The Walking Man (manga)

{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}

{{Expand French|topic=cult|L'Homme qui marche (manga)|date=April 2018}}

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| name = The Walking Man

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| ja_kanji = 歩くひと

| ja_romaji = Aruku Hito

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title =

| author = Jiro Taniguchi

| illustrator =

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en = Fanfare/Ponent Mon

| demographic = Seinen

| imprint =

| magazine = Morning Party Zōkan

| magazine_en =

| first = 1990

| last = 1991

| volumes = 1

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}}

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{{Nihongo|The Walking Man|歩くひと|Aruku Hito}} is a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Morning Party Zōkan from 1990 to 1991.{{cite web |script-title=ja:歩くひと |url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09192301 |publisher=Shogakukan |accessdate=12 September 2020 |language=ja}} It has been published in English by Fanfare/Ponent Mon{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-11/kodoku-no-gourmet-manga-gets-live-action-show |title=Kodoku no Gourmet Manga Gets Live-Action Show |date=2011-12-11|accessdate= 2012-02-06|publisher=Anime News Network}} and in French by Casterman.{{cite web |url=http://bd.casterman.com/albums_detail.cfm?id=2651 |title=L'Homme qui marche |accessdate= 2012-02-06 |publisher=Casterman}} It was nominated for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan at the 2007 Eisner Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-19/japanese-world-manga-nominated-for-2007-eisner-awards|title=Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards |date=19 April 2007|accessdate= 2012-02-06|publisher=Anime News Network}}

The work has been described as poetry or meditation and compared to the works of Yasujirō Ozu.{{Cite book|last=Lehmann|first=Timothy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3aCSprKRgCYC|title=Manga: Masters of the Art|date=2005-11-01|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0-06-083331-2|language=en}}