Hisaichi Ishii
September 2, 1951 — Tamano, Okayama, Japan
Hisaichi Ishii is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known outside Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was made into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball, politics, economics, current events and topics, philosophy, and so on.
