![]() ![]() After his tenure there, Itoi decided to work as a freelancer, and over the rest of the decade worked with many different parties – this included commercials for designer jeans, and even writing his own manga series called “Penguin Gohan” with artist Teruhiko Yumura! ![]() From then on, he started developing TV commercials for a company called “Something” which went bankrupt in 1973. Under recommendations from a friend, he enrolled in a copywriting course at Sendenkaigi in 1968. After being arrested five times during this protest, he decided to drop out of school and pursue other ventures. However, since his father was a busy man (and rather distant), Itoi was mostly brought up by his grandmother – he would not reunite with his mother until 1981.Īs a child, Itoi was obsessed with tofu and comic-books (both of which can be later seen as influential icons in the MOTHER series.) For most of his childhood, he wanted to become a cartoonist, and through that became very interested in literature as a whole.ĭuring university, Itoi developed somewhat of a rebellious personality, and headed the activist movement against Hosei University, where he attended at the time. Custody over Itoi was given to his father, who was a legal agent. Itoi was born in Maebashi City, Gunma on November 10th, 1948, with his parents divorcing soon after his birth. ![]() Overseas in the West, he’s mostly known for his work surrounding MOTHER, but truth to be told his monumental career spans far beyond just video-games! Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里) is the founder of Hobonichi Co., Ltd, and creator of the MOTHER and Itoi’s No.
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