Mohiro Kitoh
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Mohiro Kitoh (鬼頭 莫宏 Kitō Mohiro, born August 8, 1966) is a Japanese Manga author (mangaka). He was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Nagoya Institute of Technology. Kitoh created the manga Shadow Star and Bokurano, both of which were adapted into anime series.
[edit] Works
- Vandemiēru No Tsubasa (Wings Of Vendemiaire)
- Shadow Star Narutaru
- Bokurano
- SiNNa 1905
- Kitō Mohiro Tanpenshū - Zansho (Mohiro Kitoh's Short Stories - Zansho)
- Kakutoshi No Yume (Hallucination From the Womb)
[edit] Style
Kitoh's art and writing approaches are unique, with an instantly identifiable visual style and storylines that almost always lean towards the tragic spectrum and focus primarily on the vulnerability and cruelty of human beings.
Characters he draws are almost always tall, skinny, and gangly for their ages and genders. His females, unlike those of most manga series, generally have small (normal-sized) breasts and narrow hips. His males are rarely muscular, except under a few circumstances, usually extreme close-ups. Facial features are, usually, small and expressions subtle. Nudity is common in his works, yet even in the original Japanese versions, genitals are either Barbie doll-like blankness or obscured by other body parts or objects. This information holds true for all of his stories.
Kitoh prefers downbeat storylines, which often include the deaths of many major characters, as well as emotionally unstable characters and depictions of both gore and sexual violence. This holds especially true for Shadow Star, which was so brutal that scenes were edited or completely removed for the English translation.
