Shimpei Itoh
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| Shimpei Itoh | |
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| 伊藤伸平 | |
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| Born |
17 June 1960[1] Saitama Prefecture[1] |
| Occupation | Manga artist, Illustrator, Designer, Writer |
| Years active | 1984-present |
Shimpei Itoh is a longtime artist, illustrator, designer, and writer in the Japanese manga and anime industries. Perhaps best known for his works including Moldiver and Hyper Doll, Itoh also contributed to the Dragon Quest franchise in the form of illustrations for various supplemental books.
Biography
Itoh was born 17 June 1960 in Saitama Prefecture.[1]
Works
Futabashi Famicom Game Book Series
Enix collaborated with the Japanese publisher Futabasha for a series of "choose your own adventure"-style novelizations of various Dragon Quest video games.
Itoh's involvement began with 1987's Dragon Quest: The Heroic Legendary Tale Reborn (ドラゴンクエスト 蘇る英雄伝説 Doragon Kuesuto Yomigaeru Hideo Densetsu), an adaptation of the first Dragon Quest video game from the year prior. Itoh contributed several large, near-full-page illustrations to supplemental the book's branching narrative; these illustrations included the main hero character as well as various monsters, townspeople, etc.
Additionally, a character originally named "Yukinofu" (ゆきのふ Yukinofu) in the video game's original dialog is instead named "Grandpa" or "Old Man Shimpē" (シンペー爺さん Shinpē-jiisan) in the novelization; he is described as a thief who stole Loto's Armor from a shop in Cantlin (メルキド Merikido in the original Japanese script), and buried it behind his own shop in the town Damdara.[2]
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