62 Takada Yuzo $@9bEDM5;0(B
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62 Takada Yuzo $@9bEDM5;0(B
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Suposhon Kids $@%9% ]!<%7%g%s#K#I#D#s(B - written by Yakuma\&MAT, serialized
on Young Magazine, 1988, 2 volumes @ Y480.
Takada was apparently asked to include violent sex scenes; he joked that
he didn't mind.
Everyday is Sunday $@KhF|$,F|MKF|(B - published by Futabasha 1988-9, 2
volumes @ Y480, anime comics Y850.
About policewoman Takashita Yumi, who when necessary can muster great
strength, and a carefree stage magician, Ichidaiji Toru, who has nothing
to do other than walking around (he is waiting for the World Master
Magician to re-accept him as an apprentice). In each story, the magician
tries to explain a little bit about the tricks used in stage magic.
Toritsuki-kun $@%H%j%D%-$/$s(B - published by Take Shobo, 1991, Y560.
A mah-jong manga, of no interest to those not familiar with Japanese
mah-jong rules.
Ban'no bunka Neko Musume $@K|G=J82=G-L<(B [The All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl,
aka Super Cat Girl Nukunuku] - published by Futabasha, 1993, Y2000.
Yusaku is the top engineer for Mishima Heavy Industries, the company run
by his wife, Akiko. Yusaku believes that Akiko is no longer capable of
looking after his son Ryunosuke, and runs away with him. Akiko sends her
minions after him, and a cat is badly injured in the chase. Yusaku puts
the cat's brain in his powerful prototype android, which becomes
Ryunosuke's `big sis', Nukunuku! She helps to defend Yusaku and Ryunosuke
from Akiko and her increasingly outlandish mecha.
Nukunuku was running in a magazine that folded shortly after the manga
started, and the story wasn't long enough for one volume. After the
successful OAVs were made, the character designer, Moriyama Yuji
$@$b$j$d$^$f$&$8(B, finished off the manga so that a tankoubon could be
published.
See also: Super Catgirl Nuku Nuku homepage
<http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/anime/nuku.html>
Sazan Eyes [3x3 Eyes] - currently serialized on Young Magazine, 1987-present,
20 volumes @ Y500, anime comics 4 wide-ban volumes @ Y790.
Yakumo, a reasonably ordinary high school student, one day runs into Pai,
a strange girl bearing a letter from his dead father. Pai is believed to
be the last of the Sanjiyan Unkara, a 3-eyed race with the ability to
grant immortality. Yakumo soon finds himself on the verge of death, but
Pai saves him by making him her `Wu', a soulless, unkillable being. Pai
wants to be human, and there are ways it can be done; Yakumo thinks it
would be a nice to have his soul back, too.
So the quest begins, ranging across many countries, Pai's mind and the
ancient land of the Sanjiyans. Fair slices of action, humor, intrigue, H,
and solid art and storytelling - it belatedly won Kodansha's 1993 best
shonen/seinen manga award, more on the strength of the first few volumes
than anything churned out in recent years. The quality of 3x3 degenerated
visibly after around volume 11, when Takada began work on other major
projects such as Blue Seed and the Nukunuku anime.
Aien Kien $B9g1o4s1o(B - artbook, published by Kodansha, 1993, Y1950.
This book's got a lot of colored Sazan Eyes illustrations, plus material
from the days when he was a real green horn, and some CD jackets he has
done for various Gundam-related merchandise. The last several pages of the
book contains indexes and explanations of the illustrations much the same
way Intron Depot contains Shirow's commentary, in both English and
Japanese.
Aokushimitama Blue Seed $BJK4q:2#B#L#U#E#S#E#E#D(B - currently serialized on
Comic Gamma (Take Shobo), 1992-present, 3 volumes @ Y800, anime comics 5
volumes @ Y780.
Ancient gods return to Earth. Much like early 3x3 Eyes in terms of form
and content. There is a TV anime, based on the manga, which was the basis
for the ``film comic''.
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