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=== Mazinger Z Chapter === |
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| − | On July 4, 2014, a new arc describing the [[Mazinger Z (Series)|Mazinger Z]] manga was released to celebrate Weekly Manga Goraku's 50th anniversary.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-27/go-nagai-to-launch-new-gekiman-manga-in-july/.76026</ref> Geki Nagai is given a new personality and design similar to Koji in this chapter to fit in with the difference of chapters as he joins the ranks of popular manga artists. Some art changes came into Mazinger story such as Aphrodite A sporting a completely different design. The retelling of the original manga also fills a few plot holes while introducing new content. In the original manga, Dr. Hell and Juzo Kabuto's relationship was only implied whereas the retelling revealed it after Koji and Sayaka were captured by Baron Ashura. Inspector Ankokuji also infiltrates the Saluud during this time instead of Boss like in the original manga. |
+ | On July 4, 2014, a new arc describing the [[Mazinger Z (Series)|Mazinger Z]] manga was released to celebrate Weekly Manga Goraku's 50th anniversary.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-27/go-nagai-to-launch-new-gekiman-manga-in-july/.76026</ref> Geki Nagai is given a new personality and design similar to Koji in this chapter to fit in with the difference of chapters as he joins the ranks of popular manga artists. Some art changes came into Mazinger story such as Aphrodite A sporting a completely different design. The manga also tells about the difficult process that involved the start of the anime series which included the use of sponsors with the initial sponsor becoming bankrupt and the new one (Popy) kicking off the merchandising that began the Jumbo Machinder and later the Chogokin collections. Eventually while working parallel with his Devilman manga, Geki ran into more trouble the following year with [[Cutey Honey]] and [[Dororon Enma-kun|Dororon Enma-kun's]] releases. Feeling overworked, Geki had decided to cut his Mazinger Z manga in Shonen Jump short after the end of [[Harenchi Gakuen]] deciding to spend most of his time on the TV Magazine manga, much to the frustration of his editor. The retelling of the original manga also fills a few plot holes while introducing new content. In the original manga, Dr. Hell and Juzo Kabuto's relationship was only implied whereas the retelling revealed it after Koji and Sayaka were captured by Baron Ashura. Inspector Ankokuji also infiltrates the Saluud during this time instead of Boss like in the original manga. |
== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 03:29, 10 April 2016
The front of Gekiman! Volume 1
Gekiman! (激マン!) is an autobiography manga by Go Nagai published in Nihon Bugeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku starting in 2010. It is known for providing the back stories behind some of Nagai's best known series as well as a few hiatuses between chapters for periods of time due to Nagai being overworked from the process.
Summary
Gekiman! depicts a fictional story about Go Nagai in the form of the character Geki Nagai and his career as a manga artist. It goes into details about how social conditions at the time affected the success of the artist's manga such as the Gulf War and the Tokyo subway sarin attack. Aside from Geki, real-life figures like Ken Ishikawa appear in full name.
Devilman Chapter
From June 4, 2010-September 2012, this arc described the process of creating Devilman from behind the scenes including how the state of Soviet Russia influenced some scenes but had to be changed, as well as how some scenes were rejected for being too graphic at the time. This arc of the series has been collected into 6 volumes.
Mazinger Z Chapter
On July 4, 2014, a new arc describing the Mazinger Z manga was released to celebrate Weekly Manga Goraku's 50th anniversary.[1] Geki Nagai is given a new personality and design similar to Koji in this chapter to fit in with the difference of chapters as he joins the ranks of popular manga artists. Some art changes came into Mazinger story such as Aphrodite A sporting a completely different design. The manga also tells about the difficult process that involved the start of the anime series which included the use of sponsors with the initial sponsor becoming bankrupt and the new one (Popy) kicking off the merchandising that began the Jumbo Machinder and later the Chogokin collections. Eventually while working parallel with his Devilman manga, Geki ran into more trouble the following year with Cutey Honey and Dororon Enma-kun's releases. Feeling overworked, Geki had decided to cut his Mazinger Z manga in Shonen Jump short after the end of Harenchi Gakuen deciding to spend most of his time on the TV Magazine manga, much to the frustration of his editor. The retelling of the original manga also fills a few plot holes while introducing new content. In the original manga, Dr. Hell and Juzo Kabuto's relationship was only implied whereas the retelling revealed it after Koji and Sayaka were captured by Baron Ashura. Inspector Ankokuji also infiltrates the Saluud during this time instead of Boss like in the original manga.