Attention Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha members and food lovers! We recently had the chance to interview manga's culinary visionary—Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, creator of Toriko! And not only that, we also filmed exclusive footage of Shimabukuro Sensei drawing Toriko!

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Interview Part 1 (available in the Apr 2nd issue of Weekly SJ Alpha)
Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Interview Part 2 (available in the Apr 9th issue of Weekly SJ Alpha)

SJ Alpha Members Only!

Only annual SJ Alpha members get to have the full Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Interview experience, plus members-only content like Creator's Sketch Videos!

Full Interview
Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Creator Sketch Video

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About the Creator...

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro made his debut in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1996. He is best known for Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! for which he won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for children’s manga in 2001. His current series, Toriko, began serialization in Japan in 2008.

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