28 Katsura Masakazu $@7K@5OB(B
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28 Katsura Masakazu $@7K@5OB(B
Another Shonen Jump rising star of the 1980s, who achieved recognition with
Wingman. His art direction skill (especially his use of screentones) and cute
girls have made him popular with Western manga fans.
Katsura has also done character designs for $@&)'A&)&!(B, the anime based on
Zeiram, a live-action movie conceived by Amemiya Keita $B1+5\7DB@(B.
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Wingman $@0&B"HG%&%$%s%0%^%s(B - serialized on Shonen Jump 1986, 12 volumes @
Y390, 7 wide-ban volumes @ Y1000.
One day, a guy finds a girl dressed up in weird costumes.... one of her
belongings was a Dream Note - whatever written in it becomes true. He drew
a fictional character called Wingman.... which he transforms into when a
bunch of bad guys from another world come to attack the strange girl he
found.
Chokidoin Vander $BD65!F00w%t%!%s%@!<(B - published by Shonen Jump 1986, 2
wide-ban volumes @ Y600.
A guy and a girl transform to become the Vander - the hyper-policeman.
They go on a mission to fight the aliens who had come from outer space to
conquer Earth.
Video Girl $@EE1F>/=w(B - published by Shonen Jump 1990-93, 15 volumes @
Y390.
Yota isn't liked by girls, so one day he rents a videotape which promises
a night with the cute Amano Ai. When he plays the tape, Ai walks out of
the video screen and into Yota's life.
Shuueisha withdrew volumes 3 and 5 from sale, so that some of the artwork
could be ``corrected'' (in most cases, this was merely the addition of
strategically-placed underwear). There was nothing particularly explicit,
but some scenes were judged to be unsuitable for Shonen Jump's typical
"boys and girls" audience. Volumes 1-13 are Video Girl Ai, while volumes
14-15 are Video Girl Len (a different story set some years after VGA, with
a brief appearance from Yota).
The VGA novels were illustrated by Katsura and written by Sukehiro Tomota.
They feature the four "den'ei shojo" of VGA plus two new "den'ei shojo",
Kagetori You and Kayama Yume.
See also: VGA homepage <http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~warrenf/vgai.html>
D.N.A2 - serialized on Shonen Jump, 1993-4, 5 volumes @ Y390.
In the future, the earth suffers an enormous overpopulation problem, all
due to one ``megaplayboy''. An agent, Aoi Karin, is sent back in time to
avert this disaster by altering the DNA of the megaplayboy, who turns out
to be an ordinary high school student, Momonari Junta. He has a ``female
allergy'' which stops him getting anywhere near girls, but all that
changes after Karin accidentally shoots him with the wrong DNA control
medicine. An interesting premise, executed with Katsura's professionalism,
but it never quite recovered from some long and dreary fighting scenes.
See also: D.N.A2 homepage
<http://www.tcp.com/doi/peter/down1/tv/dna_94000.html>
Present from Lemon $@%W%l%<%s%H!&%U%m%`#L#E#M#O#N(B - published by Shonen
Jump 1988, 2 volumes @ Y370.
Masakazu Collection $@7K@5OB%3%l%/%7%g%s(B - published by Shonen Jump 1989, 2
volumes @ Y880.
Shadow Lady - irregularly featured on Virtual Jump and subsequently Shonen
Jump, 1992-present.
Katsura Masakazu Tampenshuu ZETMAN $B7K@5OBC;JT=8(B - published by Sh\ueisha,
1995, Y390.
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