Manga Creator Go Nagai, Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Inducted Into Order of the Rising Sun – News

Japanese government honors manga creators Go Nagai (Devilman, Invincible Iron King Kong, lovely honey, Getterbot) and Dragon Quest game franchise creator Yuji Horii Orders of the Order of the Rising Sun were awarded to members of the Order of the Golden Rose on Monday in recognition of their significant service to the country. The two creators were announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications among the 3,963 recipients of the Order of Merit awarded in the fall of the year.

The department will hold an awards ceremony on November 11.

Nagai debuted as a manga artist in 1967 Meimeishi Poliji and went on to create many classic and genre-defining works, including lovely honey, Devilman, Invincible Iron King Kong, Getterbotand Harland Academy. In recent years, he has continued to create new spin-offs, such as his ongoing Devilman Saga comics. He also has serialized autobiographical Geekman! Comics about various famous works he created.

Horii was born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1954 and won the Enix game programming competition in 1982. Dragon Quest The game debuted in 1986. Dragon Quest The series has since sold more than 83 million units worldwide. The series has become a common cultural touchstone in Japan, with its designs, monsters, and mechanics referenced and imitated in numerous works, and becoming a prototype for role-playing games in Japanese culture. Horii Received Last year, he received a commendation from the Minister of Culture of Japan.

composer Hisaishi Joe (Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, my neighbor chinchilla) received the same honor last year.

source: Yomiuri pass Noriko Yashima