Mangaka Noriaki Kubo

Noriaki Kubo, aka Tite Kubo made his manga debut in 1999 with "Zombiepowder".  In 2001 his series "Bleach" began it's run in the magazine "Weekly Shonen Jump", which continues to the present day. The magazine editors initially turned down "Bleach."  but a letter of encouragement from Akira Toriyama, the creator of the landmark hits "Dragon Ball" and "Dragon Ball Z," lifted the mangaka's spirits and the editors finally relented.  The series currently collected in more than 50 volumes is considered the most popular manga series in the World.

Tite Kubo On Twitter (Japanese)

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Mangaka Yuzo Takada

Yuzo Takada is the pseudonym of Yūji Takada, a popular Japanese manga artist.  Best known for his supernatural manga 3x3 Eyes and Blue Seed, he has also worked on character design and illustration for video games, including Enix's Just Breed.

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Mangaka Hiroya Oku 奥 浩哉

Hiroya Oku 奥 浩哉 creator of Zero One, Gantz, and HEN

Starting with a thumbnail his planned page format, he creates 3D models of the characters and backgrounds on his computer. Once done, he prints the characters and backgrounds, adds tone and color to the pages, and finishes with sound effects and dialogue.

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Miyabi Fujieda Mangaka Art

Miyabi Fujieda is a mangaka best known as a master of the bishoujo style and his contribution to the Yuri Genre (female/female romance).

Work includes:
Ame-iro Kouchakan Kandan (debut)
Iono The Fanatics
The Mikos Words And The Witches Incantations
Otomeiro Stay Tune
Twinkle Saber Nova
Alice Quartet Manga

Official Website (Japanese)
Entry on Animenewsnetwork

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Masamune Shirow Artwork

Masamune Shirow (Masanori Ota) is one of the most famous manga creators in the world. He is best known for the manga series Ghost in the Shell.
 
The first entry in the franchise was  Ghost in the Shell manga, first published in 1989. A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, was released in 2002, and a serialized manga, Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor, which contained material that was planned for but not included in the sequel, was released in 2003.

Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of the cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, a member of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9. The unit specializes in fighting technology-related crimes.

Masamune Shirow Shrine
Shirow News (Japanese, but google translator won't see you wrong)
Gallery of artwork
Masamune Shirow Wikipedia bibliography

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Jū Ayakura Mangaka

Born December 7, 1981 Ayakura Ju/Juu is a Japanese mangaka illustrator primarily of light novels,
Best known for his work as Character Designer of Spice and Wolf and the oneshot Ko Mori Uta

Other work:
Hanamori
Ichigoiro Kinku
Imagine Hiseki

Ayakura Juu Official website
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Yoshitoshi ABe

A Japanese graphic artist who works predominantly in anime and manga.

Complete list of Works on Wikipedia


Official Home page 
Official Blog with video insights to technique

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Tsukasa Jun

Illustrations from deluxe edition "Tsukasa Bullet original illustration book"

Tsukasa Jun Diary

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Character Art from Fullscratch

from his homepage

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Character Art Hundred Days Project

A selection of character art from the Hundred days Project on Sohorang.com

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Zoku Satsuriku no Jango CG Art

CG artwork from Nitro+ eroge game Zoku Satsuriku no Jango, (click for larger image)

Official Website (Japanese)

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