Maetani Koremitsu

Maetani Koremitsu ( Japanese 前 谷 惟 光 ; * December 8, 1917 in Tokyo ; † October 23, 1974 ) was a Japanese manga artist .

Before he was drafted to the front in Burma in mainland China in 1939 , he had worked as a propaganda artist for Tōhō .

After the war he turned to drawing comics. In 1951 he brought out Kasei no hachi-chan ( 火星 の 八 ち ゃ ん ) in the magazine Shōnen Shōjo Yomiru ( 少年 少女 読 売 ) his first manga. It was followed by Toppi Hakase ( ト ッ ピ 博士 ). In 1955 he started the popular comic series Robatto Santōhei ( ロ ボ ッ ト 三等 兵 ) in the magazine Shōnen Club , which he conceived as a plea against war. This series was published in 1958 in twelve anthologies, later by Kōdansha in six. Other works include Dairake nitōhei ( ダ イ ラ ケ 二等兵 ) and Gokuraku shinshi ( ご く ら く 紳士 ).

Web links

• Profile at mangashop.co.jp (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frederik L. Schodt: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics . P. 74.
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Maetani is the family name, Koremitsu the first name.