Sui Ishida

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}

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{{Nihongo|Sui Ishida|石田 スイ|Ishida Sui| born December 28, 1986|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga artist. He is popularly known for his dark fantasy manga series Tokyo Ghoul and Choujin X.

Career history

Sui Ishida 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. 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-04/new-york-times-manga-best-seller-list-november-22-28/.96110 | title=New York Times Manga Best Seller List, November 22-28 - News (2015-12-04) - Anime News Network | accessdate=December 11, 2015 | newspaper=Anime News Network}} The manga was also translated into English where it topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/07/05/manga/|title=Manga Books - Best Sellers - July 5, 2015 - The New York Times|author=|date=|work=The New York Times|accessdate=17 March 2017}} 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. In 2017, a live-action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul was released theatrically in Japan.{{cite web |url= https://www.funimationfilms.com/movie/tokyo-ghoul/|title= Tokyo Ghoul: The Movie : Funimation|publisher= Funimation|accessdate= May 5, 2018}} In March 2018, an anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul:re began to air with a second season released in October 2018.{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-30/tokyo-ghoul-re-anime-main-staff-revealed/.123382|title= Tokyo Ghoul:re Anime Main Staff Revealed|publisher= Anime News Network|author= Rafael Antonio Pineda|date= October 30, 2017|accessdate= May 5, 2018}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821 | title=Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka | date=June 3, 2016 | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=May 27, 2017}}

On May 10, 2021, Ishida started the manga series Choujin X on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-10/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-new-choujin-x-manga-by-tokyo-ghoul-sui-ishida/.172615|title=Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish New Choujin X Manga by Tokyo Ghoul's Sui Ishida|website=Anime News Network|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2021}}

Works

=Manga=

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Title

! Year

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Tokyo Ghoul2011–2014Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 14 volumes
align="center"|{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-12/tokyo-ghoul-manga-to-end-this-month/.78700 |title=Tokyo Ghoul Manga to End This Month |newspaper=Anime News Network |date= |author= |accessdate= December 15, 2015}}
Tokyo Ghoul [Jack]2013Serialized on Jump Live by Shueisha
Collected into 1 volume
Tokyo Ghoul: Joker2014Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 1 volume
Tokyo Ghoul:re2014–2018Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 16 volumes
align="center"|{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2015/.95915 | title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2015 - News - Anime News Network | accessdate=December 15, 2015 | newspaper=Anime News Network}}
Untitled Hunter x Hunter story2016Published on Shōnen Jump+ by Shueisha
Name
This Gorilla Will Die in 1 Day2021February 6, 2021 to February 7, 2021
Choujin X2021–presentSerialized in Tonari no Young Jump by Shueisha

=Light novels=

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Title

! Year

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Tokyo Ghoul2013–2014Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 3 volumes
Tokyo Ghoul:re[quest]2016Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume
JACKJEANNE-Summer Drama-2021Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume
JACKJEANNE Opera University and the Moon Signpost2022Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume
JACKJEANNE Seven Winds2024Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume

=Video games=

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Jack Jeanne2021Video game published by BROCCOLI Co., Ltd.
Original creator, original character designer, world designer, illustrator, and insert song lyricist.
align="center"|{{cite news|website=Anime News Network|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-03-15/tokyo-ghoul-creator-mystery-project-is-jack-jeanne/.144610|title='Tokyo Ghoul' creator's mystery project is 'Jack Jeanne'|date=March 15, 2019|accessdate=March 18, 2019}}{{Cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-20/broccoli-jack-jeanne-switch-game-launches-on-august-5/.154590|title= Broccoli's Jack Jeanne Switch Game Launches on August 5|author= Hodgkins, Crystlayn|website= Anime News Network|date= December 20, 2019|accessdate= July 13, 2020}}

Awards and nominations

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! Year

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align="center" | 2016

| 2nd Sugoi Japan Award

| rowspan="2"|Best Manga Series

| rowspan="2"|Tokyo Ghoul

| {{won|2nd place}}{{cite news|title='Your Lie in April', 'One-Punch Man' Top Sugoi Japan Awards 2016 Results|website=Anime News Network|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-03-22/your-lie-in-april-one-punch-man-top-sugoi-japan-awards-2016-results/.100122|date=March 23, 2016|accessdate=September 22, 2018}}

align="center" | 2018

| 30th Harvey Award

| {{nom}}{{cite news|title=The Harvey Awards Reveal Nominees for 2018|website=Harvey Awards|url=https://www.harveyawards.com/About/News/The-Harvey-Awards-Reveal-Nominees-for-2018/|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=September 22, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614222613/https://www.harveyawards.com/About/News/The-Harvey-Awards-Reveal-Nominees-for-2018/|url-status=dead}}

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