Nagai Go

BIOGRAFIA & NOTAS

永井豪 Nagai Go == Kiyoshi Nagai, better known by the pen name Go Nagai, is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with [Meakashi Polikichi](https://mangadex.org/title/65efd7e6-cdd1-4fba-a79e-32134b2cef53/go-nagai-short-stories), but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as [Cutie Honey](https://mangadex.org/title/8b14307b-327d-46aa-8ddd-1184ce1130c3/cutie-honey), [Devilman](https://mangadex.org/title/4393fd4e-d646-4bab-9c95-786168ccb618/devilman) and [Mazinger Z](https://mangadex.org/title/5f5296c6-df3d-4bb0-ae46-f4b1163c89d1/mazinger-z). He is credited with creating the super robot genre and for designing the first mecha robots piloted by a user from within a cockpit with Mazinger Z, and for pioneering the magical girl genre with Cutie Honey, the post-apocalyptic genre with [Violence Jack](https://mangadex.org/title/eaa7e3d4-4f91-4a2e-89b0-afe448dc6b2a/violence-jack), and the ecchi genre with [Harenchi Gakuen](https://mangadex.org/title/4dde1161-3101-4dbb-aaba-ff3a84219cba/shameless-school). In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. He has been a member of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee since 2009. Inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2026.