| Shirow Miwa 三輪士郎 |
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| Born | November 9, 1978 Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Character design, Writer, Manga artist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Ikura Moto |
| Notable works | Dogs |
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Shirow Miwa (三輪士郎 Miwa Shirō, born November 9, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is best known as the writer and artist for the Dogs manga series, but has also contributed illustrations to various tribute books, and magazines, including Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan. Miwa sometimes publishes under the circle name of m.m.m. + Gee he is also official member of Doujin Band Supercell as Illustrator and Designer .
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Shirow's debut manga, Black Mind, a short series created in collaboration with Darai Kusanagi, was serialized in Ultra Jump in 1999,[1] and was followed by his first solo series, Dogs, which was serialized from 2000 to 2001.[2][3] The sequel, Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, began serialization in 2005.[4] In August 2008, the Dogs prequel and sequel were announced to have been licensed by Viz Media; Dogs was subsequently released in April 2009 as Dogs, Volume 0: Prelude using the Bullets & Carnage logo.[5]