Masashi Kishimoto (岸本斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto.
Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO-ナルト-), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.
The illustrations are beautiful and bright! The only issues I had was how short the commentary was from Masashi Kishimoto, I was expecting more commentary from the writer like with the first art book.
100 pages of awesome artwork, with notes from Kishimoto. The sticker sheet and pull-out poster are nice touches, too. Great buy! Would make the perfect gift for any NARUTO fan.
100 halaman artwork yang mengagumkan, plus catatan dari Kishimoto sensei. Sebenarnya ini berisikan halaman berwarna pada manga edisi reguler Naruto. Namun disajikan dengan kertas glossy dan dijilid dalam satu bundelan sungguh menjadi kenyamanan tersendiri dalam menikmatinya LOL. Betul2 illustration book yang menggoda!!! Lembaran stiker dan poster tariknya juga merupakan sentuhan yang bagus dalam edisi ini. Pembelian yang bernas! Sungguh akan menjadi koleksi yang sempurna untuk setiap penggemar NARUTO.