The Japanese publisher Akita Shoten gives the sad news of the death of Isami Ishii, who died at the age of 80 on 17 September due to cardiac arrest. The mangaka’s family and friends have already held the funeral privately.
The professional debut of Ishii it happened in 1957, and throughout his career he has created works of the caliber of Norainu no Oka (The Stray Dog’s Hill) in 1968 and Kutabare !! Namida-kun (Drop Dead !! Namida-kun) in 1969.
From 1975 to 1985 he worked on 750 Riderperhaps his best known work, which tells of the adolescence of the motorcycle enthusiast Mitsu Hayakawa and his companions, a work published in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from Akita Shoten.
Source: Akita Shoten Street Anime News Network
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