See also site_link and site_link Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first he eventually chose an artistic profession He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest held by the magazine Comic Morning which allowed him to make his professional debut He started out with Straight a comic about basketball players Sports remain his main influence in his next comic Z ro a story about a boxer. In 1993 Matsumoto started the Tekkonkinkurito trilogy in Big Spirits magazine which was even adapted to a theatre play He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Ar magazine which are collected in the book Nihon no Kyodai Again for Big Spirits Taiyo Matsumoto st See also site_link and site_link Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first he eventually chose an artistic profession He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest held by the magazine Comic Morning which allowed him to make his professional debut He started out with Straight a comic about basketball players Sports remain his main influence in his next comic Z ro a story about a boxer. In 1993 Matsumoto started the Tekkonkinkurito trilogy in Big Spirits magazine which was even adapted to a theatre play He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Ar magazine which are collected in the book Nihon no Kyodai Again for Big Spirits Taiyo Matsumoto started the series Ping Pong in 1996 Number Five followed in 2001 published by Shogakukan. Source Lambiek website bio site_link Believing in the future of manga while never forgetting its past Shiozawa accompanies manga creators once again through their agony to create an ultimate manga project Is there ever joy in creation Tokyo These Days Volume 3