Kiyoshi Nagai (永井潔, Nagai Kiyoshi, born September 6, 1945), better known by the pen name
Go Nagai (永井 豪, Nagai Gō), is a Japanese manga
artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica.1 He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating
popular 1970s manga and anime series such as Cutie
Honey, Devilman and 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,2 and for pioneering the magical girl genre with Cutie
Honey, the post-apocalyptic manga/anime genre with Violence Jack,3 and the ecchi genre with Harenchi Gakuen.