Jiro Taniguchi

was a Japanese manga writer and artist. He was best known for manga series A Distant Neighborhood (1998–1999), The Summit of the Gods (2000–2003) and A Zoo in Winter (2005–2007). He was born in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture.

Taniguchi died on 11 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 69.

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Category:1947 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Japanese manga artists
Category:Japanese writers