Yasuji Tanioka
谷岡ヤスジ
Mangaka
Born: 1942-08-29 · Ehime Prefecture
About
Yasuji Tanioka is one of the most popular mangaka in Japan. His outrageous and crude "gag" manga appeals to people from all walks of life, and unlikes most of his contemporaries, Tanioka fits comfortably in bot hthe underground and the mainstream worlds. At the height of his fame in the early seventies, Tanioka was drawing more than two hundred manga pages for forty different magazines every month.
Tanioka has always employed a number of nonsensical catch-phrases in his manga, which has gone on to become vital parts of Japanese slang. The best-known of these is "hana-hi bu." Hana-ji (literally "nose blood") is a visual device indicating sexual excitement, and bu is the sound of spurting blood. There have been over sixty published volumes of Tanioka's collected manga
Tanioka has always employed a number of nonsensical catch-phrases in his manga, which has gone on to become vital parts of Japanese slang. The best-known of these is "hana-hi bu." Hana-ji (literally "nose blood") is a visual device indicating sexual excitement, and bu is the sound of spurting blood. There have been over sixty published volumes of Tanioka's collected manga