21 Ikegami Ryoichi $@CS>eNK0l(B
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
21 Ikegami Ryoichi $@CS>eNK0l(B
Debuted in 1971 with Aineo Boy, written by Koike Kazuo. One of the famous and
influential realist/violence artists. He has long since given up trying to draw
his own stories. Ikegami's art has been especially infleuntial in Hong Kong and
Taiwan. (Curiously, Ikegami once drew a version of Spiderman.)
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Mai $@Iq(B [aka Mai the Psychic Girl] - published by Shogakukan, 1986, 3
volumes @ Y780.
Story about a young, psychically gifted girl, and people who try to
kidnap, kill or exploit her. (The director Tim Burton was involved in an
attempt to bring a musical version of Mai to the big screen.)
Crying Freeman [$@%U%j!<%^%s(B] - published by Big Comics, 1986-9, 9 volumes
@ Y480.
About a killer for the triads who cries whenever he kills someone.
Ikegami's most best-known recent work; it's been adapted for various anime
and movies.
Sanctuary $@%5%s%/%A%e%"%j(B - written by Fumimura Shou $@;KB<(B $@fF(B,
serialized on Big Comic Superior, 1986-95, 12 volumes @ Y500.
Story about two young men working together to change the shape of Tokyo's
politics - one by becoming a politician, and the other by becoming a
Yakuza. Doesn't pull any punches.
Offered $@%*%U%!!<%I(B - written by Koike Kazuo, published by Shogakukan,
1990-1, 4 volumes @ Y500.
The main character is an "offered" of Gilgamesh, (Gilgamesh preserved his
semen in an iceberg...so it survived. The grandfather of the main
character for some rason was able to gain the semen..) so he goes on this
trip to Agartha, where all the secrets of his birth lie.
Ouritsuin Kumomaru no Shogai $@2&N)1!1@4]$N@836(B [aka Samurai Crusader: The
Kumomaru Chronicles] - written by Hiroi Ooji $@9-0f2&;R(B, published by
Shonen Sunday 1991-2, 3 volumes @ Y500.
In the early 1930s, the son of a Japanese noble family travels to Europe
to seek his fortune. But he soon becomes embroiled in the militarist
conspiracy, running up against the militarists' ninja Juuzou, Chinese
demons and fleets of zeppelins. Ikegami's art is as good as ever, but its
awkward story proved unpopular and it ended prematurely.
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Other major works:
Nobunaga $@?.D9(B - published by Shogakukan, 1988-90, 8 volumes @ Y500.
I Katsuotoko Boi $@#I!&2nCK%\!<%$(B - published by Studio Ship, 1992, 9
volumes @ Y700.
Otokogumi $@CKAH(B - published by Shogakukan, 9 volumes @ Y700.
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