What is Monkey Punch?
{{Nihongo|'''Kazuhiko Katō'''|加藤一彦|Katō Kazuhiko|26 May 1937 – 11 April 2019}}, better known by his [[pen name]] {{Nihongo|'''Monkey Punch'''|モンキー・パンチ|Monkī Panchi}}, was a [[Japan]]ese [[Mangaka|manga artist]], writer and [[professor]]. He was best known for his series ''[[Lupin III]]''. The series was first published between 1967 and 1969. In April 2005, he became the professor of Manga [[Animation]] at [[Otemae University]], in their [[Faculty]] of Media and Arts. He was also a visiting professor at [[Tokyo University of Technology]] in May 2010. He was given a special [[Tokyo Anime Award]] in 2015. Monkey Punch was born in [[Hamanaka, Hokkaido|Hamanaka]], [[Hokkaido]]. He died of [[pneumonia]] in [[Sakura, Chiba|Sakura]], [[Chiba Prefecture]] on 11 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsarama.com/44786-lupin-iii-s-monkey-punch-dies-at-age-of-81.html|title=LUPIN III's Monkey Punch Dies At Age of 81|work=Newsarama|date=16 April 2019|access-date=17 April 2019|author=Arrant, Chris}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official website|http://www.monkeypunch.com}} {{Small|{{in lang|ja}}}} * {{Ann|people|41}} * {{IMDb name|id=0700578|title=Monkey Punch}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monkey Punch}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Japan]] [[Category:Japanese academics]] [[Category:Japanese manga artists]] [[Category:Japanese writers]] [[Category:People from Hokkaido]]