Fujiko Fujio藤子不二夫alternative words: Fujio Fujiko keywords: author , doraemon , manga related topics: Doraemon related web sites: http://www.fujiko-pro.co.jp/fworld/ , http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~comefx99/fujiko.htm , http://www.mlexp.com/fujiko/ , http://www.tky.3web.ne.jp/~egg/ffml/ explanation: Collective pen name of 2 Japanese mangaka, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto. They have been friends since the primary school. Sometimes they work together like in Obakeno Q and sometimes separately like in Doraemon written by Hiroshi Fujimoto. For the latter case, in order to distinguish them individually, the initial of each author should be added like Fujiko Fujio A. for the first and Fujiko F. Fujio for the second, who died in 1999. Fujio Akatsuka赤塚不二夫alternative words: Akatsuka Fujio keywords: author , manga related topics: Osomatsukun , Shonen Sunday related web sites: http://www.villagecenter.co.jp/soft/akatuka_prof.html explanation: Born in Manchuria on September 14, 1935, he returned back to Japan after WWII. He was a resident of the famous dormitory for mangaka, Tokiwaso in Tokyo. He had published many manga for small publishers and dojinshi but his first hit came from Osomatsukun, a gag around young sextuplets, on Shonen Sunday in April 1962. "Himitsu no Akkochan" published on Ribon was another hit. Though virtually unknown outside Japan, he has been one of the most influential mangaka of 60s and 70s. Galaxy Express 999銀河鉄道999alternative words: Galaxie Express 999 keywords: anime , manga , title related topics: Leiji Matsumoto related web sites: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/999/ , http://ginga999.shogakukan.co.jp , http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~hiroshi.f/ explanation: Manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto. In a distant future, the mankind could be immortal by replacing their body with machine parts. Main character, Testuro, goes in search of that method with a beautiful woman, Marina, on the board of a space train, Express 999. Manga has been published in a weekly magazine, Shonen King, between January 1977 and November 1981, at the same time TV anime between September 1978 and March 1981. Gegege no Kitaroゲゲゲの鬼太郎 墓場の鬼太郎alternative words: Hakaba no Kitaro, Gegege no Kitarou, Hakaba no Kitarou keywords: manga , title related topics: Shigeru Mizuki , Shonen Magazine related web sites: http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~techno/column/column2.htm explanation: Manga adventure created by Shigeru Mizuki, of a boy who was born in a tomb after the death of his mother. He forms a pair with his left eye who is in reality his late father. It shows the complexity and the depth of manga art: you can make manga quite attractive only with good pictures but no serious scenario. Initially, it was published for rental books with the name of "Hakaba no Kitaro", i.e. Kitaro of tomb. When Shonen Magazine took the right to publish in 1966, its name has been changed. Gigantor鉄人28号alternative words: Ironman 28, Iron man no 28, Tetsuji 28 go keywords: anime , manga , title related topics: Mitsuteru Yokoyama , Astroboy related web sites: http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~matsumu/yama-006.html , http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~somethin/tetujin28.htm explanation: During WWII, 2 Japanese scientists had been working to create a super robot to oppose Americans. The project is finished after the war, so, a son of one of the scientists, Shotaro Kaneda alias Jimmy Sparks, uses it to fight against evil powers. The robot is remotely controlled, contrary to Astroboy, published at the same epoch and who owns intelligence. Manga was published between 1956 and 66 on a monthly magazine, Shonen while anime version was aired between Oct. 1963 and Nov. 65 Go Nagai永井豪alternative words: Nagai Go, Gou Nagai, Nagai Gou keywords: author , manga related topics: UFO robot Grendizer related web sites: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~WX5H-KTB/gotop.html explanation: Born on September 6, 1945 at Wajima on the shore of Japan Sea, he is one the most genius mangakas in Japanese post-war period: already in 70s he had begun to handle the subjects, considered taboo at that epoch, like sex, violence, outrageous gags. He is also an excellent science fiction writer such as "UFO robot Grendizer". Otherwise, we can quote as his main works, "Harenchi Gakuen" and "Devil Man". Hi no tori火の鳥alternative words: Hino tori, Hinotori, Fire bird, Phoenix keywords: manga , title related topics: Osamu Tezuka related web sites: http://www.infoaomori.ne.jp/~yappi/yappi-na-watashi/yappi12-hinotori.htm , http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~takeboh/comics.html explanation: Manga created by Osamu Tezuka. Due to financial difficulties of successive publishers, its publication spans between 1954 and 1988. By alternating ancient stories and future stories while letting converge each sequences to the present epoch, Tezuka has successfully created a monumental manga. Only Hi no tori (Phoenix) presents permanently and lets readers to interrogate "what is the life". Unfortunately, a premature death of Tezuka in 1989 forbid to conclude this manga at the present epoch. High school Kimengumiハイスクール奇面組alternative words: Sannen Kimengumi keywords: anime , manga , title related topics: Motoei Shinzawa , Hentai , Fuji TV , Kimengumi , Shonen Jump related web sites: http://www.tk.xaxon.ne.jp/~yamashin/kimen/ , http://www.gulf.or.jp/~dyrell/comic/kimen/ explanation: Manga created by a Japanese mangaka, Motoei Shinzawa and published in a weekly magazine, Shonen Jump of Shueisha between 1982 and 1987. It talks about a foolish comedy caused by 2 beautiful high school girls and a band of 5 crazy boys. Because of his way to draw characters (they take suddenly the appearence of a baby) and of mad gags, this manga has succeeded to create many fans among the youth. Anime version was aired between October 1985 and September 1987 by Fuji TV. Hoshin Engi封神演義alternative words: Hoshinengi, Hoshin-engi, Housin engi keywords: anime , manga , title related topics: Shonen Jump , TV Tokyo related web sites: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/bangumi/houshin/toha.htm , http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~rudo/housin/ , http://www.sumire.sakura.ne.jp/~arc/houshin/ explanation: Adaptation to the manga of a well known Chinese classic novel. It tells the end of Yin dynasty 3000 years ago, the period when the mythology of gods were confusing with the history of humans. The manga version, written by Ryu Fujisaki with a little flavor of science fiction, has been published by Shonen Jump since June 1996 while the broadcasting of anime series by TV Tokyo began in July 1999. Inuyasha犬夜叉alternative words: Inu-Yasha, Inu Yasha keywords: anime , manga , title related topics: Rumiko Takahashi , Kagome Higurashi , Phantom Inuyasha , Shonen Sunday , Yomiuri TV related web sites: http://www.ytv.co.jp/anime/inuyasha/index_inuyasha.html , http://www.nifty.ne.jp/rstation/sunrise/yasya/yasya.htm , http://websunday.net/inuyasha/inuyasha.html , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hn7y-mur/inuyasha/index.htm , http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/9620/ explanation: Occult comedy written by the famous woman mangaka, Rumiko Takahashi. Daughter of a shintoist temple, Kagome Higurashi, was projected to the feudal Japan of 16th century through a well. She strive then for gathering the fragments of Shikon no Tama (4 sprit ball) with Inuyasha, a hybrid between phantom and human being, to fight against Naraku, another phantom. The manga version began in autumn 1996 on Shonen Sunday while anima version began from October 2000 on Yomiuri TV. 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