Makoto Isshiki

Makoto Isshiki (一色まこと) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his series Piano no Mori, which has been adapted as an anime movie and received the Grand Prize for manga at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival. He won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Hanada Shonen-shi, which has also been adapted as both an anime television series and a live-action movie.

Selected works

 * Denaoshitoide! - Big Comic Spirits, 1988–95, 6 volumes
 * Hanada Shounen-Shi ("The Chronicles of Young Hanada") - Mr. Magazine, 1993–95, 4 + 1 volumes
 * Hassuru - Big Comic Spirits, 1996–97, 6 volumes
 * Gyojin-Sou kara Ai wo Komete ("With Love from Gyojin Inn") - Shounen Jump Deluxe, 1998, 1 volume
 * Piano no Mori ("Piano Forest") - Young Magazine Uppers, Weekly Morning, 1998–ongoing, 16 volumes