CreatorsKinoshita Itaru

木下 いたる

Kinoshita Itaru graduated from San Francisco State University’s School of Cinema in 2012. He made his manga debut with Gigante o ute (Attack the Gigante, Kodansha) in 2018. His manga about a dinosaur park, Dinosan (published in English as Dinosaur Sanctuary), is currently being serialized by Shinchosha. The series has garnered much attention, including being listed in the Next Manga Award’s comics category in 2023. Dinosan volumes 1 through 6 are currently on sale in Japanese with volume 6 of the English edition planned for a March 2025 publication. In 2024, Dinosaur Sanctuary was nominated for Best Continuing Manga Series at the American Manga Awards. His favorite dinosaurs are giganotosaurus and psittacosaurus.