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THE ORIGINAL MARTIAL ARTS MANGA Starring a young judo prodigy who is as virtuous as he is strong Fukui Eiichi s Igaguri 1952 54 marks the true beginning of dynamic martial arts and sports comics in Japan For the first time in English read the manga that revolutionized shonen manga reignited interest in judo among Japanese kids and drove god of manga Tezuka Osamu mad with jealousy With a dojo busting essay about Fukui s life and Igaguri s impact by award winning historian and translator Ryan Holmberg this edition is a must have for all manga fans Trailblazer of postwar shonen manga Fukui Eiichi was born in Tokyo in 1921 After a career as an animator during and after World War II Fukui redefined how manga were drawn and written with his best selling Igaguri for the magazine Adventure King Due to poor health and overwork he died suddenly at the height of his career at the age of 33 yet his influence continues to shape martial arts and sports comics to today Igaguri Young Judo MasterFukui Ei ichi s Igaguri is the seminal martial arts manga which really ignited the post war sh nen craze and birthed a generation of judo enthusiasts The strip featured a young orphaned judo prodigy who defeats his various challengers with a mixture of skill and earnestness Igagari kun ran from 1952 1954 the entirety of the strip which is lovingly restored in this edition by Bubbles lit ablaze the manga sales market leading to monthly print runs of over 300000 units on the regular Though the Igaguri stories themselves are light hearted affairs with minimal conflict and tension Ei ichi s signature stamp was the cinematic narration coupled to the inventive formal qualities depicting the judo movements. Igaguri manga The success of Igaguri kun would also very famously lead to some professional jealousy on part of Osamu Tezuka who wrote included Ei ichi s name as part of a critical assessment on breakdown oriented sequential storytelling as part of his Manga Classroom series The history of Ei ichi s short lived career in comics is touched upon greatly in Ryan Holmberg s essay which is fascinating and a great supplement to the short Ei ichi portion of the Bat Kid essay. Igaguri booking Bubbles did a spectacular job on this reprint of classic manga and with the included historical contextualization it s well worth checking out 9781737826422 it s kind of fucked up when you think about how much of the plot consists of fully grown adults trying to beat the shit out of our boy igaguri a literal teenager cute art tho 9781737826422