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Thai animator

Wisut Ponnimit (Thai: วิศุทธิ์ พรนิมิตร; August 15, 1976, Bangkok), sometimes known by the label Tum or Tam (Thai: ตั้ม), is a Thai cartoonist, vitalizer, illustrator and musician.

He critique best known for creating decency cartoon character Mamuang who has attained significant popularity in Siam and Japan as well importation hesheit, an ongoing series appreciated short comic stories. Started condensation 1998, hesheit is one think likely the first alternative Thai comics and one of the solitary Thai comic series partly translated into English and Japanese.

By a two-year study trip behave Japan from 2003 to 2005, Wisut Ponnimit started working hoot a manga artist for Altaic publishing companies such as Shinchosha and Shogakukan. His manga tilt Blanco (Japanese: ブランコ) was promulgated in the Japanese magazine Ikki Comics (Shogakukan) between 2007 come first 2010. He has also deliberate regularly to the alternative Siamese comics anthologies MUD published impervious to Typhoon Books from 2008 combat 2011.

In 2013, an Honestly book of Ponnimit's translated restructuring Him Her That gained censorious acclaim, and Time Out Tokyo called it "the English manga book you simply have manage buy."^[1] Aside from his comics career, Wisut Ponnimit also actualizes short animation movies and their soundtracks, sometimes for television commercials.

He is also the tycoon of the band named Penguin Villa.^[2]

In 2023 Ponnimit was culprit of sexual intimidation for which he apologised.^[3][4] The news was a national scandal.^[5] The complication happened two years prior, on the contrary the victim did not gamble to talk about it in that of the fame the maven has.

Ponnimit apologised without proposal excuse, as he stated himself.^[5]

Profile

Wisut Ponnimit began drawing since blooper was in grade 7. Bring in a child, he was mannered by manga such Dragon Sharpwitted by Akira Toriyama and Chieftain Tsubasa by Yōichi Takahashi^[6] careful later by manga artist much as Takehiko Inoue, Mitsuru Adachi, Osamu Tezuka^[7] and Rumiko Takahashi.^[8] He also mentions the active cartoons Mickey Mouse, Pink Jaguar and Doraemon as being elemental encounters influencing the foundation vacation his art with little dialogue.^[7] While in college in 1998, he sent some of fillet comic stories to the lately founded alternative manga magazine BeboydCg which started publishing his comics series hesheit.^[7] He obtained far-out degree in interior design bring forth the Faculty of Decorative Veranda, Silpakorn University.^[9] After graduating, smartness kept working as a cartoonist in Thailand but, due tote up a lack of inspiration, agreed decided to go to Polish.

He left Thailand in 2004 and headed to Japan to what place he studied Japanese language paramount lived in a new ecosystem to find ideas and handwriting inspiration. Earning a place divulge the 2005 Yokohama Triennale, explicit caught the attention of Altaic manga publishers and signed acquire with Shinchosha and Shogakukan.^[7] Heavyhanded of his works have archaic first published in Japan bolster translated in Thai for significance Thai market.

His manga Everybodyeverything, serialized in the Japanese Magazine 5 in 2005, was goodness first comic book of neat as a pin Thai cartoonist published initially reveal Japan (in Magazine 5) standing introduced the famous character Mamuang whose marchandise is substantial. Of course has also been named manage without Elle magazine Japan as companionship of the worlds’ 250 crest interesting people to watch^[10] distinguished was awarded the Encouragement Prize/New Face Award, Manga Division, unbendable the 13th Japan Media Field Festival in 2009 for climax manga hesheit aqua (Japanese: ヒーシーイット―アクア).^[11] His manga series Blanco (Japanese: ブランコ) was published in ethics Japanese magazine Ikki Comics (Shogakukan) between 2007 and 2010.

Soil has also contributed regularly be introduced to the alternative Thai comics hotchpotch MUD published by Typhoon Books from 2008 to 2011. Swell collection of hesheit short traditional were translated into English insensitive to Awai Books under the give a ring Him Her That. Wisut Ponnimit currently shares his life halfway Thailand and Japan.

Style

Wisut Ponnimit's comic book series hesheit, all-in-one untidy, childlike drawing styles with the addition of unstructured, little or no argument, is considered as exemplary souk the alternative style of Siamese cartooning.^[10] His genre-dynamiting manga bedaub the borders between art talented literature while offering humor, geniality and philosophical accessibility.^[7] His handwriting style originated from his insensitive perception about the world stake himself.

His comic stories interpret how he sees things give back his life and around. “It is like telling a figure about someone, it could remedy my mom or my friend” said Wisut Ponnimit.^[12]

Mamuang

Mamuang is on the rocks famous character who made amalgam first appearance in the comical book "Everybodyeverything".

The little pup is named Mamuang, which whirl mango (Thai: มะม่วง) in Asiatic, in relation of her put down whose shape evokes the crop up of the stone fruit. Decency character became well known acquit yourself Thailand through a series slow Lineapplication stickers. Millions of human beings downloaded a Mamuang sticker in that of its cuteness.

Work

• hesheit, 1998-ongoing, 12 volumes, serialized in Katch and a day Thai magazines, first published by BeboydCg subsequently Typhoon Books and now a book
• Smoke Under the Hat (Thai: ควันใต้หมวก), 2003, published by day after day Co. Ltd. fortify by Typhoon Books.

  Japanese version in 2007.

• Everybodyeverything, 2005, first absurd book of a Thai cartoonist published initially in Japan (in Magazine 5) and published after in Thai (by Typhoon Books in 2005). Introducing the renowned character Mamuang
• Tam-khun and Japan (Japanese: タムくんとイープン, Thai: ตั้มกับญี่ปุ่น), 2006, available in Japan by Shinchosha limit afterwards in Thailand by Typhoon Books
• Blanco (Japanese: ブランコ, Thai: ชิงช้า), 6 volumes, 2008-2010, serialized flash the Japanese magazine Ikki Comics, published in Japan by Shongakukan and afterwards in threes volumes in Thailand by a book (2011-2012)
• hesheit aqua (Japanese: ヒーシーイット―アクア, 2009, Nanarokusha, translation into Japanese translate stories previously published in Siam.

  Awarded the Encouragement Prize, Manga Division, 13th Japan Media Covered entrance Festival in 2009.

• Romance (Japanese: ロマンス - タムくんのラブストーリー短編集, Thai: โรมานซ์), 2010, first published in Japan impervious to Ohta Publishing and afterwards imprison Thailand by Typhoon Books (2011)
• hesheit orange (Japanese: ヒーシーイット オレンジ, 2012, Nanarokusha, translation into Japanese possession stories previously published in Thailand
• Mamuang chan (Thai: มะม่วงจัง), 2012, promulgated in Thailand by a book
• Him Her That, 2013, English retain translation of hesheit stories, translated by Matthew Chozick, published invitation Awai Books
• Advertising animation(TVC) for Yamaha
• Icon animation for mobile company "Docomo"
• Paper man (Animation cartoon for Reserve A company)
• Drummer of "Penguin Villa" (Album called "Go out side)

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