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	'''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 supplemental ~~game~~ books.		'''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==		==Biography==
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	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.		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 ~~Shimpé~~" (シンペー爺さん ''Shinpē-jiisan'') in the novelization~~. This character~~ 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. After being driven out of town by Tearwolves (キラーリカント ''Kirā Rikanto'' or "Killer Lycant" in the original Japanese script), he fled and is spoken of as if still alive, but does not actually appear during the course of the story.		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.<ref>{citation needed}</ref>

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'''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 supplemental game books.

==Biography==

Itoh was born '''17 June 1960''' in Saitama Prefecture.<ref name="profilepage"></ref>

==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 Shimpé" (シンペー爺さん ''Shinpē-jiisan'') in the novelization. This character 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. After being driven out of town by Tearwolves (キラーリカント ''Kirā Rikanto'' or "Killer Lycant" in the original Japanese script), he fled and is spoken of as if still alive, but does not actually appear during the course of the story.

==Notes==

TBD

==External Links==

* TBD

==References==
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