COMIC ARTIST

Ōten Shimokawa

1892 - 1973

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Ōten Shimokawa (or Hekoten Shimokawa) (下川凹天, Shimokawa Ōten; May 2, 1892 – May 26, 1973) was a Japanese artist, considered to be one of the founding artists and pioneers of anime. Little is known of his early personal life, other than that his family moved to the Tokyo area when he was nine years old. Here he began working for Tokyo Puck magazine as a political cartoonist and manga series artist. At the age of 26, Shimokawa was hired by Tenkatsu Production Company to create a short animated film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ōten Shimokawa is the 111th most popular comic artist (up from 127th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,400th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 111 out of 226. Before him are Sanpei Shirato, Hajime Isayama, Jacques Martin, Jean Tabary, Masamune Shirow, and Claire Bretécher. After him are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Keiko Takemiya, E. O. Plauen, Hal Foster, Iginio Straffi, and Nobuhiro Watsuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 238. Before him are Mississippi John Hurt, Graciliano Ramos, Seiichiro Kashio, James Van Fleet, Peter Romanovsky, and Wendell Willkie. After him are Leon Kozłowski, Julia Faye, Gregory La Cava, Hal Foster, Theodor Plievier, and P. C. Chang. Among people deceased in 1973, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 209. Before him are Romeo Bertini, Josué de Castro, Carlos Menditeguy, William Justin Kroll, Hans Haas, and Jean Barraqué. After him are Rodolphe Hiden, François Bonlieu, Washington Ortuño, Pixinguinha, Cecil Kellaway, and Tomoji Abe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 1,321 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsu Yamato (1978), Sayuri Yamaguchi (1966), Koji Okamoto (1976), Kenji Sakaguchi (1975), Isao Okano (1944), and Fumio Gotō (1884). After him are Yasushi Akashi (1931), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Atsushi Yamaguchi (1980), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Toru Kamikawa (1963), and Keiko Takemiya (1950).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 39. Before him are Yumiko Igarashi (1950), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Hajime Isayama (1986), and Masamune Shirow (1961). After him are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Hiro Mashima (1977), and Ken Sugimori (1966).

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