Mitsuru Adachi
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is a Japanese manga artist
. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga
debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen
Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan
) .
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy
and sports manga
(especially baseball
) such as Touch
, H2
, Slow Step
, and Miyuki
. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist
". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao
, Shōjo Comic
, Big Comic
, and Petit Comic
, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken
. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday
magazine which began publication in June 2009. Two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media
), have been released in North America, and Viz Media
scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010. The first volume was released on October 12.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi
. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches
, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
. In 1969, he followed his older brother's lead and moved to Tokyo
to begin work as an assistant to manga artist Isami Ishii The following year, he made his professional debut with Kieta Bakuon. He continued publishing various short stories and shorter series throughout the 1970s based on works created by others, the most well known being his adaptation of Rainbowman
from 1972-1973. In 1978, he published his first original series, Nine
, in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. He published two other original series, Hiatari Ryōkō!
from 1979 to 1981 in Weekly Shōjo Comic, and Miyuki
from 1980-1984 in Shōnen Big Comic
.
Adachi became a household name with the publication of his series Touch
from 1981 to 1986 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. In 1982, Hiatari Ryōkō! was adapted into a live action
TV drama
series. The following year, 1983, was a big year for Adachi. He received the 28th Annual Shogakukan Manga Award
for shōnen/shōjo manga his two series Touch and Miyuki. His Miyuki series was adapted into both a TV anime series and a live-action film, and Nine was adapted into three films, with another following in 1984.
Touch was adapted into a TV anime series in 1985, and the series ran for two years on Fuji TV. Adachi's romantic shōjo manga series, Slow Step
was serialized in Ciao
from 1986 to 1991, and another romantic comedy series, Rough
, appeared in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989. Adachi then released Niji Iro Tōgarashi
, a fantasy medieval romantic comedy manga series, from 1990 to 1992 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Jinbē
, a romantic comedy about the relationship between a stepfather and stepdaughter, was serialized in Big Comic Original
from 1992 to 1997. Adachi's longest manga series, H2
was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1992 to 1999 and compiled in 34 volumes
. This manga was adapted into a TV anime series which aired on TV Asahi
from 1995 to 1996.
From 2000 to 2001, Adachi published a fantasy romantic comedy series in Weekly Shōnen Sunday titled Itsumo Misora
. His next longer series was the boxing romantic comedy, Katsu!
, published from 2001 to 2005 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. In 2005, H2 was adapted into a live action drama series aired on TBS
in Japan, and Touch was adapted into a live action movie released by Toho
. He also began his manga series Cross Game
, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The following year, Rough was adapted into a live action movie, also released by Toho.
Due to achieving total manga sales numbering over 200 million volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday devoted issue 26 in 2008 to Adachi and his works. In 2009, Adachi won the 54th Annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Cross Game, which was adapted into a TV anime series which began airing on TV Tokyo
in April 2009.
Adachi began Q and A in the inaugural issue of Monthly Shōnen Sunday
in June 2009. Asaoka High School Baseball Club Diary: Over Fence
begins in the April 27, 2011 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Adachi's works have sold over 200 million copies as of 2008.
and collected in one volume as Bōken Shōnen
. These stories are about men connecting (sometimes literally) with their youth.
(March 1971, Deluxe Shōnen Sunday) (1971, summer vacation issue, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Hisao Maki) (November 1973, Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday
, originally created by Tomoaki Inoue) (February 1974, Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Kōta Seki)
Sources:
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Shinji Nagashima
Rumiko Takahashi
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Mr. Pogo
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
) .
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...
and sports manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
(especially baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) such as Touch
Touch (manga)
is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
, H2
H2 (manga)
is a Japanese manga written by Mitsuru Adachi portraying high school baseball. It has been made into an 41-episode anime series and an 11-episode television drama series, H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Plot:...
, Slow Step
Slow Step
is a romantic comedy boxing and softball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao from September 1986 through March 1991, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In 1991, it was adapted as a five-episode OVA...
, and Miyuki
Miyuki (manga)
is a romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly manga magazine Shōnen Big Comic . The series was adapted into a movie, an anime television series, and a live-action television drama...
. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao
Ciao (magazine)
is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...
, Shōjo Comic
Shojo Comic
is a shōjo manga magazine published twice monthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. It was originally published weekly and it continued to be published weekly until the 1980s. Many influential shōjo manga ran in Shōjo Comic during the 70s. Moto Hagio's works and Keiko Takemiya's works in...
, Big Comic
Big Comic
is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1968-02-29 by Shogakukan in Japan. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968. It is paired with sister magazine Big Comic Original, going on sale in the weeks...
, and Petit Comic
Petit Comic
is a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at young women over the age of 18. Many series in this anthology magazine are romance-oriented and some are well-known for featuring frank depiction of sexual situations...
, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken
Gakken
is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys. Their annual sales is reported at ¥ 821 billion ....
. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday
Monthly Shōnen Sunday
, alternately known as , is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since 12 May 2009 . The magazine was announced in February 2009...
magazine which began publication in June 2009. Two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media
VIZ Media
VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...
), have been released in North America, and Viz Media
VIZ Media
VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...
scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010. The first volume was released on October 12.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi
Tsutomu Adachi
was a Japanese manga artist born in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, and the older brother of Mitsuru Adachi. Tsutomu was an assistant Fujio Akatsuka, and was known as one of the "Four Protegés of Akatsuka"...
. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches
Nozomi Witches
, sometimes also called Bewitching Nozomi, is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992. Because Mitsuru Adachi did the character designs for the OVA series, it is sometimes mistakenly attributed as one of his works.-Plot:Nozomi is a beautiful...
, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
Brief history
Prior to 1969, Adachi began submitting works to the manga magazine COMCOM (manga magazine)
was a manga magazine started in January 1967 by Osamu Tezuka. It was started in response to the success of Garo , and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more avant-garde and experimental works in manga...
. In 1969, he followed his older brother's lead and moved to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
to begin work as an assistant to manga artist Isami Ishii The following year, he made his professional debut with Kieta Bakuon. He continued publishing various short stories and shorter series throughout the 1970s based on works created by others, the most well known being his adaptation of Rainbowman
Rainbowman
is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as . Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and was broadcast on NET from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes...
from 1972-1973. In 1978, he published his first original series, Nine
Nine (manga)
is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues. The series was adapted into three television anime movies and a live-action television drama...
, in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. He published two other original series, Hiatari Ryōkō!
Hiatari Ryoko!
is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1980–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television...
from 1979 to 1981 in Weekly Shōjo Comic, and Miyuki
Miyuki (manga)
is a romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly manga magazine Shōnen Big Comic . The series was adapted into a movie, an anime television series, and a live-action television drama...
from 1980-1984 in Shōnen Big Comic
Shonen Big Comic
was a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979.In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday...
.
Adachi became a household name with the publication of his series Touch
Touch (manga)
is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
from 1981 to 1986 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. In 1982, Hiatari Ryōkō! was adapted into a live action
Live action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
TV drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
series. The following year, 1983, was a big year for Adachi. He received the 28th Annual Shogakukan Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...
for shōnen/shōjo manga his two series Touch and Miyuki. His Miyuki series was adapted into both a TV anime series and a live-action film, and Nine was adapted into three films, with another following in 1984.
Touch was adapted into a TV anime series in 1985, and the series ran for two years on Fuji TV. Adachi's romantic shōjo manga series, Slow Step
Slow Step
is a romantic comedy boxing and softball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao from September 1986 through March 1991, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In 1991, it was adapted as a five-episode OVA...
was serialized in Ciao
Ciao (magazine)
is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...
from 1986 to 1991, and another romantic comedy series, Rough
Rough (manga)
is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho....
, appeared in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989. Adachi then released Niji Iro Tōgarashi
Niji Iro Togarashi
is a manga series with elements of science fiction and jidaigeki written by Mitsuru Adachi. The series ran in Shōnen Sunday from issue 4/5 in 1990 to issue 19 in 1992. The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period...
, a fantasy medieval romantic comedy manga series, from 1990 to 1992 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Jinbē
Jinbe
is a romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It appeared irregularly in the manga magazine Big Comic Original from 1992 through 1997, and was republished in one tankōbon volume in May 1997. In 1998, it was adapted as an 11-episode television drama series by Fuji TV.Jinbē is the story of the relationship...
, a romantic comedy about the relationship between a stepfather and stepdaughter, was serialized in Big Comic Original
Big Comic Original
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic doesn't. Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku...
from 1992 to 1997. Adachi's longest manga series, H2
H2 (manga)
is a Japanese manga written by Mitsuru Adachi portraying high school baseball. It has been made into an 41-episode anime series and an 11-episode television drama series, H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Plot:...
was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1992 to 1999 and compiled in 34 volumes
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
. This manga was adapted into a TV anime series which aired on TV Asahi
TV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
from 1995 to 1996.
From 2000 to 2001, Adachi published a fantasy romantic comedy series in Weekly Shōnen Sunday titled Itsumo Misora
Itsumo Misora
is a fantasy and sports manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from issue 22/23 in 2000 through issue 24 in 2001, and collected in five tankōbon....
. His next longer series was the boxing romantic comedy, Katsu!
Katsu!
is a sports manga by Mitsuru Adachi which was serialized in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 2001 to 2005. It centers around a freshman student, Katsuki Satoyama, as he discovers his near-legendary skill in boxing.- Plot :...
, published from 2001 to 2005 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. In 2005, H2 was adapted into a live action drama series aired on TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
in Japan, and Touch was adapted into a live action movie released by Toho
Toho
is a Japanese film, theater production, and distribution company. It is headquartered in Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group...
. He also began his manga series Cross Game
Cross Game
is a romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi that was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday between 11 May 2005 and 17 February 2010 . It is collected in 17 tankōbon volumes, with the final volume published in April 2010, shortly after the end of the anime series...
, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The following year, Rough was adapted into a live action movie, also released by Toho.
Due to achieving total manga sales numbering over 200 million volumes, Weekly Shōnen Sunday devoted issue 26 in 2008 to Adachi and his works. In 2009, Adachi won the 54th Annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Cross Game, which was adapted into a TV anime series which began airing on TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
in April 2009.
Adachi began Q and A in the inaugural issue of Monthly Shōnen Sunday
Monthly Shōnen Sunday
, alternately known as , is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since 12 May 2009 . The magazine was announced in February 2009...
in June 2009. Asaoka High School Baseball Club Diary: Over Fence
Asaoka High School Baseball Club Diary: Over Fence
is a baseball themed romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi which began serialization in the No. 22/23 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday published on April 27, 2011...
begins in the April 27, 2011 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Adachi's works have sold over 200 million copies as of 2008.
Short works
Many of Adachi's short works have been collected in Short Program, an anthology series with four volumes . He has also had a set of related short stories serialized in Big Comic OriginalBig Comic Original
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic doesn't. Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku...
and collected in one volume as Bōken Shōnen
Boken Shonen
is a manga series of short stories by Mitsuru Adachi which appeared about once a year in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original between 1998 and 2006. The title translates to "Adventure Boys." All seven stories deal with grown men, each dealing with some aspect of his past. Some of the stories have slight...
. These stories are about men connecting (sometimes literally) with their youth.
(March 1971, Deluxe Shōnen Sunday) (1971, summer vacation issue, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Hisao Maki) (November 1973, Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday
Bessatsu Shonen Sunday
was a monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from Spring 1960 until March 1974. It was initially published quarterly, but switched to a monthly release beginning in December 1964. Due to sluggish sales and the paper shortage caused by the 1973 oil crisis, the magazine's last issue...
, originally created by Tomoaki Inoue) (February 1974, Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Kōta Seki)
- Little Boy (1974, originally created by Mamoru Sasaki) (1975 issue 4/5, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1975 issues 33-38, Weekly Shōjo Comic, originally created by Akira Saiga) (1976 issues 5/6 - 18, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Jūzō YamasakiJuzo Yamasakiis a Japanese manga artist.His best known work is Tsuribaka Nisshi with art by Kenichi Kitami. Yamasaki originally wrote screenplays for Toei, but was laid off and decided to pursue a career in manga instead...
) (1977 issue 34, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978 issue 11, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978 issue 16, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978 issue 20, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978 issue 28, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978 issue 37, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1978, issue 42, Weekly Shōjo Comic) (1985 issues 1-2, Shōnen Big ComicShonen Big Comicwas a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979.In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday...
) (June 1985, CiaoCiao (magazine)is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...
) (October 1985 special issue, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (1986 issue 4, Shōnen Big Comic) (June 1986, Ciao) (January 1987, Shōnen Big Comic) (1987 special issue, Young Sunday) (1988 issue 7, Young Sunday) (1988 issue 27, Weekly Shōnen Sunday') (1989 issues 20-21, Young Sunday) (1998 30th Anniversary Special Issue, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (Spring Special Issue 1991, Big ComicBig Comicis a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1968-02-29 by Shogakukan in Japan. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968. It is paired with sister magazine Big Comic Original, going on sale in the weeks...
) (April 1992, Petit ComicPetit Comicis a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at young women over the age of 18. Many series in this anthology magazine are romance-oriented and some are well-known for featuring frank depiction of sexual situations...
) (1992 issue 8, Big Comic Spirits) - 5x4P (1992 issues 14-18, Big Comic SuperiorBig Comic Superioris a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1987-07-01 by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for Big Comic Original and Big Comic Spirits....
) (October–November 1992, Elementary 4th Graders) (1993 issue 15, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (1993 issue 17, Big Comic SpiritsBig Comic Spiritsis a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan and aimed at males 20–25 years old. It originally launched on October 14, 1980. The culture of food, sports, love relationships, and business provide the themes for its featured series, which often question conventional values...
) (1994 issue 36, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (1995 issue 1, Young Sunday) (1998 issue 6, Big Comic) (1999 issue 17, Young Sunday) (2000 issues 6-7, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (2002 issues 36-37, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Buronson) - Idol AceIdol Aceis a Japanese short manga written by Mitsuru Adachi about a high school girl who wishes to play on the high school baseball team, but can not due to the rules. Her father is the team's coach, and her best friend happens to look very much like her, so she is able to do a swap with him during games...
(2005 issue 36/37 - 2007 issue 5/6, Young Sunday) (16 October 2005 issue, Big Comic One) (2006 Special Winter Issue, Shōnen Sunday SuperShonen Sunday Superis a bi-monthly shōnen manga magazine published by Shogakukan.-History & Background:Originally billed as a special edition of Shōnen Sunday entitled Shōnen Sunday Zōkan, it was renamed Shōnen Sunday Super in 1995. It is often the home of short term serials by established Shogakukan artists, as well...
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Adaptations
These series were based on works originally created by another author or artist.- RainbowmanRainbowmanis the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as . Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and was broadcast on NET from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes...
(October 1972 - October 1973, TV MagazineTV MagazineTV Magazine is a weekly French television listings magazine, published by Groupe Le Figaro.-Circulation:In 2006 TV Magazine had a circulation of 5,329,711, having suffered a small decline from 5,677,411 in 2002.-Other uses:...
, originally created by Kōhan KawauchiKôhan Kawauchi, , created various tokusatsu series, including the first, Moonlight Mask, in 1958. He was originally from Hakodate, Hokkaido. His series Rainbowman is considered to be an inspiration for Go Nagai's Cutie Honey....
) (1975, issues 2-34, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, originally created by Kai Takizawa) (April 1975 - March 1976, Chūichi Course, originally created by Mamoru Sasaki) (1976, issues 34-51, Weekly Shōjo Comic, originally created by Jūzō Yamasaki) - Hirahira-kun Seishun Ondo (1976–1977, originally created by Mamoru Sasaki) (1977, issues 15-46, Weekly Shōjo Comic, originally created by Jūzō Yamasaki)
- Hirahira-kun Seishun Taiko (1977–1978, originally created by Mamoru Sasaki) (1979, issues 8-19, Weekly Shōjo Comic, originally created by Jūzō Yamasaki)
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Original
These are original series created by Adachi.- NineNine (manga)is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues. The series was adapted into three television anime movies and a live-action television drama...
(October 1978 - November 1980, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Oira Hōkago Wakadaishō (1979–1980)
- Hiatari Ryōkō!Hiatari Ryoko!is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1980–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television...
(1979 issue 2 - 1981 issue 15, Weekly Shōjo Comic) - MiyukiMiyuki (manga)is a romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly manga magazine Shōnen Big Comic . The series was adapted into a movie, an anime television series, and a live-action television drama...
(1980 issue 17 -1984 issue 18, Shōnen Big ComicShonen Big Comicwas a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979.In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday...
) - TouchTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1981 issue 36 -1986 issue 50) - Slow StepSlow Stepis a romantic comedy boxing and softball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao from September 1986 through March 1991, and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. In 1991, it was adapted as a five-episode OVA...
(September 1986 - March 1991, Ciao) - RoughRough (manga)is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho....
(1987 issue 17 - 1989 issue 40, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Niji Iro TōgarashiNiji Iro Togarashiis a manga series with elements of science fiction and jidaigeki written by Mitsuru Adachi. The series ran in Shōnen Sunday from issue 4/5 in 1990 to issue 19 in 1992. The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period...
(1990 issue 4/5 - 1992 issue 19, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - JinbēJinbeis a romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It appeared irregularly in the manga magazine Big Comic Original from 1992 through 1997, and was republished in one tankōbon volume in May 1997. In 1998, it was adapted as an 11-episode television drama series by Fuji TV.Jinbē is the story of the relationship...
(20 June 1992 - 20 March 1997, Big Comic Original) - H2H2 (manga)is a Japanese manga written by Mitsuru Adachi portraying high school baseball. It has been made into an 41-episode anime series and an 11-episode television drama series, H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Plot:...
(1992 issue 32 - 1999 issue 50, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Itsumo MisoraItsumo Misorais a fantasy and sports manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from issue 22/23 in 2000 through issue 24 in 2001, and collected in five tankōbon....
(2000 issue 22/23 - 2001 issue 24, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Katsu!Katsu!is a sports manga by Mitsuru Adachi which was serialized in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 2001 to 2005. It centers around a freshman student, Katsuki Satoyama, as he discovers his near-legendary skill in boxing.- Plot :...
(2001 issue 36/37 - 2005 issue , Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Cross GameCross Gameis a romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi that was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday between 11 May 2005 and 17 February 2010 . It is collected in 17 tankōbon volumes, with the final volume published in April 2010, shortly after the end of the anime series...
(2005–2010, Weekly Shōnen Sunday) - Q and A (since June 2009, Monthly Shōnen SundayMonthly Shōnen Sunday, alternately known as , is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since 12 May 2009 . The magazine was announced in February 2009...
) - Asaoka High School Baseball Club Diary: Over FenceAsaoka High School Baseball Club Diary: Over Fenceis a baseball themed romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi which began serialization in the No. 22/23 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday published on April 27, 2011...
(begins April 27, 2011, Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
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- Mitsuru's older brother was a manga artistMangakais the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
and an assistant to Fujio AkatsukaFujio Akatsukawas a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the Gag Manga King. His name at birth is 赤塚 藤雄, whose Japanese pronunciation is the same as 赤塚 不二夫....
. He died of stomach cancerStomach cancerGastric cancer, commonly referred to as stomach cancer, can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs, lymph nodes, and the liver...
in 2004.
Shinji Nagashima
Shinji Nagashima
, better known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo, Japan. His pseudonym came about due to a publisher's error when printing his name, and he continued using the pseudonym after that.His oldest son is classical guitarist Shiki Nagashima....
- Adachi became a fan of Nagashima around the age of 10, and began tracing his works. He became an assistant to Nagashima for a short time after graduating from high school. However, Nagashima suddenly moved overseas, so he then became an assistant to Isami Ishii. In the 16 October 2005 issue of Big ComicBig Comicis a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1968-02-29 by Shogakukan in Japan. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968. It is paired with sister magazine Big Comic Original, going on sale in the weeks...
, Adachi published a short work titled The Runaway God which was meant as a memorialization of Nagashima.
Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
- From the early 1980s, both Adachi and Takahashi were popular authors in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and they formed a friendly rivalry. He even commented about how he had a lot to live up to with how popular Takahashi was, especially with it being a shōnen magazine. Several times a year they would meet, to share their thoughts and ideas with each other. At the end of Weekly Shōnen Sunday issue 43 in 2006, the authors were asked, "If you could pick one penname to use which was different than your own, which one would you pick?", and Takahashi replied, "Adachi Mitsuru."
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
is a Japanese manga artist. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in 1982, he debuted in the February special issue of Shōnen Sunday with Hissatsu no Denkousei. At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a...
- Shimamoto and Adachi are mutual fans of each others' works. The main character in his Blazing Transfer StudentBlazing Transfer Studentis a manga written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It was serialized in the Shogakukan manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1983 to 1985. Honō no Tenkōsei was adapted into a two-episode original video animation anime series in 1991 by Gainax...
manga series, Noboru Takizawa, made a guest appearance in TouchTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
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Mr. Pogo
- Pogo and Adachi graduated in the same class and have spoken about this in various magazine interviews. The character Kōtarō Matsudaira from Touch is modeled after Pogo.
External links
- Adachi-Fan - a French and English website dedicated to Mitsuru Adachi's works.
- Adachi's work history - timeline for Mitsuru Adachi's works
- AdachiFan - a site dedicated to the complete works of Mitsuru Adachi
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