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A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential [[Manga KaMangaka]] [[Go Nagai]], who he worked as an assistant for during the earlier years of his career. His most famous work by far is the mecha series ''[[Getter Robo]]'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit [[Go Nagai]] for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''[[Getter Robo]]'' is wrongly considered a [[Go Nagai]] work far more often.
 
Ken Ishikawa is known for his distinctive art style and character designs, which usually involve lots of sketchy black lines, crazy spinning eyes and [[Slasher Smile|insane grins]]. Unlike [[Go Nagai]], he tends to avoid fanservice and excessive violence. In addition to [[Humongous Mecha]], many of his manga were about ancient Japan and even in his sci-fi works, themes and philosophies taken from eastern spirituality are often present.