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Ai… Shirisomeshi Koro ni…

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Ai… Shirisomeshi Koro ni…

The sequel to Manga Michi. Follows Michio Maga and Shigeru Saino as manga artists living at the famous Tokiwa-sō in Osamu Tezuka‘s former housing.

This is essentially a continuation of Fujiko Fujio A.’s autobiography from the unfinished Manga Michi series. I love how Fujiko Fujio A. goes into a lot of background stories of fellow manga artist legends like Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka who also lived in Tokiwa-sō. There are also a lot of extras included in each volume. Some contain pages of the manga the duo drew in the story while others have photos of the time they shot a Western movie on 8mm film.

This is a must read for manga history buffs. I absolutely love this series.

~dakazu

Pro Golfer Saru

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Pro Golfer Saru

Fujiko Fujio A.’s sports manga about a monkey-like genius golf boy.

I remember reading a few Saru manga in my childhood and recently got to revisit them. Looking at them now it’s pretty crazy how a series about an alcohol loving monkey boy was marketed as a children’s manga.

Regardless, I was actually really impressed with Fujiko A’s artwork. He uses a lot of shadows and inking in both characters and background speed lines to give this simple children’s manga a more gekiga style. But the designs of the Saru’s golf rivals look so cartoony that I laughed.

I read more of Fujiko F. Fujio’s manga growing up so it was nice to revisit Fujio Fujiko A.’s work instead.

~dakazu