Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: manga

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Saint Seiya

聖闘士星矢
alternative words: Saint Seya, Setoshi Seiya, Seitoushi Seiya, Seya, Seiya
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Masami Kurumada
related web sites: http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~maniwa/ , http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/~tannok/book/SS/ , http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/~ta2ka/home.html
explanation: Manga based on a Greek mythology and written by a Japanese mangaka, Masami Kurumada. It has been published first in a weekly magazine, Shonen Jump, between 1986 and 1990. It has been soon broadcasted by TV Asahi from 1986. This manga made a great hit all over the world, especially in France.

Sanpei Shirato

白土三平
alternative words: Shirato Sanpei, Sanpe Shirato, Shirato Sanpe
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Legend of kamui , Sasuke
related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/kumori-hibi/sirato01.html , http://www.ne.jp/asahi/okamoto/kapkenay/akame/
explanation: Born on February 15, 1932 at Tokyo, owing a famous Japanese painter as father. Instead of Disney like flat pictures, his drawing is highly realistic as well as the scenario. He belongs to so called "Gekiga (theatrical picture) school" and for this reason he has captured more aged manga fans. His main works are "Ninja bugeicho" (1959), Sasuke (1962) and "Legend of kamui" (Oct 1964 - June 71). The first work was even adapted to a film by famous movie director, Nagisa Oshima.

Sasuke

サスケ
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Sanpei Shirato , Legend of Kamui
related web sites: http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~fwkd9198/index.htm/ninja.htm
explanation: Manga created by Sanpei Shirato in 1962. It tells the story of a ninja family, Daisuke Oozaru and his son Sasuke who are tracked by Tokugawa's ninja. Contrary to "legend of Kamui" which is a highly politicized manga, Sasuke is destined to rather young readers: it explains the technique used by Sasuke in each combat and may remind you perhaps of the adventure of Mac Gyver in American TV film. The anime version was aired between September 1968 and March 69.

Sazae san

サザエさん
alternative words: Sazae-san
keywords: manga , title
related topics: Machiko Hasegawa
related web sites: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/sazaesan/ , http://www.mis.ne.jp/~pretty/sazae.htm
explanation: The main work of a female mangaka, Machiko Hasegawa. It appears first on a tiny local paper, Yukan Fukunichi in 1946 and relayed to a big national paper, Asahi shinbun from 1949 to 1974. Humorous stories of Isono family living in Tokyo, it has become the most popular manga ever published on newspapers. Every member of Isono owns a sea related name: the main character is Sazae (top shell), a married woman living with his father Namihei, her small sister Wakame and brother, Katsuo.

Seto Kaiba

海馬瀬人
alternative words: Kaiba Seto
keywords: character , manga , yugioh
related topics: Yugioh
explanation: son of the president of a game company, Kaiba Corporation, in Yugioh. Since he has been beaten by Yugi Muto in a game, Kaiba has become a sworn enemy.

Shigeru Mizuki

水木しげる
alternative words: Mizuki Shigeru
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Gegege no Kitaro , Rental book , Shonen Magazine , Kodansha , Garo
related web sites: http://www.japro.com/mizuki/
explanation: Born on March 8, 1922 at Osaka. He lost his right arm during WWII. He had been in precarious conditions just after the war as many other Japanese and earned his life by drawing for paper picture shows, rental books and an avant-garde magazine, Garo. In 1966, he was rewarded by a manga prize of Kodansha for Terebi-kun published on Shonen Magazine. He has created many monster or ghost characters but always a bit humorous like Gegege no Kitaro, Kappa no Sanpei, Akuma kun, etc.

Shonen Jump

少年ジャンプ
alternative words: Shounen Jump, Shoonen Jump, Jump, Shonen jampu, Shonen janpu
keywords: magazine , manga , title
related topics: Shueisha , High school Kimengumi , Dragon Ball , Ruroni kenshin , City hunter
related web sites: http://www.jump.ne.jp
explanation: One of the most important manga magazines in Japan. When it was at the top, its circulation had reached 6 million copies, thanks to star mangaka like Aikra Toriyama of Dragon Ballou and Motoei Shinzawa of High school Kimengumi.. Now, because of a lack of hits, its circulation is only 4 millions but still remains impressive. There exist a weekly edition (Shukan Shonen Jump) and a monthly one (Gekkan Shonen Jump).

Shotaro Ishinomori

石ノ森章太郎 石森章太郎
alternative words: Ishinomori Shotaro, Shotaro Ishimori, Ishimori Shotaro
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Osamu Tezuka , Fujiko Fujio , Fujio Akatsuka , Cyborg 009
related web sites: http://www.alles.or.jp/~morigin/ , http://www.mars.sphere.ne.jp/strinx/ISFC/
explanation: Born on January 25, 1938 in Miyagi prefecture. He belongs to the first generation of mangaka after WWII, living together with Fujio Akatsuka and Fujiko Fijio at Tokiwa dormitory in Tokyo and learned manga technique from Osamu Tezuka. He is well known as a precursor of SF manga and his most representative works are Cyborg 009 (1964) and Masked rider (1971). He died on January 30, 1998. He change his pen name from Ishimori to Ishinomori in 1980.

Space Battleship Yamato

宇宙戦艦ヤマト
alternative words: Uchu senkan Yamato
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Leiji Matsumoto
related web sites: http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinpage/menuy.htm , http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002394/yamato/yamato.html
explanation: Manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto. It tells the story about earthlings who defend their planet with a huge space battleship "Yamato", after having suffered a brutal attack of extraterrestrials. Manga has been published in a monthly, Boken-oh between November 1974 and April 1975, at the same time as a TV series by TV Asahi between October 1974 and March 1975. In the presence of a huge hit, other series and a movie version have been created.

Star of Giants

巨人の星
alternative words: Kyojin no hoshi, Kyojinnohoshi
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Shonen Magazine , Noboru Kawasaki
related web sites: http://www.big.or.jp/~hoyohoyo/densetsu.html , http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/hoshi16/
explanation: One of the classic sport mangas, written by Noboru Kawasaki based on a scenario of Ikki Kajiwara. It tells the story of a father who forms his son with a Spartan training to be accepted by the famous Japanese baseball team, "the Giants". The manga was published on Shonen Magazine in 1966, while an anime version was broadcasted between March 1968 and September 1971 (182 episodes!).

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