What is Jiro Taniguchi?
[[File:Jirō Taniguchi - Lucca Comics and Games 2011 - 2.jpg|thumb|Taniguchi in October 2011]] {{Nihongo|'''Jiro Taniguchi'''|谷口 ジロー|Taniguchi Jirō|14 August 1947 &ndash; 11 February 2017}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[Mangaka|manga writer and artist]]. He was best known for [[manga]] series ''[[A Distant Neighborhood]]'' (1998&ndash;1999), ''[[The Summit of the Gods]]'' (2000&ndash;2003) and ''[[A Zoo in Winter]]'' (2005&ndash;2007). He was born in [[Tottori, Tottori|Tottori]], [[Tottori Prefecture]]. Taniguchi died on 11 February 2017 in [[Tokyo]], at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/jiro-taniguchi-dead-japanese-manga-dies-69-1201985299/|title=Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies at 69|work=Variety|date=11 February 2017|access-date=12 February 2017|first=Seth|last=Kelly}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|Jirō Taniguchi|Jiro Taniguchi}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taniguchi, Jiro}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese manga artists]] [[Category:Japanese writers]] {{Bio-stub}}