichonmanchi
- What's Michael?
- Go Iwashimizu
- Gekiha Hasegawa Shin
- White Spotted Butterfly
- Yuki-Onna
- ''Fighting Detectives''
Anime
- Judo Bu Monogatari OAV
- What's Michael? OAV
- What's Michael? 2 OAV
- What's Michael? TV