50 Okazaki Takeshi $@2,:jIp;N(B
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
50 Okazaki Takeshi $@2,:jIp;N(B
One of a loose grouping of friends that includes CLAMP and Hagiwara Kazushi.
Okazaki's art is strongly associated with the styles of those manga-kas, and
also Asamiya Kia. He was also probably a part-time assistant of CLAMP at one
stage. Okazaki has drawn numerous short stories and parodies (of SD Gundam,
Final Fantasy, Project A-ko, etc), but few of these have been republished.
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Explorer Woman Ray - serialized on Nora, 1988-9, 2 volumes @ Y500.
Derivative action-adventure stuff.
Lyrical Karen-chan $@$+$l$s$A$c$s(B - published by Kadokawa Shoten, 1992,
Y680.
Karen is 175cm tall, too tall for her liking; and she cries easily.
Elementalors $@@:Nn;H$$(B - currently serialized on Nora, 1990-present, 3
volumes @ Y800.
From the volume 1 blurb:
``In ancient times, minds and spirits dwelled in all the
materials on earth. At the end of a battle these minds dwelling
in matter conquered the hostile matter of the enemy and
mutiplied. Sacred wars gave birth to the elementalors. fierce
battles between the elementalors raged continuously in the
struggle to create a new utopia.
``Kagura is an elementalor reincarnated in the present! After a
billion nights, the battles of the elementalors have returned...
but only one can rule. Kagura's long, fiery trial is about to
begin. Now!!''
Koi $BNx(B - written by Okawa Nanase, South, 1993, Y580.
Okazaki remarked that he enjoyed drawing this manga because ``it is his
true story''. However, Okazaki and Okawa's (implied?) partnership did not
seem to last long past the publication of Koi.
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