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Go Nagai (born September 6, 1945) is a prolific Japanese manga artist who has written, illustrated, or otherwise contributed to over 360 manga titles since his professional debut in 1967 with '' Meakashi Polikichi''. Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and erotica, he is best known for creating the seminal works ''Cutie Honey'', ''Devilman'', and ''Mazinger Z'' in the 1970s. 1960s *'' Meakashi Polikichi'' (目明しポリ吉, 目明かしとなほからはらはあたちなはひのななさひさはさポリ吉, ''Detective Polikichi'')(November 1967, Monthly Bokura) *''Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon'' (ヤダモン, ちびっこ怪獣ヤダモン, ''Yadamon'') (December 1967-July 1968, Monthly Bokura) Original work by Tomio Sagisu *''Yuhi no Kenman'' (夕日の剣マン) (January 1968, Monthly Shonen Magazine) *''Chibikko Keiji-chan'' (ちびっこ刑事ちゃん) (January 15, 1968, Manga Ou Special Issue) *'' Jintaro Sandogasa'' (じん太郎三度笠) (February 4 – Ma ...
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Go Nagai
, better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as '' Cutie Honey'', '' Devilman'' and '' Mazinger Z''. He is credited with creating the super robot genre and for designing the first mecha robots piloted by a user from within a cockpit with ''Mazinger Z'',Mark Gilson, "A Brief History of Japanese Robophilia", ''Leonardo'' 31 (5), pp. 367–369 68 and for pioneering the magical girl genre with ''Cutie Honey'', the post-apocalyptic manga/anime genre with '' Violence Jack'', and the ecchi genre with '' Harenchi Gakuen''. In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. He has been a member of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee since 2009. Life Early life Go Nagai was born on September 6, 1945—in the Ishik ...
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Harenchi Gakuen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga was one of the first to be serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', where it ran from 1968 to 1972, with its chapters collected in thirteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. A modern-day version of the manga, ''Heisei Harenchi Gakuen'', was serialized by Nihon Bungeisha and Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in '' Weekly Manga Goraku'' and ''Weekly Manga Sunday'', respectively, from 1994 to 1995. A sequel to the original series, illustrated by Teruto Aruga and titled ''Harenchi Gakuen: The Company'', was serialized in Shueisha's ''Business Jump'' from 2007 to 2008. ''Harenchi Gakuen'' was adapted into four live-action films and a twenty-seven-episode Japanese television drama. ''Heisei Harenchi Gakuen'' was adapted into a direct to video live-action film and an original video animation (OVA). ''Harenchi Gakuen'' became the first big success for Nagai and is widely considered t ...
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Joker (manga Magazine)
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Yukio Asai
Yukio is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yukio can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *幸夫, "happiness, man" *幸生, "happiness, live" *幸男, "happiness, man" *幸雄, "happiness, male" *行夫, "to go, man" *行男, "to go, man" *行雄, "to go, male" *之夫, "of, man" *之男, "of, man" *之雄, "of, male" *由起夫, "reason, to rise, man" *由紀夫, "reason, chronicle, man" *由記雄, "reason, scribe, male" *悠紀夫, "long time, chronicle, man" *雪雄, "snow, male" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆきお or katakana ユキオ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese pocket billiards player *, pseudonym of Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and politician *, Japanese politician who was Governor of Tokyo *, Japanese baseball player *, youngest-known Japanese Kamikaze pilot killed in World War II *, Japanese politician *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese ...
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Monthly Funny
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Ribon
is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are ''Nakayoshi'' and ''Ciao''. Its target audience is girls roughly 8–14 years old. It is one of the best-selling manga magazines, having sold over 590million copies since 1978. Its circulation was in the millions between 1987 and 2001, peaking at 2.3million in 1994. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167. However, in 2010, the circulation dropped to 243,334. Pages are printed on multicolored newsprint and issues are often more than 400 pages long. They are distributed with a sackful of goodies () that range from small toys to colorful note pads themed around the manga serialized in the magazine. Readers can send in stamps for mail order gifts () in some issues. The manga series from this magazine are later compiled and published in book form () under the Ribon Mascot Comics (RMC) imprint. ''Ribon'' has also inspired multiple spin- ...
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Nakayoshi
is a monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First issued in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 60 years of manga publication history. Notable titles serialized in Nakayoshi include ''Princess Knight'', ''Candy Candy'', ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' and ''Cardcaptor Sakura''. The target demographic for ''Nakayoshi'' (like '' Ribon'' and '' Ciao'') is teenage girls. Roughly the size of a phone book (hence the term "phone book manga"), the magazine generally comes with ''furoku'', or small gifts, such as pop-out figures, games, small bags, posters, stickers, and so on. The ''furoku'' is an attempt to encourage girls to buy their own copies of the magazine rather than just share with a friend. It is one of the best-selling ''shōjo'' manga magazines, having sold over 400million copies since 1978. In the mid-1990s, ''Nakayoshi'' retailed for 400 yen and had an average of 448 pages. The estimated average circulation of ''Nakayoshi'' ...
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Shojo Friend
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