AMBot | 02/15/2002 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
Kodansha is currently proposing a manga for a "Western release": Wonder Boy (Fushigi na Shonen) by Kazumi Yamashita.
The first volume was released on October 23, 2001, and has 262 pages. So far, it has only been available in Japan.
It was previously published in "Morning Magazine."
Short info about Morning Magazine:
The target audience is men between 20 and 40, though about 30% of Morning Magazine's readers are female.
Main themes: Businesspeople, sports, college, samurai stories, military.
Info about Wonder Boy:
Story: In every century, a miraculous, immortal boy appears to help people navigate life. The places where he appears vary—whether it's Japan after World War II, 19th-century London where he aids a little girl in surviving, or the Middle Ages where he serves humanity...
Stylistically, with people flying between trees, one can easily draw parallels to well-known films like "A Chinese Ghost Story."
Artistically, the characters are drawn with great finesse and detail, while the backgrounds remain subtle and avoid unnecessary filler. The characters are very easy to distinguish, allowing the reader to fully focus on the interplay between the main figures.
Kazumi Yamashita's last work was "The Life of the Brilliant Professor Yanagisawa."
New Releases:
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ANIME COMICS: SECONDS SEASON (1-4) Kosuke Fujishima
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM W (DUAL STORY) G-UNIT (1-3) Yoshiyuki Tomino & Hajime Yadate / Koichi Tokita
SHADOW SKILL (1-4) Megumu Okada
RAVE ANIME COMICS (1) Hiro Mashima
My Pet Momo (1-3) Yayoi Ogawa
Your White Wings (1) Yuki Suetsugu
Your Dark Wings (1) Yuki Suetsugu
Wonder Boy (1) Kazumi Yamashita
medarot navi (1) Kenki Fujioka
The Life of the Brilliant Professor Yanagisawa (1-17) Kazumi Yamashita
Yuichi Kumakura works 1995-2001 (1) Yuichi Kumakura
Continuations:
(20) KING OF BANDIT JING (4) Yuichi Kumakura
RED (9) Kenichi Muraeda
New Tale of Three Kingdoms (24) Hagin Yi / Gonta King
Get Backers (14) Yuya Aoki / Rando Ayamine
Chi-chon-man-chi / Hell of Love & Ecstasy (7) Makoto Kobayashi
Peach Girl (12) Miwa Ueda
TOKYO MEW MEW / TOKYO MEWS (3) Reiko Yoshida / Mia Ikumi
THE BIG O (6) Hajime Yadate / Hitoshi Ariga
MEDAROT 4 (2) Rin Horuma
Chobits (4) CLAMP
PLANETES (2) Makoto Yukimura
NUTS TO MAKE YOU GROW (3) Haruka Fukushima
INITIAL D (23) Shuichi Shigeno
Abenoseimei Love Stories (3) Tami Takada
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO (12,13) Akimine Kamijo
PERIDOT (6) Hiyoko Kobayashi
THE FIGHTING! (59) Joji Morikawa
Cyborg Kuro (11) Naoki Yokouchi
Osen (3) Shota Kikuchi
The first volume was released on October 23, 2001, and has 262 pages. So far, it has only been available in Japan.
It was previously published in "Morning Magazine."
Short info about Morning Magazine:
The target audience is men between 20 and 40, though about 30% of Morning Magazine's readers are female.
Main themes: Businesspeople, sports, college, samurai stories, military.
Info about Wonder Boy:
Story: In every century, a miraculous, immortal boy appears to help people navigate life. The places where he appears vary—whether it's Japan after World War II, 19th-century London where he aids a little girl in surviving, or the Middle Ages where he serves humanity...
Stylistically, with people flying between trees, one can easily draw parallels to well-known films like "A Chinese Ghost Story."
Artistically, the characters are drawn with great finesse and detail, while the backgrounds remain subtle and avoid unnecessary filler. The characters are very easy to distinguish, allowing the reader to fully focus on the interplay between the main figures.
Kazumi Yamashita's last work was "The Life of the Brilliant Professor Yanagisawa."
New Releases:
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ANIME COMICS: SECONDS SEASON (1-4) Kosuke Fujishima
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM W (DUAL STORY) G-UNIT (1-3) Yoshiyuki Tomino & Hajime Yadate / Koichi Tokita
SHADOW SKILL (1-4) Megumu Okada
RAVE ANIME COMICS (1) Hiro Mashima
My Pet Momo (1-3) Yayoi Ogawa
Your White Wings (1) Yuki Suetsugu
Your Dark Wings (1) Yuki Suetsugu
Wonder Boy (1) Kazumi Yamashita
medarot navi (1) Kenki Fujioka
The Life of the Brilliant Professor Yanagisawa (1-17) Kazumi Yamashita
Yuichi Kumakura works 1995-2001 (1) Yuichi Kumakura
Continuations:
(20) KING OF BANDIT JING (4) Yuichi Kumakura
RED (9) Kenichi Muraeda
New Tale of Three Kingdoms (24) Hagin Yi / Gonta King
Get Backers (14) Yuya Aoki / Rando Ayamine
Chi-chon-man-chi / Hell of Love & Ecstasy (7) Makoto Kobayashi
Peach Girl (12) Miwa Ueda
TOKYO MEW MEW / TOKYO MEWS (3) Reiko Yoshida / Mia Ikumi
THE BIG O (6) Hajime Yadate / Hitoshi Ariga
MEDAROT 4 (2) Rin Horuma
Chobits (4) CLAMP
PLANETES (2) Makoto Yukimura
NUTS TO MAKE YOU GROW (3) Haruka Fukushima
INITIAL D (23) Shuichi Shigeno
Abenoseimei Love Stories (3) Tami Takada
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO (12,13) Akimine Kamijo
PERIDOT (6) Hiyoko Kobayashi
THE FIGHTING! (59) Joji Morikawa
Cyborg Kuro (11) Naoki Yokouchi
Osen (3) Shota Kikuchi
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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