Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: manga

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Sugoroku Muto

武藤双六
alternative words: Muto Sugoroku, Sugoroku Mutou, Mutou Sugoroku
keywords: character , manga , yugioh
related topics: Yugioh
explanation: Grand father of Yugi Muto in Yugioh and owner of a game shop. It is him who gave to his grand son a puzzle which had remained unresolved during 1000 years.

Takao Yaguchi

矢口高雄
alternative words: Yaguchi Takao
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Garo , Shonen Magazine
explanation: Born on October 28, 1939 in Akita prefecture. Contrary to others, he has not become a mangaka immediately after the school but a bank clerk. Probably for that reason, his manga contains more human dimension: his favorite theme is human being fighting in nature like fishers and hunters. He debuted on Garo with Nagamochi Baiko but it is Tsurikichi Sanpei published on Shonen Magazine in 1973 which has made him notorious by creating fishing boom in Japan.

Tetsuya Chiba

千葉徹弥
alternative words: Chiba Tetsuya
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Shonen Magazine , Ashita no Joe
related web sites: http://www.aruke.com/tetsuya/
explanation: Born on January 11, 1939 at Tokyo. After his birth, the whole family had immigrated to Manchuria but returned back to Japan after WWII. Precocious mangaka, he already began to publish at the age of 17. His most representative works are: Chikai no makyu (tale of a baseball pitcher) in 1961-62, Shidenkai no taka (tale of a pilot in WWII) in 1963-65 and Ashita no Joe (Rocky Joe in English title, tale of a boxer) in 1968-73. All the manga were published on Shonen magazine of Kodansha.

Tokyo Babylon

東京Babylon
keywords: clamp , manga , title
related topics: Clamp
related web sites: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Domino/5768/tb.html , http://sakurazukamori.net/ueno_park/world01.htm
explanation: Occult manga written by Clamp and published on Wings between 1990 and 1992. Descendent of a prestigious medium family (onmyoji), clan Sumeragi, Subaru is fighting against malefic sprits through his medium cabinet in the opulent city of Tokyo, together with his twin sister, Hokuto Sumeragi and her fried, Seishiro Sakurazuka, another medium, though working as veterinary.

Tsukasa Hojo

北条司
alternative words: Hojo Tsukasa, Tsukasa Houjou, Houjou Tsukasa
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Shonen Jump , City hunter
related web sites: http://www.hojo-tsukasa.com
explanation: Born on March 5, 1959 in Kokura (actual Kitakyushu city). This mangaka, a specialist of action manga, debuted with "Ore wa otokoda" (I am a man) on Shonen Jump in 1980. The first hit comes with "Cat's eye" (tale of 3 girl robbers) published on Shonen Jump in 1981, but his best works is "City hunter" (tale of a professional killer) published on Shonen Jump in 1983. He is considered one of the most creative mangaka of 80s.

Used book

古本
alternative words: Used manga, Used manga book
keywords: manga
related topics: Rental book
related web sites: http://www.mandarake.co.jp , http://www.angel.ne.jp/~yama/ , http://www3.plala.or.jp/mangadaiou/
explanation: Used manga books are becoming more and more popular in Japan because not only the old manga fans want to see again mangas of their childhood but also because of the subjects they deal with: few science fictions nor super women but many tales on the world war II and samurai mangas especially ninja. Don't confuse used manga with rental book.

Yoichi Takahashi

高橋陽一
alternative words: Takahashi Yoichi, Youichi Takahashi, Takahashi Youichi
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Captain Tsubasa
related web sites: http://ix.sakura.ne.jp/~yoshi2/TSUBASA-HOUSE/index.shtml
explanation: Born on July 28, 1960 in Tokyo. This precocious mangaka has already begun to publish when he was at high school, but his career began really when his master piece "Captain Tsubasa" was awarded by Shonen Jump in 1980. His preferred subjects remain always sport because among his main works, we find also "Tsubasa no densetsu" (tennis, 1988), Ace (baseball, 1989) and Chibi (boxing, 1992)

Yoshiharu Tsuge

つげ義春
alternative words: Tsuge Yoshiharu
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Garo , Nejishiki
related web sites: http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/nori69/
explanation: Born in April 1937 at Tokyo. As many persons of this generation, he had suffered greatly of economic disaster after WWII but his situation was at extreme because he had to sell his own blood to survive. He began to publish manga on rental books since 1955 but it is Nejishiki (screw method) published in 1968 on Garo which brought him a fame. Some people don't hesitate to qualify him as the most genius mangaka because of his style which makes manga appear as a real novel.

Yugi Muto

武藤遊戯
alternative words: Muto Yugi, Yuugi Mutou, Mutou Yuugi
keywords: character , manga , yugioh
related topics: Yugioh
explanation: Main character of a Japanese manga, Yugioh. He is a rather shy high school boy and brings video games in his school bag. One day, he has succeeded to resolve a puzzle which had remain insoluble during 1000 years; This caused to liberate a huge power buried in the puzzle. He loves his classmate, Anzu Mazaki.

Yugioh

遊戯王
alternative words: Yu-gi-oh, Yugio, Yuugio, Yuguio
keywords: anime , manga , title , yugioh
related topics: Kazumare Takahashi , Toei Animation , Game Boy , Konami
related web sites: http://www.jump.ne.jp/yugi/
explanation: Manga written by a Japanese mangaka, Kazumare Takahashi. Its publication in a weekly magazine, Shonen Jump, began in 1996 and still continues while its anime version was broadcasted between April and October 1998 by TV Asahi. It tells the story about a boy who got a great power to fight against the evil after having resolved a puzzle which had remained insoluble during 1000 years. It exists also a video game for Game Boy marketed by Konami.

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