A Brief History of Manga by Helen McCarthy

Author:Helen McCarthy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Ilex Press
Published: 2014-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

1988 ROBOTS AND GODDESSES

In 1974, Go Nagai revolutionized the giant robot genre by turning them into heavily weaponized flying cars. In 1998, Masami Yuuki and the Headgear collective took the idea to its logical conclusion. The Tokyo police and the construction industry have “Labor robots.” The police units, “Patrol Labors,” are nicknamed Patlabors. Kido Keisatsu Patlabor (Mobile Police Patlabor) was published in Shonen Sunday in 1988, the same year the first animated series came out on video.

Patlabor had a cast of kooky, but credible, characters, a near-future setting that meant audiences could picture themselves on the same Tokyo streets, and absolutely stunning robots. With a mix of political, social and comic storylines, it ran until 1994.

Oh My Goddess! (AA Megamisama) by Kosuke Fujishima also takes place in modern Tokyo, but its tale of a hapless student who wins the love of one of the Three Fates is pure wish-fulfilment fantasy. Lifted above the norm by Fujishima’s almost supernaturally beautiful artwork, it’s been running since September 1988 in Afternoon magazine. Two other series from 1988 that are still running are Kazushi Hagiwara’s fantasy epic Bastard!! and Tatsuo Nitta’s reluctant-gangster tale Shizukanaru Don (The Quiet Don).

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