Sui Ishida

Sui Ishida
石田 スイ
Born Sui Ishida
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan[1]
Area(s) Manga artist
Notable works
 Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo Ghoul:re

Sui Ishida (石田 スイ, Ishida Sui) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his dark fantasy series Tokyo Ghoul, a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki who gets transformed into a ghoul, after encountering one.

Career

Tokyo Ghoul started as a series of one-shots in 2010, one of which garnered second place at the Weekly Young Jump 113th Grand Prix.[1] The series then ran from 2011 to 2014 in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine, and was later adapted into a light novel and anime series in 2014.[2][3] The manga was also translated into English where it topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2015.[4] A prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was briefly serialized digitally on Jump Live in 2013. In 2014, he began a sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re. As of March 2017, Tokyo Ghoul and its sequel had over 22 million collected volumes in circulation.[5]

In 2016, Ishida created a 69-page storyboard of a manga chapter based on Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter × Hunter series. Depicting the past of the character Hisoka, the storyboard was released digitally via Shonen Jump+ on June 2, 2016.[6]

Works

Title Year Notes Refs
Tokyo Ghoul 2011–2014 Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 14 volumes 		[2]
Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] 2013 Serialized in Jump Live by Shueisha
Collected into 1 volume
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2014–present Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 10 volumes as of January 2017 		[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Book Depository. "Tokyo Ghoul 1". bookdepository.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tokyo Ghoul Manga to End This Month". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "New York Times Manga Best Seller List, November 22-28 - News (2015-12-04) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Manga Books - Best Sellers - July 5, 2015 - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo Ghoul:re Manga Have 22 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. March 11, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka". Anime News Network. June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2015 - News - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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