Kousaku Anakubo's Pocket Monsters

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Pocket Monsters artist / writer Kousaku Anakubo (穴久保幸作) was born in the Iwate Prefecture on April 18th, 1957. He got his start as the assistant to fellow manga artists Masami Fukushima and Kimio Yanagisawa. He made his debut in 1990 with Musashi, The Samurai Lord

The picture on the left is Anakubo-san and his daughter, taken from Volume One of Pocket Monsters (1996). The picture on the right is taken from Volume Two of Pocket Monsters RS Compilation (2003).

Mr. Anakubo's offiical X (Twitter) page can be found here.

Manga by Kousaku Anakubo

Year	Title	Published In
1990	Musashi, The Samurai Lord からくり剣豪伝ムサシロード	SD Club
1991	I'm a Man! Kunio-kun おれは男だ! くにおくん	CoroCoro Comics
1996	Cave Boy Gyao 原始少年ギャオ	Shonen Ou
1996	The Mysterious Pokémon Pippi / Pocket Monsters 「ふしぎポケモンピッピ」、「ポケットモンスター」	CoroCoro Special CoroCoro Comics CoroCoro Aniki CoroCoro Online
2007	The Ultra Brothers Gag War Chronicles! Way to Go Mebius-kun! ウルトラ兄弟ギャグ戦記それゆけ!メビウスくん	CoroCoro Ichiban!
2023	Sauna Wars サウナウォーズ	CoroCoro Comics