From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: rec.arts.manga: Manga Primer
Keywords: monthly informative posting
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:32:00 GMT
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Archive-name: manga/primer


                      The Rec.arts.manga Primer
                       Version 3.2 (September)


The Primer has doubled in size, and now has JIS!  However, more contributions
are still needed.


Note: To convert the JIS into true JIS, you must globally replace the
^^[ with an actual Control-^[.

==

Getting started, or looking for new titles-
  You can search the text for keywords (eg. "cyberpunk", "romance",
  "baseball").  Alternatively, just browse through the text to see
  what kinds of manga are out there.  If you know some manga authors
  or titles already, look them up -- other works by the same author may
  interest you.

Answering specific questions about an author or title-
  Search for the artist or title.  Each artist has a description of their
  style, and/or a comprehensive list of their works.  The questions about
  "what else has this author done", "which magazine has this title",
  "is it over", "how many volumes are there", "is it animated", should
  be answered.   Each title has a condensed description of its status,
  for example:

  (1987-1991, v35F, Y390, SJ, TV series+movies)

     "1987-1991": Commenced publication in 1987, ceased in 1991.
     "v35F":  35 tankoubon have been published.  (As a rough guide, the
              higher this number, the more popular the series.)
              'F'=the series is finished.  'U'=finished in magazine,
              but the final tankoubon remains unpublished.  
     "Y390":  Tankoubon cost 390 yen each.  (If no price is listed, assume
              that it costs 390 yen).  For long-running manga, early volumes
              may be marginally cheaper than listed here.
     "SJ":   Magazine that carried the title.  Abbreviations are used for
             popular magazines (SJ=Shonen Jump);  refer to the list of
             magazines and publishers at the end.  If the magazine is
             unknown or if the series didn't appear in a magazine, the
             publisher is listed instead.  '*'=series appears irregularly.
     "TV series+movies":  Related works, ie. an anime TV series and anime
                          movie was derived from this manga.

Buying manga-
    To order tankoubon, you will need to know the title, author, price,
  and who publishes the magazine that carried the title.  There is a
  list of magazines and publishers at the end of this Primer.  Places
  which will order manga are listed in the Rec.arts.manga Resources.
    The author's name is provided in Japanese (JIS code), where possible.
  This is to help you recognise the name while browsing, and to help
  you write the name for orders (some places require it).  Places where
  you can shop for manga are also listed in the Rec.arts.manga Resources.

Some notes on the Primer-
    The reviews and descriptions in the Primer come from a great diversity
  of sources, mostly the work of people on the net, and credited where
  possible.  There are many entries which are incomplete, uncredited,
  wrong or simply unhelpful;  your help in keeping this list up-to-date
  and useful is always greatly appreciated.
    If you have any new authors to add, please describe either their
  storytelling style OR at least one of their works.  1-3 short paragraphs
  is sufficient to give a good idea of most manga titles.
    Please email any changes, additions or other feedback to the current
  maintainer of the Primer, Iain Sinclair (axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au).   



Manga Authors and Titles
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

---- Adachi Mitsuru ^[$@!N$"$@$A^[(J ^[$@=<!O^[(J
----
Ah, the Youth of Koushien
Yuu Hi yo Nobore/Rise, Setting Sun!
  (album, Y680, Flower Comics (Shougakukan), story by Yamasaki Juuzou)
  Characters are typical of Adachi, since characters in all his works are the
  same.  All the characters here are just a bit less polished compared to
  later works.  As is typical with shoujo manga, Adachi concentrated on
  characters and less on background, so as to create a "dreamy" atmosphere.
  ^[CPK]
Hiatari Ryoukou
  (v2?F, Y680, Shougakukan)
Nine
  (v5F, SS)
Miyuki
  (v10?F, Y390, Shougakukan)
Touch
  (v26F, Y390, SS, TV series ^[108 ep]+3 movies)
    There are three "parts" to Touch.  In the first part, the main theme
  was the love triangle between Tatsuya, Kazuya, and Minami.  Uesugi
  Tatsuya and Kazuya were twins, and Asakura Minami was the girl next door.
    The second part of Touch concentrated on Tatsuya trying to put himself
  into Kazuya's shoes.  Tatsuya got "traded" from the boxing team to the
  baseball team for a picture of Lum with an autograph of Takahashi Rumiko.
  Tatsuya pitched the Meisei team into the second round of the regional
  tournament, but lost to Nishimura and Seinan High School in an extra
  inning game while pitching a no-hitter.  Minami, who had been the baseball
  team manager, also became a member of the school's rhythmic gymnastics
  team.  Minami did exceptionally well and made it to the national tournament.
    The third part of Touch concentrated on Tatsuya making himself good
  enough for Minami.  Meisei got a new coach because the old coach got
  sick.  The new coach worked the team like the devil.  But it paid off
  as Meisei made it to the finals of the regional tournament to face
  Nitta and Sumi Technical High School.  ^[HD]
Rough
  (v12F, Y390, SS)
Slow Step
  (v6F, Y390, Shougakukan, 5 OAVs)
Short Program
Niji-iro Tohgarashi
  (v11U, SS)
H2/2 Heroes, 2 Heroines
  (SS)


---- Araki Hirohiko
----
Jojo no Kimyouna Bouken/Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
  (v27, Y390, SJ)
  Three generations of Jojo fight vampires and seek revenge.


---- Aro Hiroshi ^[$@!N$"$m$R$m$7!O^[(J
---- 
An unusual artist/writer. Most of his stories have a clear, clean appearance
with a surreal quality. This could also be said of his characters, tone,
and attitude. He uses "hentai" with its double meaning of "metamorphosis"
to describe weird backgrounds, assorted personalities, and other strangeness.
His humor oriented stories usually share the same universe.

Morumo 1/10
  (v2F, Shonen Captain (Tokuma Shoten))
  Morumo 1/10 is a combination of super-hero, comedy, and love story.
  Morumo is an alien girl raised on earth. She is 16.3 meters tall at
  age 16 and weighs 43 tons. She looks human (with pink hair) if you
  are far enough away, well her proportions are human. She occasionally
  takes a shrinking serum that reduces her body by 1/10 in size.  ^[NA]
You and Me
  (v8F, Monthly SJ)
  You is a boy who just moved into the equivalent of a boarding house.
  Everything is not as it first seems, even the boy. Living in the 
  same room is a ghost (female) named Me. The series is a combination 
  of love, humor, and a general parody of anime and manga. ^[NA]
Boogie-Woogie Alligator
Omisore Toraburikko
Tottemo Shounen Tankentai
Sheriff
Trickster
Unkai no Tabibito
Waka-okusama no Abunai Shumi(?)
Futaba-kun, Change!
  (v3, SJ Monthly)
  Another high school hentai slapstick. Futaba changes his/her gender when
  he/she gets excited. But it's not only him.  His family is filled with
  gender-changing people.



---- Asamiya Kia
----
Gunhed
Vagrant
  (v2, Comptique (Kadokawa Shoten)*)
Silent Mobius
  (v4, Comp, novels+game books+movie)
Compiler
  (v2U, Afternoon)
    The short, blond haired girl on the JPEF is Assembler.  Both are from
  the cybernetic dimension.  They came to play a game on earth.  A game of
  destroy or construct.  Compiler DESTROYS Assembler CONSTRUCTS.
  They can do amazing things when they put some discs into the slots on their
  forehead. Compiler is the "rough" kind, and prefers to do "rash" things.
  She is afraid of water.  Assembler is the "naive" kind, and mistakenly falls
  for the younger brother.  The elder is the weirdest. He gets pleasure from
  seeing everything destroyed around him.  ^[PY]
Dark Angel
  (Newtype)


---- Chen Wen
----
Taiwan's most accomplished manga artist.  After experimenting with such
things as soap and candle wax, he eventually mastered the use of the
traditional Chinese calligraphy brush.  Chen Wen's exotic art and stories
are unmistakably unique.    ^[CPK] ^[IS]

Leopard Warriors
  (1983, v3F, Time Weekly)
Leopard Warriors II
The God of War
Story of the Assassins
The Armor General
Tou-Shuu Eiyuu-den/Heroes of the East Chu Dynasty
  (v2, Morning)
  Chinese historical figures in the days of East Chou Dynasty.
Fukaku Utsukushiiki ASIA/Deep and Beautiful Asia, aka. Magical Super Asia
  (1992-present, Afternoon)
  In a totalitarian society ruled by the Ideal Leader, psychics battle
  beast-people, powerful demigods, and each other.


---- CLAMP
----
CLAMP is a syndicate of six women.

20 Menshou Onegai
Seiden/RG Veda
  (v5?, Y490, ?(Shinshokan))
  Fantasy based on Hindu Mythology.
Gakuen Tokkei Deukarion/Campus Police Deukarion  (Comic Genki)
  There is this Shuukaidou Takeshi (grade 10 Z) kendo 'expert' and
  Higashikunimaru Kentaroo (grade 10 Z class), an athlete protecting
  the St.CLAMP school, which includes college, high school, grade school and
  kindergarten(!) (Yes, the story of 20 Menshou ni Onegai is supposed to
  take place here too.) Canteens suffer from that evil organisation called
  "Imo no yama shootengai" whose Bastard!!-style leader always strives to
  occupy the canteens for his world conquering base (and to eat all the food
  inside!)  ^[PY]
Campus Detective
Tokyo Babylon
  (v3?, Y580, ?(Shinshokan))
  Shoujo Kujaku-Oh. ^[HH]


---- Egawa Tatsuya
----
Be Free!
  (Morning?)
  Weird story about a highschool teacher.
Magical TARUruuto-kun
  (v17, SJ, TV+movie(s)?)


---- Fujishima Kosuke 
----
Fujishima is a keen fan of motorcyles and engine mechanics stuff. So expect
to see a lot of things about them in his manga. ^[PY]

Taiho Shichau zo!/I'll Arrest You!
  (v7F, Y420, Comic Morning Party Extra (Koudansha))
  The manga which made Fujishima famous.  As commonly found in debut manga,
  the art style changed quite a lot from Vol.1 to Vol.4.  After he started
  AMG,  he seemed to settle with a more polished and elegant style. Some
  people like his earlier style better, but I like his later style better.
  Modern Japan. Police Department for the local residential area.
  Miyuki, mechanics genius, expert vehicle driver, the brain of the pair,
  more introverted kind;  Natsumi, enormous strength, expert motorcyle
  driver, the steamroller of the pair, more action-oriented kind;
  Both feel embarassed when faced with romance; BTW, many support roles came
  into the series: a policegirl who is better to be an OL (office lady), a
  man who has 100% female mentality came to be a "policewoman".  ^[PY]
Aa! Megamisama!/Ah! My Goddess!
  (v6, Y450, Afternoon, 1 OAV+CDs)
    Artwork is very nicely done.  Look at those clothes worn by the godesses
  and you can tell.  Actually those fashion like dresses really attracted me.
  I would put it on the rank of "great".  Obviously the art is not up to Ai
  in terms of the details and toning, but then good artwork doesn't necessarily
  mean detailed artwork.
    Character designs change quite a bit from Vol.1 to most recent stories.
  I think the designs keep on improving.  Character designs look perfect to
  me (I mean the most recent designs), both in terms of the artwork and
  character/personality.  I admit that the story isn't any substantial stuff,
  but then the whole thing is just a collection of individual light-hearted
  enjoyable stories.  ^[PY]


---- Fujita Kazuhiro
----
Ushio to Tora
  (v11, SS, 6 OAVs+Super Famicom game)
  Occult Action. Junior high school boy Aotuski Ushio finds a monster and a
  spear in storehouse of his home (= Buddhist temple). The monster (Ushio
  named it "Tora" (Tiger) because it resembles a tiger) was notorious,
  and also the spear (Spear of the Beast) was a famous artifact made to
  destroy monsters.  ^[YK]


---- GONTA
----
GONTA draws people with confidence and flair.  His stories are full of
drama, weirdos and sex.  ^[IS]

Heaven
  (v3F, Afternoon)
Jigoku no Ie/Housing Inferno
  (1992, Afternoon)
  A famous soap opera actor (Harou) and his son (Kyouichi) and their
  highly screwed-up relationships.


---- Hagiwara Kazushi ^[$@!NGk860l;j!O^[(J
----
Bastard!!
  (v12, Y390, SJ Season Special, OAV)
Made Genius
  (doujinshi, with Studio Loud in School)


---- Hirano Toshihiro
----
The Golden Warrior
Iczer Densetsu/The Iczer Legend
  (v1, Comic Genki, based on OAVs)


---- Hiwatari Saki
----
  Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte/Please Save My Earth
  (v14, Hana to Yume (Hasukensha))
    A high school girl named Alice (yep, they found kanji for it) moves to
  Tokyo, where she finds that two boys in her class have been sharing the
  same dreams for several years.  The dreams form a continuing story. She
  eventually finds herself having the same dreams. It turns out that these
  dreams are actually remembrances of their past lives, which happened to be
  as alien researchers stationed on the Earth's moon. Also, as the story
  progresses the other members of the moon research team are found
  reincarnated as well. The seven of them try to solve the mystery of what
  their past lives were, and why they are remembering it.
    Adding a bit of excitement to the story is the fact that (1) the
  reincarnated people have some special powers that remained from their past
  lives, and (2) certain of them harbor great enmity toward others, and are
  acting rather irrational.
    I think it is a good suspense story. It is definitely not merely one of
  those "love stories for junior high school girls". ^_^ A bit of advice
  though: It is very hard to keep the relationships between the characters
  straight, as you have to deal with rather complicated love tangles in both
  the present day Japan setting and the "moon story" setting. It doesn't help
  that the publisher for some reason decided not to put the usual
  "toujyoujinbutu syoukai" in the front of the issues until issue #6.
  I would strongly suggest that when you buy #1, buy #6 at the same
  time. You can refer to the character chart in the front of #6. ^[MC]


---- Houjou Tsukasa
----
Cat's Eye
  (1981-1984, v18F, SJ)
Short Story Collection 1: Tenshi no Okurimono/Gift from Angel
  (album, Y370, SJ)
City Hunter
  (1-35F, Y390 SJ, TV series + movies)
  A hentai trouble shooter and his hammer-wielding typically overdeveloped
  female type assistant.


---- Ikegami Ryouichi
----
Mai
  (v2?, Y780, SS, story by Kudou Kazuya)
Crying Freeman
  (v7?, Y500, Shogakukan, story by Koike Kazuo)
Sanctuary
  (v4?, Y500, Shougakukan, story by Shimura Shou)
Offered
  (v4?, Y500, Shougakukan, story by Koike Kazuo)
Otoko-gumi
  (v9?, Y780, Shougakukan, story by Kariya Tetsu)
Ouritsuin Kumomaru no Shougai/The Life of Ouritsuin Kumomaru
  (1991-1992, v3F, Y500, SS)


---- Inoue Noriyoshi
----
Mad Bull 34
  (17F, YJ)
  NY cop.
W.Wolf
  (Jump 30*)
  An international investigator possessed by the spirits of wolves.
Renkan Nihon-Shoki/Chronicle of Japan
  (1, YJ, story by Koike Kazuo)


---- Iwaaki Hitoshi
----
Iwaaki is a superb storyteller.  His art is deliberately unflashy and low-key.

Kiseiju/Parabeasts
  (v5, Afternoon)
    "One day, alien creatures appeared on Earth.  They invaded other animals
  through their nose or ears, and lived in their brains, controlling their
  nervous system.  These creatures were 'parabeasts', their numbers unknown.
  They can detect each other from their brain waves, and can change their
  shape freely.  One parasite tried to invade his host, Shinichi, via
  his arm, but Shinichi stopped it reaching his brain by tying up his arm.
    "Eventually, a symbiotic relationship developed.  Those parabeasts which
  lived on brains eventually consumed their host and matured.  So, to save
  themselves, Shinichi and his parabeast 'Miggy' began to fight against
  other parabeasts."
    Kiseiju has horrific gore, but also features well-developed relationships,
  sensitive dialogue, and superb (sometimes warm and funny) atmosphere.
  The SF story is suspenseful, chilling and plausible.  ^[IS]

 
---- Karia Tetsu
----
Oishinbo
  (v33, Y500, Big Comics, art by Hanasaki Akira)
  This is the ultimate food manga.  The protagonists work for the
  culture section of a newspaper.  Their star reporter is a slovenly
  goof-off who knows incredibly much about food and cooking. ^[TM]


---- Katsu Aki
----
(Dave Mou better write synopses for these. ^[-Ed. ^_^])

Hoshikuzu Paradise
  (v11F, SS)
Fuhoushi Mandara-den Karasu
  (v3F, SS)
Katsu Aki Short Story Col.
  (v2F, SS)
Happy Naomae
  (v6F, SS) 
Chouryuu Senki SAUROS KNIGHT
  (v2, SS)


---- Katsura Masakazu ^[$@!N7K@5OB!O^[(J
----
Wingman
  (v13F, Y370, SJ)
Katsura Masakazu Collection
  (v2?, 1=Y800 2=Y910, Shuueisha)
Present From Lemon
  (v2F, Shuueisha)
Den'ei Shoujo/Video Girl Ai/Video Girl Len
  (v12, SJ)
  Vol.3 and vol.5 have been withdrawn from sale.

---- Kawaguchi Kaiji
----
Medusa
  (v5)
  The main character is a "walker" (dimension-tripper).  He's an adopted
  son of a Japanese politician... and Medusa is the real daughter of
  the politician.... She turns out to be a terrorist (palestinian) and
  he turns out to be a politician....  And the guy still loves the bitch
  although he has a wife and kids.  ^[HH] ^[KM]
Chinmoku no Kantai/The Silent Service
  (v14, Y500, Morning)
  The advanced US nuclear submarine "Seabat" is taken over by a Japanese
  crew, and renamed "Yamato".  It then proceeds to waste a large portion
  of the superpowers' fleets.  This manga has some infamy (being mentioned
  in the Diet), slightly derivative of The Hunt for Red October.  Lots of
  suspense, politics, and well-done naval warfare scenes.  


---- Kikuchi Hideyuki
----
Kikuchi is a novelist, not a manga artist.  But he sometimes writes stories
for manga, and several manga and anime have been based on his novels.
Actually, he is one of two most famous novelists of the Horror/Action
(Sex/Violence) genre.  Unfortunately, for those who cannot read Japanese,
his best works are among the ones which are available only as novels.
Shinjuku seems to be his favorite setting.  ^[YK]

Novels:
  Makai-Toshi <Shinjuku>/Demon City <Shinjuku>
    (OVA)
  Mato Babylon/Demon City Babylon
    Sequel to _<Shinjuku>_
  Aki Setsura, the Man-Searcher
    (v12)
  Mephisto, the Doctor of Demon City
    (v12)
  Makai Keiji/Detective of Demon City
    (v2)
    All stories above are describing <Shinjuku>.
  Kyuuketsuki Hunter D/Vampire Hunter D
    (v7, OVA)
  Youjuu Toshi/Super Natural Beast City
    (v3F, OVA)
    The OVA only dealt with the first volume.  (The baby of Makie and Taki
    was born in the 3rd volume.)
  Demonic War in New York
    (v2F)
    Sequel to _Youjuu Toshi_.
  Killer Name
    (v1F)
  Kaze no Na wa Amnesia/The Wind's Name is Amnesia
    (OVA)

Manga:
  Majin Gakuen / Demonic High School
    (v9?, Y390?, Shounen Champion, art by Hosoma Shin'ichi, based on novel)
  Western Bugei-chou / Samurai in the Wild West (art by JET)
    (v1, art by JET, based on novel)
  Darkside Blues
    (v2F, art by Ashibe Yuuho)
  Makai Toshi Hunter / Hunter of Demon City
    (v14?F, Y390?, Shounen Champion, art by Hosoma Shin'ichi)
  Mokujiroku Senshi / Warrior of Apocrypha
    (v1F, art by Hosoma Shin'ichi)
  

---- Kishiro? Yukito ^[$@!NLZ>k$f$-$H!O^[(J
----
Gunnm/Gun's Dream, aka. "Battle Angel Alita"
  (v4, BJ, anime soon+English)
    Cyberpunk.  Nice art, with some influence by Moebius (Jean Giraud, the
  French comic artist).  The society is filled with many cybernetic androids,
  some normal but many are abnormal or punk, both in terms of appearance and
  mentality.
    All in all, the story is pretty an interesting mix of pleasant art-style
  (that is NOT the manly style as in Hokuto no ken or Saint Seiya) and
  gross bloodbath (or robot fluid bath :) fights.  ^[PY]


---- Kitagawa Shou
----
Kitagawa, as he describes himself, is a very tall, muscular, dark skinned
fellow, and yet he's a major shoujo manga fan (and that caused him some
embarrassing moments in bookstores in his high school years).  His art
reflects the shoujo influence, and yet his stories are tailored for
men.   ^[DM]  He started drawing manga at age 13.

Nineteen
  (1988-1990, v12F, Y600, YJ, OAV covers v1.1-5)
    Commenced when the artist was only 21 years old, and yet it shows
  surprising maturity in both style and story.  Most importantly, Kitagawa
  captured the essence of the age bordering adolescence and adulthood.
  In a sense, 19 is the GQ of manga.  Read it and perhaps we can learn 
  something from it.
    Our hero, Kazushi Kubota, will have his heart broken three times (and his 
  virginity intact) before he finds a steady love, and that's just half of the 
  story.  The story can be very light hearted, and then very depressing 
  sometimes.  The tone is, IMHO, overall melancholic.  Comparing with some
  other bland shonen stuffs that are out there, 19 scores far above the
  field.  ^[DM]
B.B. (Blue Butterfly) Fish
  (v4, Y600, YJ)
  More fantasy oriented, and it rivals other YJ series in degree of H-ness.
  Unfortunately, BBF doesn't have a well defined theme as Nineteen.  It's
  trying to tell a love story, fantasy story, sports story, and a mystery
  story all at the same time.  Well, doesn't stop me from buying it thou.  :-)
  ^[DM]  NB.  This is NOT Banana Fish!!
Teens Siyouka!/Let's Be Teens!
  (v1F, Y600, Shuueisha)
Cult Weekend
  (1992, all-color short story, Young Jump 30)
  Bondage and mayonnaise.


---- Koike Kazuo
----
Koike Kazuo is well-known manga story writer (Gensaku-sha), not a manga
artist (Manga-ka).  ^[YK]

Crying Freeman
Offered
Renkan Nihon-shoki
Auction House


---- Kouga Yun
----
Alice in Wonderland
    A prince from Wonderland is about to decide who he shall marry.  But, he
  doesn't feel that he loves any of his bride-want-to-be.  So he asked his
  personal advisor, who is also a wizard, to let him go to the human world
  and try his luck.  The wizard agreed, but the prince has to go as a dog,
  he can only turn back as a prince only twice while he was there and most
  of all he cannot tell his name to the woman he wishes to get married with,
  or otherwise he won't be able to marry her.
    The prince agreeed to the terms.  The wizard turned him into a puppy.
  The prince was picked up by Alice, a girl who loves dogs, she has a lot
  of dogs in her house.  The prince falls in love with her.  Later that night,
  he changed himself back to his human shape while she was asleep.  But,
  Alice woke up and asked who he was.  The dumb prince slipped his tongue
  and told her his name.  So what happened then is that he still bring her
  back to Wonderland. He planned to stay with her even if they can not get
  married.  Then the story goes on..... ^[LL]
You Are My Only Shining Star
  (Y500, Tairiku Shobou)
    A SF-Fantasy story.  About moon people, with big insect-like wings
  and human.  At that time, it's magic that rules.  The main character
  Thomas is the greatest magician on earth.  At that time, women are
  the ones who are working and they are the ones who protect the men.
  Humans had conquered the moon already, and killed all the moon
  people,  because the moon people have a special power.  The main
  female character is the last of the moon people.  Thomas is actually
  a moon-person as well, but no one knows about it.
    It turns out that there is a guy within the heroine.  It was a spell
  that happened during the war between the moon people and earth, so now
  they are actually two people in one.  So Thomas has to show her that he
  really loves her, even though she is actually a guy sometimes.  ^[LL]
B-Type Union
  (Genki Special)
Genji
  (v6?, Y490, Shinshokan)
Earthian
  (v3?, Y490, Shinshokan)
REN-AI
Yajyou Teikoku
Mind Size
Kodomo tachi wa yoru no Jyujin/Children are dwellers of Night
  (v2F, Y500, Tairiku Shobou)
Safran Zero Beat
Flexible Sensation
  There is a group of aliens whose spaceship has lain crashed into earth
  for centuries.  This group of alien is pretty weird.  Each individual is
  composed of two bodies, and a male one and a female one.   The male
  character was a descendant of the alien, without his other half, he is
  like a normal human.  Other alien try to get him to combine with her
  sister, so he can return to his alien form.   ^[LL]


---- Kunitomo Yasuyuki
----
Junk Boy
Shin no Shin


---- Kurama Shin'ichi
----
Shin-Majinden
  (?-1988, v4F, Shounen Captain, Battle Royal Highschool OAV)
   
  
---- Manabe Johji
----
Outlanders
Capricorn
  (v4?F, Y490, Shinshokan)
  SF-Fantasy. Other dimensional planet tries to invade Earth. ^[YK]
Caravan Kid
Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai
  An action adventure set in a parallel universe that resembles Japan in
  Warring State Era.  ^[TK]
The Key of Grasille
The Heaven Gods


---- Matsumoto Izumi
----
Kimagure Orange Road
  (v18F, v8F wide, SJ)
Sesame Street
  (v3, Super Jump*)
  Another love triangle: A ronin + his sister-in-law, a virgin widow +
  a 17 high-school girl who likes him. ^[PY]
Graffiti Matsumoto Izumi Short Story Collection


---- Matsumoto Leiji
----
Uchuu Senkan Yamato/Space Cruiser Yamato
  (v2?F, Akita Shoten)
Ginga Tetsudou 999/Galaxy Express 999
  (v10F, Y1200, Shougakukan)
Moou no Hosomichi/The narrow path inside a dream
  The story is about the author's dreams.  In his dream he becomes another
  person (dressed like a reporter), and he travels to mysterious places.
Sennen Jouou/The Millenium Queen
  (v2F, Y1200, Shougakukan)
Makkoo no Mokushiroku 9999/Bright Red Book of Revelation
  (Big Comics)
  This is a story supposed to take place in the contemporary world. Yuu,
  aged 28, doesn't care about money or women. One day he met a young woman,
  with a scar on her face. Without knowing anything about her, he made a
  contract with her to serve as a combat soldier of the Foreign Legion
  called CRIMSON 9999.


---- Miyazaki Hayao
----
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa/Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
  (v4, Newtype*, movie+English)


---- Nagai Gou ^[$@!N1J0f^[(J ^[$@9k!O^[(J
----
This veteran artist has two trademarks:  sex, and violence.  ^[IS]

Mazinger Z
  (1975, anime)
Devilman
Violence Jack
  (anime)
Cutey Honey
  (anime)
Shuten Douji
Mazin Saga
  (v3, YJ 1991, Super Jump 1992-)
Kabushiki-gaisha Tokugawa Ieyasu
  (v5, Y600, Home Comics, story? by Shinguu)


---- Nagano Mamoru
----
Five Star Stories
  (v4, Y900, Newtype)
  Grand interstellar empires saga, wars fought out with heavy mecha.


---- Nagano Noriko
----
God Save the Sugekoma-kun! Special
  (1992, two short stories, YM)
  Masochist guy meets hentai-hating violent girl!


---- Nobe Toshio
----
Nobe does draw the girls in a pretty way, and from some of the occasional
H materials make me suspect we have a former H artist that made it big.
^[CPK]

Watashi no Okita-kun
  (v20F)
Yayoi no Ozora
  (v11F)
Myuu no Densetsu/The Legend of Myuu
  (v5F, Y850, ?)
  An ok fantasy adventure story, some H toward the end. ^[CPK]
Rising
Nozomi Witches
  (v26, Y460, YJ, OAV+live action movie)
    Nozomi Witches used to be the number one serial on YJ during its peak
  around 89-90.  During its beginning (vol. 1-5) it concentrated on this
  young, talent, ex-actress high school girl who return from New Zealand,
  and she met her next door neighbor Ryotaro.  (The 15 year old male lead
  of this story.)
    The next phase of this series is around vol 6-17, with the main emphasis 
  graduately shafted from Nozomi to Ryotaro and from drama to boxing, 
  it most concerned about Ryotaro's route from a high school boxing beginner
  to 1988 Seoul Olympics.
    From vol. 18 on, is the current phase of this manga (which Nobe called
  Book II), It's about Ryotaro's pro boxing life, and the parallel life of his
  boxing friend/enemy/understander Yugo Fukuyama, at this stage the 
  drama side of the story is almost non-existent, and there is really no 
  suspense between Nozomi and Ryotaro.  Character designs also changed here.
  ^[CPK]


---- Ogino Makoto ^[$@!N2.Ln^[(J ^[$@??!O^[(J
----
Kujaku-Oh/Peacock King
  (1984-1989, v17F, Y460, YJ, novel+live action+video game+3 OAVs)
Kujaku-Oh Taimaseiden/Peacock King Demon Hunt
  (1991-present, v5, Y460, YJ)
    This is a sequel to Kujaku-Oh, which brought second occult boom
  to Japanese manga scene. Kujaku-Oh became more of an Epic Occult Saga
  after a few volumes, but this sequel is back to the "Demon Hunt" style
  that the original Kujaku-Oh was intended to be.  (The quality of art
  in the original and in Taimaseiden differs considerably.)
    Kujaku is a buddhist monk who belongs to Ura-Kouya, a secret
  organization inside Shingon Sect of Buddhism, sole purpose of which
  is to destroy demons/monsters. Kujaku was born with the power of
  Kujaku-Myouou (Mayuri Vidya-raja, also referred to as Lucifer in some
  occult books) which he uses to fight the forces of evil. He's supposed
  to have lost his Kujaku-Oh power when he and his twin sister (The Beast of
  666) neutralized each other, but he again used power of Kujaku-Oh in Vol.3
  of Taimaseiden.
    The world of Kujaku-oh is filled with religions, mythology, gods,
  demons, monsters, powerful sorcerers/priests. If you like this kind of
  stuff, Kujaku-Oh will fill all your needs.  However, good knowledge of
  religion/mythology is required for full enjoyment of this manga. ^[TK]
ALGO!
  (1990-1991, v3F, Y460, YJ)
  Cyberpunkish stuff, recommended to hard-core Makoto fans only.
Mao
  (1990?-present, Jump 30*)
  Mao is the name Kuukai (The founder of Shingon Sect and Kouyasan)
  used when he was young. Being enraged by the corrupted nobles and society,
  Mao quits the college and becomes a rebel (sort of Robin Hood type) but
  got captured by a general named Saknoueno Tamuramaro. While being
  tortured, he's visted by a mysterious Bosatsu (Boddhisattva) who
  gave a revelation regarding the "True Path." After the encounter, Mao
  sets on a journey to find the one who can be his mentor.  The manga adds
  lots of Ogino's creative imaginations to the historical facts.  ^[TK]



---- Otomo Katsuhiro
----
Drawing manga since 1973, having also worked as an illustrator, TV
commercial director, and character designer & director (anime credits
include Genma Taisen/Harmaggeddon, Koji Chushi Meirei/The Order to Stop
Construction ^[in Meikyu Monogatari/Manie Manie], and Robot Carnival).  ^[IS]

Fire Ball
  (1979, short story, Action)
  Psychics cause damage.
Highway Star
  (1979, Futabasha, short story compendium)
Sayonara Nippon
  (1982, v1F, Futabasha)
  Japanese move to the US.
Kibun wa mo Senzo/Urge for War aka. Hard On
  (1982, v2F, Action)
  Japanese in fictional Sino-Soviet war.
Domu/Children's Dream
  (1983, v2?F, Action)
  Psychics cause damage.
AKIRA
  (1984-1991, v5U, YM, movie+English)
  Psychics cause damage.
Kanojo no Omoide.../Her thoughts...
  (1990, Kodansha, short story compendium)
??/The Legend of Mother Sarah
  (1990-present, v3?, YM, art by Takumi Nagayusu)
  Psychics cause damage.
World Apartment Horror
  (1991, v1F, YM, live action movie)
  Yakuza vs. ethnic apartment residents.
Roujin Z
  (1991, v1F, Mr. Magazine, art by Tai Okada, movie)
  

---- Okazaki Takeshi
----
Elementaler
  (v2)
Explorer Woman Ray
  (v2, OAV)
(Natural) Karen-chan
  (Genki Special) 
  Karen is 175cm tall.  So she's got some problem there.
  And she cries easily. ^[HH]


---- Ouyama Rei
----
Manatsu no Yoru no Yuki Onna/A Midsummer Night's Snowwoman
  (v3, Y500, ?(Koudansha))
  Occult H comedy. Yuki Onna is a beautiful but often malign nymph-like being
  of snow appeared in folklores. But it's not the typical one who possessed
  Haruaki, the descendant of powerful ghost hunter clan but also a
  psychic-impaired sukebei university student.  ^[YK]


---- Oku Hiroya
----
Hen/Change
  (v2, Y600, YJ)
  Collection of "strange" stories. (eg. Idols with udders)


---- Sakura Momoko
----
Chibi Maruko-chan
  (v9+, Y390, Ribbon Mascot Comics (Shuueisha))
  Daily life of an elementary school girl. Maybe based on the author's
  childhood days. ^[YK]


---- Sanjou Riku
----
Dragon Quest
  (v11, Y390, SJ, art by Inada Koji, TV+movie)
  Based on the setting of Video-game (RPG) Dragon Quest.


---- Saruwatari Tetsuya ^[$@!N1nEOE/Li!O^[(J
----
Described as manga's "standardbearer of violence", featuring super-realistic
art; stories are often flimsy excuses for his trademark scenes of extreme
violence.  Saruwatari is a big fan of US and Hongkong action films. ^[IS]

Soul
  (1985?)
Riki-Oh
  (198?-1986?, v12F, YJ, 2 OAVs+live action movie)
Dogsoldier
  (198?-1991, v12F, YJ, 1 OAV)
  Mostly worthless Rambo-type stuff.  Some good action scenes, though.
THE HARD
  (1990-1992, v4, BJ)
  "Super crime comic".  The hero, Kenji Hado, is an M60-toting bounty
  hunter who can't shoot straight when he's sober.  His brother is a
  member of the Mafia.  Spectacular violence and flawless art.
Divine Flame ABI
  (1992, short story, Jump 30, story by ??)
DAMNED
  (1992, YJ, story by ??)
  In 2039, the ruthless Tokyo Corporation turns the refugee Jin into
  a hyper-human with incredible powers.  Violent SF, with typically
  detailed art.


---- Satomi Ikeda
----

  (v6+, Y390, Flower Comics)
    This story progresses as a series of episodes about a young woman reporter
  for Tokyo's "Weekly Big Mouth" magazine. The woman, Watase Noriko, starts
  the job in issue #1. The premise of the stories are that she is assigned to
  some news story usually, but then she gets involved with the characters
  involved and it ends up with her trying to solve a mystery.  It is a series
  of episodes - events that happen in one episode will remain "happened" in
  later episodes (for example, one of the main characters gets married), but
  the individual episodes are also complete, wrapped up stories that can be
  fully enjoyed by themselves.
    I really like this series for several reasons, but perhaps what I like
  best about it is that it takes place in a real Tokyo.  The scenery is
  excellent - one might as well be looking at a photograph. It shows what
  Tokyo really looks like. Similarly, the people in the stories are quite
  realistic (okay, okay, forget the one "Indiana Jones" episode) and the
  problems they encounter are things that really might happen. This series is
  written for adults, so the subject matter tends to be things that one
  encounters in the working world, and there are no furigana. ^[MC]


---- Shiina Takashi ^[$@!NDGL>9b;VO^[(J
----
(Yuu) Shiina Hyakka-ten
  (v2, SS)
Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Gokuraku Dai-sakusen!!
  (v3, SS)


---- Shirow Masamune
----
Black Magic M-66
  (OAV)
Appleseed
  (OAV+English)
Dominion
  (4 OAVs+English)
Exon Depot
Intron Depot
Orion
  (v1, Comic Gaia)
Koukaku Kidoutai/Ghost in the Shell
  (1990-present, v1, Y1000, YM Kaizokuban*)
    In the future world, a female cyborg cop leads the crack 9th division,
  or the "Shell" mobile strike force to combat crime.  To combat the early
  release of pirate copy, Shirow had drawn some 36 additional color pages;
  combined with the original color opening pages, there are 64 gorgeous color
  pages out of 348 pages in book #1. While Shirow's works are known to be
  difficult to understand, this book doesn't offer the plot twisting intrigue
  of Appleseed. Most of the difficulty for reader would be the technical terms
  in the subject of mechanic, science, and Cyberspace. ^[DM]


---- Sonoda Ken'ichi
----
Character designer for the animes:  Bubblegum Crisis, Gall Force,
and Riding Bean.

Gun Smith Cats
  (v2, Y500, Afternoon)
  Chicago, girls, guns, muscle cars, bombs, what else do you want?
  This story focuses on Rally from Riding Bean, with Bean making guest
  appearances.  ^[DM]   Sonoda might not be able to get the buildings of
  Chicago correct, but we can tell great attentions are paid to the details
  of characters, weapons, and cars.  ^[CPK]


---- Tajima Shou
----
Mouryou Senki Madara/Madara
  (v5?, Y900, Kadokawa Shoten)


---- Takada Yuzo
----
Character designer & director for Ban'noh.

Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi/Everyday's a Sunday
  (1987?, v2F, OAV)
    Policewoman Takashita Yumi, who when necessary can muster great
  strength, and a carefree "professional" magician (Ichidaiji To-ru)
  who practically has nothing to do other than walking around (he is waiting
  for the World Master Magician to come back to accept him as apprentice)
  In each story, that guy tries to explain a little bit about tricks used
  in magic.
    Personally I don't like it really much. I don't find it funny,
  that's it. The two characters seem to fool around without particularly
  interesting things happening. ^[PY]
Toritsuki-kun (Amakusa Shiro)
  (v1F, Take Shobo)
  It won't make much sense if you don't know about Japanese Mah-Jong rules.
Ban'noh bunka neko musume/The all-purpose cultural cat girl
  This manga was running in a mag that was later on stopped, and so the
  story was never finished.  And because it was so short-lived, it doesn't
  even compile into one single book.  ^[HTH]
??
  (1992, March Young Captain)
Blue ?
Sazan Eyes/3x3 Eyes
  (1987-present, v12, Y500, YM, 4 OAVs+video game+manga CD)


---- Takahashi Kouji
----
Ossu!! Karatebu
  (v26, YJ, Y460, 4 OAVs)
    An outrageous, funny and violent martial arts manga, currently the
  longest runnning title in YJ.  The hero is Takagi Yoshiyuki, one-time
  captain of the karate club in the toughest highschool in Kansai.
    The first 15 volumes deal with Takagi's rise to leader of Osaka
  Damashii ("spirit", a huge alliance of street gangs).  In vol.13 he
  comes up against his former patron Jinrai, now head of the Shikoku gangs.
  This eventually leads to him moving to Tokyo.
    From vol.16 to vol.22, Takagi battles with two factions of the Great
  Tokyo Alliance, the troops of Shinjuku and Shibuya.  His triumph eventually
  leads to him being targeted by the remaining four factions.  The fights
  with the four bosses in vol.23-24 are among the most awesome in all
  of manga-dom.  
    The art is highly action- and comedy-oriented, with lots of popping
  veins, bloodshot eyes, bared teeth, and goofy expressions.  There is an
  abundance of cliched dialogue, in-jokes, odd characters, and seemingly
  endless fights.  Strongly recommended to martial arts manga fans.  ^[IS]


---- Takahashi Rumiko ^[$@!N9b66N1H~;R!O^[(J
----
Urusei Yatsura
  (1979-1985, v34F, v15F wide/Y680, SS, TV series ^[218 ep]+10 OAVs+6 movies)
  Ataru Moroboshi, the unluckiest boy in the world, is randomly selected
  as Earth's champion to defeat an alien in a contest with the world at
  stake.  A complete lecher, he agrees when he finds the contest is tag
  and the quarry is the beautiful demon princess Lum. After many
  humiliating misses (no one told him Lum could fly), his long-suffering,
  unnaturally-strong "girlfriend" Shinobu promises to marry him if he
  wins.  He does, and declares that he will be married, which the aliens
  take as a proposal.  So he ends up engaged to a jealous alien every boy
  desires, while chasing every other girl in town, not to mention the
  galaxy.  And that's just the first episode.  A zany high school comedy. ^[TM]
Maison Ikkoku
  (v15F/Y500, v1 wide/Y?, Big Comic Spirits, TV+movie+live action movie)
  Maison Ikkoku is about the residents of an old boarding house, and
  the romantic involvement between Godai, a perennial ronin, and
  Kyoko, the widowed manager who hasn't let go of her late husband. ^[TM]
Ningyo no Mori/Mermaid's Forest
  (v1, SS*, 1 OAV)
  The story of a 500 year old "young man" and a 17 year-old young girl.
  They both ate the flesh of mermaid, which gave them immortal life.
Short Story Compilation
Rumic World 1-3
  (v3, Y710)
??
  (short story, shoujo)
  A girl secretly loves a handsome guy (who is popular among girls), but is
  ashamed by her non-slimness (not fatness!). She wants to go to a ball in
  a tight gown, so she decides to go for an accelerated slimming course -
  Kunnon Slimming, which takes place in a temple. The coach, surprise
  surprise, is a guy no much older than the girl. ^[PY]
Ichi Pondo no Hukuin/One Pound Gospel
  (v2F, Y500, Young Sunday)
  Nun & boxer.
Ranma 1/2
  (1987-present, v21, SS, TV series+2 movies+Nintendo, Super Famicom games)
  Ranma is a martial artist whose training in China left him with a curse:
  he transforms into female when splashed with cold water, and back to male
  when splashed with hot.  Other characters are similarly cursed (turning
  into pandas, cats, etc).  He is engaged to Akane, the youngest of three
  daughters, and lives in her father's doujou (which he is supposed to
  inherit).  Typical Takahashi stuff with tons of romance, bizarre
  situations, slapstick, and gender-bending.  ^[IS]



---- Tony Takezaki
----
Takezaki's style is detailed and realistic, similar to Ohtomo or Shirow.
A very versatile artist/writer, with a strong sense of visual humor.

Ariel
  (v8, Takezaki contributed to vol.2, based on novel+anime+OAV)
AD Police 25:00
  (v1F, in English/Japanese, based on OAV)
Dr. Kishiwada's Scientific Affection
  (1992-present, v1, Afternoon) 
  The title is a pun on the Japanese title of the "Dr. Strangelove" movie.
  Sort of a cyberpunk Ultraman/Thunderbirds. The hero is Dr. Kishiwada,
  a brilliant scientist, who creates bizarre mechs and battles the forces
  of evil, or just stuffs around.  Crazy and tongue-in-cheek.  ^[IS]


---- Terasawa Buichi
----
Black Knight
Cobra
 (v10, Y600, SJ, anime+English)
Gokuu Midnight Eye
 (anime+English)


---- Tezuka Osamu
----
Regarded as "the father of manga", having developed many of the styles
and formats that characterise manga today.  It's difficult to list even the
significant Tezuka works here, which were often released by different
publishers.  ^[YK]

BAGI
Tetsuwan Atom/Astroboy
Hi No Tori/Firebird
  (v9?, Y1100, Kadokawa Shoten)
Black Jack
  (v12?F, Y1000, Shonen Champion(Akita Shoten))
  Medical Manga. Black Jack is an illegal but talented surgeon.
Crime & Punishment
  (from Dostoevsky, in English/Japanese)
Ookami Nante Kowakunai!!/(Short Story Collection)
  (Shuueisha)


---- Togashi Yoshihiro
----
Tende Shouwaru Cupid/That All Evil Cupid
  (v4F, Y390, ?(Shuueisha))
Ookami Nante Kowakunai!!/I'm Not Afraid of the Wolf!! (Short Story Collection)
  (Shuueisha)
Yuu-Yuu Hakusho/Report of Playful Ghost
  (v6, SJ)
  Occult action comedy. The Worst Kind of bad boy, Urameshi Yuusuke, died when
  he accidentally saved a child. But his death was so unpredictable that even
  the Judge of the Deads can't decide whether he must go heaven or hell. He
  had to carry out a quest to decide his destiny. Or to return to life again.


---- Toriyama Akira
----
Dragon Ball
  (v31, Y390, SJ, TV series+movies)
  Fights.


---- Toyama Hikaru
----
Twinkle^2 Idol*Star
  (v3?, SS)
  About a pair of popular idol singers, but one is a guy in disguise. ^[TM]


---- Urasawa Naoki ^[$@!N1:BtD><y!O^[(J
----
Pineapple Army
Yawara!
  (v23, Big Comic Spirits, TV series+movie+live action movie)
  Judo romance comedy.  A Judo champion girl who wants to have fun just like
  other girls, and her strict grandfather who wants her to triumph in
  Judo tournaments.
NASA
Master Keaton
  (v11, Big Comic Original, story by Katsushika Hokusei)
  Well, the main character is this guy who's half Japanese, half English.
  He's a lecturer at a university, and is an archaeologist...  but then again,
  he works as an operative/detective for Lloyds of London.  He used to be in
  the SAS and is a veteran of the Falklands War, and was one of the members
  of the Iran Embassy incident... it's Indy J. + Pineapple Army + some other
  things divided by 3...  If you liked Pineapple Army, you'd like it.  ^[KM]


---- Ueshiba Reach
----
Discommunication
  (1992-present, v1, Afternoon)
  An ordinary schoolgirl, and a strange guy who performs magic rituals.


---- Wada Shinji
----
Does action manga often with women as the main characters.  Intended
for a shoujo audience.  ^[NA]

Sukeban Deka
  (v21?F, Hana to Yume, live action+OVA)
  Mainly about an agent named Asamiya Saki fighting various evil
  organizations. She uses a yo-yo as a weapon and a symbol.  The one
  OVA is supposed to be more closely tied to the original premise.  ^[NA]
Kaito Amaririsu/Mystery Thief Amaririsu
  (v3, Hana to Yume)
  Amaririsu is a super thief, whose real name is Shizaki Nana (a high
  school student). Nana wears a wig in her non-thief identity. She
  can disguise herself, is extremely athletic, highly skilled, and
  a determination to always end up on top. The stories are about her
  life and adventures. Her mother is Shizaki Yukino, a retired thief
  who went by the title Kaito Narushisu. Another character named
  Sugar is an inventor/technician/helper who makes sure Nana has the
  equipment she needs to succeed. In vol.3, there is a change in direction
  of the story (which is spoofed by the artist/author in the title frames),
  in which Nana gets a job as an idol singer with the title Flower
  Dream Nana (she has a trick wand too).  ^[NA]


---- Yagami Hiroki
----
Dear Boys
  (v7, Koudansha)


---- Yamamoto Naoki
---- (aka. Touyama Mori, Moriyama Tou ^[H stuff])
----
He used to be known as the character designer for some of the
Cream Lemon series.

Blue
  (short story collection)
  Declared harmful to minors.
We're not alone (??)
  (Big Comic Spirits?)
Happa 64
  Something about this twin girls fall for the same guy.  Lots of close
  calls (sex) and one of them eventually went to bed with him.  ^[DM]


---- Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
----
Namuji
Venus Wars
Arion


---- Yuuki Masami
----
Before appearing on Shounen Sunday with Kyuukyoku Choujin R, he was
known as an anime-parody manga artist.  ^[YK]

Assemble Insert
Magical Lucy
Yamatotakeru no Bouken
Tetsuwan Birdy
Kyukeki Shujin R/The Ultimate Superman R
  (v9F, Y680, SS, OAV)
  Slapstick. New student "R Tanaka Ichirou" was an android who always wears
  wooden slippers.
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor/Mobile Police Patlabor
  (v15, Y390, SS)
  With the rapidly accelerating development of hyper-technology,
  a humanoid-type machine called "LABOR" is being used in every field of
  industry.  However, it has created the new social menace of "LABOR" crime.
  In order to curb such crimes from happening one after another, the
  Metropolitan Police Department has established a special department, the
  "Special Vehicle Section No.2".  It consists of a company of patrol
  "LABOR" known as PATLABOR.



Manga Magazines
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Target audiences-
  sj <7:	female <7th grade
  sj >9:	female >9th grade
  OL:		employed females
  shonen:	male >4-5th grade
  seinen:	male >9th grade
  bus.:		employed males
  gekiga:	older generation males
  otaku:	male+female manga addicts
  H:		hentai (porno)
                                                (yen)           (*100000)
NAME                            Publisher       Price   Date    Pub #   Target
------------------------------  --------------  ------  ------  ------  -------
Animal House                    Hakusensha                              seinen
Aniparo Comics                                                          otaku
Asuka                                                                   sj <7
Attohteki                                               8th             H
Bears Club                      Shuueisha                               seinen
Be Love                         Koudansha                               OL
Big Banbus.
Big Comic                       Shougakkan                              bus.
Big Comic Original              Shougakkan
Big Comic Spirits               Shougakkan      220     Mon.            seinen
Big Comic Superior              Shougakkan
Bonita                          Akita Shoten                            sj >9
Bonita Eve                      Akita Shoten
Bonton                                                                  OL
Bouquet                                                                 sj >9
Business Jump                   Shuueisha                               bus.
Candy Time                      Fujimi Shobou           10th            H
Candy Time Pirate ex.           Fujimi Shobou           18th            H
Chao                            Shougakkan                              sj <7
Comic Action                    Futabasha               Mon.                
Comic Action Character                                                  seinen
Comic Afternoon                 Koudansha               25th    35      seinen
Comic Afternoon Open ex.        Koudansha                               seinen
Comic Afternoon Party ex.       Koudansha                               otaku
Comic Burger                    Koudansha       220     2/4th Tue.      seinen
Comic Comp                      Kadokawa Shoten                         otaku
Comic Feel                                                              OL
Comic Hi                                                                OL
Comic Gaia
Comic Jackpot
Comic Jungle                    Wani Books              17th                
Comic Justice                   Fujimi Shobou
Comic Master                    Hobby Japan             quarterly       otaku
Comic Morning                   Koudansha       230     Thu.            seinen
Comic New Man                   Gakken
Comic Nora                      Gakken                                  otaku
Comic Papipo                    FRANCE Shoin                            H
Comic Shoot                                                             gekiga
Comic VAL                       Koubunsha                               sj >9
Dolphin                         Tsukasa Shobou                          H
Erotopia                                                biweekly        H
Ex. Friend                      Koudansha       280     13th            sj >9
Ex. Marguerite                  Shuueisha       280     13th            sj >9
Ex. Shoujo Comic                Shougakkan      280     13th            sj >9
Flamingo                                                                H
Garo                                                                    misc.
Genki Special  (a Newtype supplement)
Golf Comic                                                              misc.
Guts Comic                      Tokuma Shoten           26th            gekiga
Hana to Yume                    Hakusensha      250     5, 20th         sj >9
Hana to Yume EPO                Hakusensha                              sj >9
Hanaichi-namae                                                          H
Hot Milk                        Byakuya Shobo                           H
Junshonen
Jump 30                         Shuueisha               irregular       seinen
Kindai Mah-jongg                                                        gekiga
Lala                            Hakusensha      350     24th            sj >9
Lala DX                         Hakusensha                              sj >9
Lemon People                                                            H
Manga Land                                                              misc.
Manga Sunday                    Nihon Jitsugyuoha       Tue.            gekiga
Manga Time                                                              misc.
Marguerite                      Shuueisha       240     5, 20th         sj >9
Monthly ex. Shounen Sunday      Shougakkan      360                     shonen
Monthly Shounen Champion        Akita Shoten                            shonen
Monthly Shounen Jump            Shuueisha                               shonen
Monthly Shounen Magazine        Koudansha                               shonen
Mr. Magazine                    Koudansha                               bus.
Nakayoshi                       Koudansha       390     3rd             sj <7
Nakayoshi DX                    Koudansha                               sj <7
Newtype
Office You                      Shuueisha                               OL
Penguin Club                    Tatsumi Shuppan 320     30th            H
Penguin Club Bandit ex.         Tatsumi Shuppan         10th            H
Pink Time                                                               H
Play Comic                      Akita Shoten            2/4th Tue.      gekiga
Princess                        Akita Shoten    340                     sj <7
Princess Gold                   Akita Shoten    470
Ribbon                          Shuueisha       390     3rd             sj <7
Shoujo Friend                   Koudansha       320
Shoujo Comic                    Shougakkan      240     5, 20th         sj <7
Shounen Captain                 Tokuma Shoten                           otaku
Shounen Champion                Akita Shoten            Thu.            shonen
Shounen Gangan                  Enix                                    shonen
Shounen Jump                    Shuueisha       190     Mon.    60      shonen
Shounen Magazine                Koudansha       200     Wed.    20      shonen
Shounen Sunday                  Shougakkan      200     Wed.    10      shonen
South                           Shinshokan
Super Jump                      Shuueisha                               seinen
Suspellia                       Akita Shoten                            myst.
Tina                            Akita Shoten
You                             Shuueisha                               seinen
Young Animal
Young Champion                  Akita Shoten                            seinen
Young Comic                     Shounen Gahousha        1st             gekiga
Young Jump                      Shuueisha       200     Thu.    35      seinen
Young King                      Shounen Gahousha                        seinen
Young Magazine                  Koudansha       220     Mon.            seinen
Young Magazine Pirate ex.       Koudansha                               seinen
Young Sunday                    Shougakkan                              seinen
Young You                       Shuueisha                               myst.
Wings                           Shinshokan                              otaku

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Contributors:
  Neil Asato (nasato@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu)
  Maiko Covington (ecovingt@sdcc13.ucsd.edu)
  Hitoshi Doi (doi@jrd.dec.com)
  Hiroshi Haga (hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu)
  Hsu Titus Heng-Hsueh (hsu@ecf.toronto.edu)
  Lesfeena Lee (lhlee@sdcc13.ucsd.edu)
  Tonghyun Kim (tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu)
  Theresa Martin (thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu)
  David Mou (davmou@ocf.berkeley.edu)
  Kunio Muto (s92458km@cs0.sfc.keio.ac.jp)
  Steve Pearl (pearl@remus.rutgers.edu)
  Iain Sinclair (axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au)
  Tsuyoshi Yamashiki (t_yamasi@hoffman.cc.sophia.ac.jp)
  Patrick Yip (pckyip@Athena.MIT.EDU)

Special thanks to:
  Chih-Ping Kuo (kuo@seattleu.edu), for the first draft of the Primer
  (RSHIROMA@drew.drew.edu), for the manga magazines list
  Y. Kitajima (kita@cad.gatech.edu), for extensive additions & corrections
  


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 Iain Sinclair                      axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
 ^[$@0N0G^[(J ^[$@?<9HNn^[(J        University of Technology, Sydney  

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