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Kazu+Amy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Ovi_Nedelcu,_Kazu_Kibuishi_and_Amy_Kim_Ganter.jpg

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Kazu Kibuishi: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/563232238829977600/P8KXb6hc.jpeg
Hayao Miyazaki: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zrsqu6SyC8I/VLbJe0Z-iCI/AAAAAAAAAbM/EKgOIQOE38M/s1600/spirited_away_sketch.jpg
Cartoon+Amulet: http://www.faylib.org/sites/default/files/kazu%20kibuishi.JPG
Flight 1: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/flight-v6.jpg
☜ Flight 2: http://www.boneville.com/wp-content/uploads/flt5.jpg
Background: http://i.imgur.com/rhqcMSt.jpg

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- Daisy Kutter: The last train earned the 2006 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award
- Flight Vol2 was nominated for the 2006 Eisner Award for Best Anthology
- Amulet has spent multiple weeks on The New York Time's Best Sellers list

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☜ Work by Hayao Miyazaki

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- Copper
Kazu's first series, a webcomic debuting in 2002. Ongoing, while in & out of hiatus.
- Flight
First published in 2004, ended in 2011 at the 8th volume.
- Explorer
A continuation of Flight
- Amulet
Released in 2008, set to run for 9 books
- Daisy Kutter: The last train
A 4 issue series, created during the editing of Flight Vol1.
- Harry Potter (cover)
Kazu was asked to illustrate the covers for the 15th edition box set

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During an interview Kibuishi stated that his inspiration for his graphic novel series 'Amulet' came from video games, like final fantasy and movies he watched as a child, accompanied by the work of famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.
↓  link to interviews ↓
http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/videos/teacher-videos.htm#3193529783001/4688349001

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Video book trailers for the best children's books and authors, plus educational videos on reading, science, and seasonal topics teachers can use in the classroom

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- Kazu Kibuishi's Biography | Scholastic.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 01, 2016, from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/kazu-kibuishi
- Kazu Kibuishi. (n.d.). Retrieved May 01, 2016, from http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/kazu-kibuishi
- Bolt City - Studio. (n.d.). Retrieved May 02, 2016, from http://www.boltcity.com/studio.htm
- 2006 Best Books for Young Adults with annotations. (n.d.). Retrieved May 04, 2016, from http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/bestbooksya/annotations/06bbya

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"Words and pictures ...give books the ability to generate empathy across a wide spectrum of differences that include race, age, and gender. Diversity in books can be a powerful tool for life"
~ Kazu Kibuishi

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After graduating  he started working as an animator for Shadedbox Animations for two years. He then left animation to focus on comics

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"...the sadness that came from no longer having cool robot TV shows like Ultraman around, once we came to the States that triggered a lot of my early drawings and projects."

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He started drawing when he was 5. He stated that his love of comics started from:

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Named Kazuhiro Kibuishi, he was born April 8, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.
In 1982 he moved to America with his mother and brother.
He graduated from  the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2000.
After graduating he moved to Los Angeles to find a career in the entertainment industry.
He has two children, Juni and Sophie, he currently lives in Alhambra, California with his wife, a fellow illustrator, Amy Kim Ganter.
Kazu & his wife Amy Ganter ↓

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A Japanese-american graphic novel writer and illustrator