Gon (manga)
Manga | |
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title | Gon |
Original title | ゴ ン |
country | Japan |
author | Masashi Tanaka |
publishing company | Kodansha |
magazine | Morning |
First publication | 1992-2002 |
expenditure | 7th |
Gon ( Japanese ゴ ン ) is a manga series by the draftsman Masashi Tanaka , in which a small, militant Tyrannosaurus rex plays the main role.
content
The stories take place in the animal kingdom in different regions of the world. The main character is the Tyrannosaurus rex Gon in the form of a rough, stubborn but good-hearted baby. As an orphan, Gon, the creature from prehistoric times, stands alone among the surrounding animals. He tries to imitate them - when it comes to loot, when building a shelter - and in doing so, due to its rough manner, usually unwittingly causes chaos. Nevertheless, he has a soft heart, stands by his adoptive siblings and competes against the toughest opponents. He prefers to have fun with other animals and romp around in nature. Later on, enormous violence and manipulation against adversaries play a bigger role. The comics manage almost entirely without language, only at the end of an episode are the animals that have appeared in the episode brought closer to the reader and given their Latin names.
publication
In Japan, Gon appeared in individual chapters in the manga magazine Morning from 1992 to 2002 . The Kodansha publishing house also published these individual chapters in seven edited volumes. A colored new edition was published in the sister magazine Afternoon in issues 5/2012 (March 25, 2012) to 4/2013 (February 25, 2013).
In Germany, four volumes were published by Edition Kunst der Comics in the 1990s . They were also published in Italian or French. Individual episodes have also been printed in comic magazines. From September 2010 to October 2011, the volumes will be published in German by Carlsen Comics.
Awards
In 1997 Masashi Tanaka received the Harvey Award for Gon , in 1998 the Eisner Award for the best American edition of a foreign comic and the second Media Arts Award .
Adaptations
In the video game Tekken 3 , Gon makes an appearance as a bonus character. In the eponymous video game Gon for the Super Nintendo Gon appears as a main character.
From April 2, 2012 to March 25, 2013 TV Tōkyō and the affiliated channels TV Hokkaidō , TV Aichi , TV Osaka , TV Setouchi and TVQ Kyūshū Hōsō ran the 50-part 3D computer graphics anime Gon ( GON - ゴ ン - ), where Gon is spoken by Motoko Kumai .
Web links
- Carlsen Comics website for German publication
- Anime News Network about the manga