Shimamoto Kazuhiko

(from ebookjapan): Legendary Mangaka Moyuru Hono is Back Again! The days of risking his life day and night to work on his manuscripts are a thing of the past... A semi-factual life story of a mangaka and businessman who now struggles not only with his manuscripts but also with his family business!　 Many superb guest mangaka appear!　 Don't miss the story of the closing of the Hono's bookstore, which became a hot topic on Twitter and various news sites! In addition, Moyuru Hono will appear on a TV variety show! His rivals are popular comedians!!!! Can a mangaka's best story be accepted in the TV industry?　 Kazuhiko Shimamoto presents his realistic mangaka fiction on the 40th anniversary of his career!　Here it is, the first volume!

(from ebookjapan): After defeating Schwartz and winning the Gundam Fight Final League, Domon is confronted by his last enemy, the Devil Gundam and the Eastern Warriors. The final chapter of the super-class G Gundam is about to begin. Ready, go!

A Cyborg 009 oneshot by Kazuhiko Shimamoto done for the 3/11 tribute.

(from ebookjapan): From "Blazing Transfer Student" to "Guts Squadron Gutsman" - a selection of inspiring quotes from the works of Kazuhiko Shimamoto, the "Master of Flames"! At the end of the book, there is an INDEX to answer all the problems that arise in life! The bible of the soul that the times demanded is finally here!

"A hero" is a job that in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice. Would you like to work as such a hero in our company? You may transform, manipulate a huge robot or fight as a squad. Shall we realize your dream in our "Hero Company"?!

Domon and Rain arrive in Shinjuku and are attacked by a mysterious MS army. Domon's master, Master Toho Fujinbai, a.k.a. Master Asia, saves them from their predicament! Domon is then assigned to the defense of Shinjuku with Toho Fujinbai...

(from ebookjapan): The New G Gundam Series is here! The finals finally begin, and it also includthe original "Shuffle Alliance New Mobile Fighter"! Shimamoto G Gundam is getting more and more exciting. Ready go!

(from ebookjapan): One day, a transfer student named Asuka Daimon arrived in Aika Kamishiro's class. At first glance, he looks handsome, but when he introduces himself, the class is stunned when he suddenly says he is from the future. Nagagabe, a male student in the class, even says to Asuka, "What's with that setup?"...

(from ebookjapan): It was the early 1980s, a hot time when a new movement was beginning to emerge in the world of manga and anime. There was a young man who had aspirations of becoming a great mangaka. His name was Moyuru Hono. However, all he has is ambition, but nothing concrete has been done yet...? This is a coming-of-age elegy of a hot-blooded art college student who agonizes over his passionate ambitions that spin out of control every day! Won the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award in 2014 Official Release: Indonesian release by Level Comics as Blue Flame: Comic Bomber Early Years (2011)

(from ebookjapan): Never one to compromise, that great hot-blooded mangaka, Moyuru Hono, is back! "Wild Pitch," a work he drew 10 years ago, is to be made into a live-action movie under the title "Upside Down Nine". The film will be directed by DAN A Ichiro, who is reputed to be the most energetic director in Japan right now. Nuun, who is excited to see the film, immediately visits the location, but he ends up clashing with the director, Dan A. Ichiro, when he starts to interfere with the actors' performances... A shocking life story of a mangaka born between realism and fiction! Official Release: Indonesian release by Level Comics as New Comics Bomber (2010)

(from ebookjapan): Flame Productions, Inc. is located on the second floor of a rental video and CD store in the suburbs of Tokyo. A hot-blooded mangaka struggles with his manuscripts day and night, risking his life. He has never once expressed any weakness in meeting a deadline, but... Never one to compromise, the hot-blooded mangaka is on fire again today for his work! A semi-factual life story of a mangaka, with super hot blooded tension and laughter. The heroes who inherit the spirit of the legendary masterpiece "Burning Pen" gather here! Official Release: Indonesian release by Elex Media as Comic Bomber (2009)

An official doujinshi drawn and written by Kaoru Shintani under the pen name of 88 Night, in collaboration with Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Noboru Takizawa's creator. Part of a series of doujinshi where the CAT Division M teams or clashes with other action/seinen manga characters including the Gunsmith Cats pair and the Sukeban Deka heroine, usually developed in collaboration with their creators (a notable exception being Desert Rose vs Akihime, where they meet the heroine of his wife Saeki Kayono's josei manga; clearly the couple developed it together)

A new Animate is opening up, and things are looking tight without the manager. Unfortunately, he won't make it - one young man, Anizawa, has been bestowed his position in his stead! Learn alongside Anizawa the ins-and-outs of running an Animate, along with various anime production merch and events. A work meant to promote the anime goods shop Animate, packed with Shimamoto's nekketsu (hot-blooded) flavor. Though serialized in different magazines, it is printed under Studio DNA's (now Ichijinsha) Comic Zero Sum imprint. Link: AnimeNewsNetwork (OVA)

Based on the live action movie. Masaru Aso has gone missing from the public, due to being used as a genetic experiment by Doctor Mochizuki in order to create a perfect lifeform. Aso goes to hide in the forests from civilization due to his disgust on his "form" before he was summoned to save Dr. Mochizuki's son, Hiroshi, from being targeted by monsters from Neo Organism.

They took his family, they took his face, and they took his soul. Locked between the lethal but gorgeous assassin Maria and the mutant Spider Man, the Skull Man digs into the conspiracy that gave birth to his powers and those of his partner, Garo. Haunted by his past, he will not let them stand in the way of his revenge.

(from ebookjapan): Kazuhiko Shimamoto is the mangaka who fist best with the theme of "flames" in the world. From among his works, we have selected five short stories that will set your life on fire, including "Guts Sentai Gutsman," in which voice actress Yuko Miyamura plays an active role as the leader of the Guts Sentai Gutsman team to protect the earth! A mirror of purification that will test the reader's mind, here it comes!

B't X Parody. Published Shonen Ace 06-1997 by Kadokawa Shoten

Burning president Mizushima, bet his life on "Table Tennis" and never once regretted it! Onsen ping-pong, the royal road to entertainment sports that anyone can enjoy. However, sometimes there are idiots who confuse it with table tennis and aim for a perfect winning streak. One such person was Monma, a new employee at a company's overnight training program for newcomers, who claimed that "there is no distinction between up and down on the ping-pong table," and won a convincing victory against the general manager of the company. Then, the president of the company shows up and tells him how to get there through ping-pong!

One-shot compilation of Shimamoto's earlier works for Shogakukan: Blazing Transfer Student - Kaiju Battle! (炎の転校生・怪獣戦闘!, Honoo no Tenkousei - Kaijuu Sentou!): Noboru Takizawa and crew are back for another chaotic event, this time dealing with an alien invasion. A bonus story done half a year after serialization finished. Warrior of the Sun Wind Breaker X (太陽の戦士ウインドブレーカーX, Taiyou no Senshi Wind Breaker X): In a school without a dress code, leagues of students fight to force others to wear what they want. One young man stands up to protect the girl he loves from being forced to wear anything but her beloved uniform. Hardly a Hero (ほとんどヒーロー, Hotondo Hero): A short serial of 5 chapters, about a seemingly good-for-nothing boy with a penchant for sleeping finding himself part of his school's baseball team. \-- Chapter 1: A Full-Powered Morning Sprint: Shingaku High School's baseball club is in a dire state. Should it lose again, the club will disband. Sakata, the captain, sees promise in Nemuri, a boy who comes very late to school like him and has a tendency to doze off... \-- Chapter 2: A Hero of Hope: Nemuri is now part of the baseball team, and plays with the others in their next match. However, he doesn't play quite as the others expect him to. \-- Chapter 3: Revival of the Great Hero: Nemuri finds frustration with his habits and how they undermine his team. Luckily, another opening's been made for the team, but the conditions are severe... \-- Chapter 4: The Sleeper in the Ballpark: The baseball team has no choice but to give a good, crowd-pleasing game, or else they'll disband for good. Is Nemuri up to the task? \-- Chapter 5: A Sleepless Victory: Nemuri and crew wrap up the game. But is that all? My Love Qualifications Are Nothing! (恋の資格がナッシング, Koi no Shikaku ga Nothing): Shimamoto's sole shojo work, serialized in Ciao. An absurd romantic gag comedy about the rather careless and troublesome Misato and her questionable attempts at getting the attention of Moriguchi, the boy she longs for.

(from mangapedia): When Gareki Sho arrives at a new school, he hands out garage kits of bishojo characters as a greeting to his classmates. However, his classmate Rei Shuga throws away the garage kits, calling them "disgusting," and Sho clashes with her. Sho goes to the club room to join the art club, and after a Q\&A session with Mizuki, they end up having a sculpture vs. garage kit competition. The one who came forward as a model for the "same motif," which was a condition of the competition, was Rei, who did not think well of Sho.

(from mangapedia): This is a story of the struggles of Onsenman who tries his best to relax the mentally and physically exhausted people of today by taking a hot spring bath. The author, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, says, "Sometimes I want to make something funny and silly, something that is not hot-blooded" but the story gradually becomes more and more passionate and grand in scale, far exceeding the original concept. A miracle happened to one of the hot spring eggs that was being made in Owakudani in Hakone, and the legendary hero Onsenman was born from inside. Immediately after his birth, Onsenman flew to Tokyo and suggested to Nami Katsuta, a student who had been skipping school to play at an arcade, to relieve her fatigue in a hot spring. Nami rejects Onsenman's suggestion, but Onsenman forces her to enter a hot spring. At first, Nami is negative about hot springs, but she soon realizes their charm and becomes a fan. After witnessing this, the Onsenman flies away to heal the modern man who, like Nami, is also exhausted. The first volume includes a behind the scenes bonus manga about the making of the story, and the third volume includes a secret story about the research trip. The story was serialized in "Monthly Shonen Ace" from the April 1995 issue to the February 1997 issue.

A short overview of the life of Oda Nobunaga, as told from the perspective of a ninja fighting other time-travelling ninjas! (from amazon.jp): The mangaka, who had serialized "Blazing Ninjaman" in Shonen Sunday, received an offer from Shogakukan's "Middle School 6th Grader" to make something for children, and he obliged. It is said to be a masterpiece even better than the original Sunday serial. The main character is also named "Ninjaman" but it is an original work with a completely different protagonist and worldview. It is a historical action Ninja vs. Ninja gag manga that revolves around Oda Nobunaga.

(from amazon.jp): This is a coming-of-age documentary manga by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a rare mangaka who can simultaneously depict the "coolness" and "uncoolness" of a man fighting against fate, featuring the real-life female professional wrestler Manami Toyoda. As the countdown to Toyoda's retirement is underway, the manga has been reprinted for the first time in 23 years! Since his debut in 1982, he has depicted the "fighting spirit" and "will to move forward" in various forms, including " Blazing Transfer Student" " Adversity 9" " Burning Pen" and "Howling Pen". The manga is based on his own adolescence. Most of the main characters in his "burning" works are male, but there is one female protagonist who shines brilliantly among them. That is Manami Toyoda. Manami Toyoda was a real-life female professional wrestler who created an era in the 1990s under the nickname "Flying Tennyo. The title of the work is literally "Burning! Women's Pro Wrestling. This documentary manga depicts a black-haired girl gritting her teeth and growing by her own will in the ring, the square jungle, the wonderland of battle. It was serialized from the August 1992 extra issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday to the December 1993 extra issue, and is the gold standard of authentic women's pro wrestling manga! This spring, Manami Toyoda announced that the 30th anniversary of her debut, which will be held on November 3, 2017 at the Osanbashi Hall in Yokohama, will be her last active match! The event was met with an outcry on the Internet from women's professional wrestling fans of the past, and among them was mangaka Kazuhiko Shimamoto! He wrote on Twitter without a pause, "Well...Toyoda did her best...I have a responsibility to see it through...No, it's not just me, but everyone, everyone⁉" to the fighting heroine who once played the leading role in his own work. This time, what was once published in three volumes in Shonen Sunday Comics imprint has been collected into one very thick volume of about 600 pages! With the addition of various interviews and bonus content, this volume will be published for the first time in 23 years as a love letter from Mr. Shimamoto to Toyoda and the spectators who lived together with her in that passionate era of women's professional wrestling! Product specifications: 1 volume / B6 size / softcover / approx. 600 pages (old edition combined with interviews)

Boketsu Hotta, a second year student at Zenryoku Gakuen High School, has a one-sided crush on Hitomi Ubukata, who is in the same class as him. When he finds out that she likes another man, he beats up her partner. Watching this, she tells Hotta that she won't get along with him even if he wins in a fight, and that if he hurts the other man, she will hate him forever. With these words, Hotta no longer has any reason to fight, but because a man is digging his own grave, he slams his fist into his opponent's face.

The destruction of the earth ── A man, Mugen = Dai, who flew down to the ground to stop the demonic plan of the huge enemy Glasher. With a thunderbolt of lightning, he transforms into Battle Thunder!!

Since the beginning of time ninjas have been regarded as people with great skill and power, the Blazing NinjaMan (Shinobi Mantaro) is one such young man. There is only one problem, the era of the ninja has come and gone. How can Shinobi consider himself a ninja in modern day Japan (1990s) and survive the daily rigors of high school life.

(from ebookjapan): Kazuhiko Shimamoto unleashes Ultraman on fire! "If you can't win, what's the point! Even if you lose your life!" "Ultraman G" serialized in "TV Magazine (Kodansha)" from October 1990 to November 1991 issue by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a hot-blooded mangaka, is back in a new edition after 26 years! Your fighting spirit will be violently shaken by the figure of the hero who stands up again and again even after being wounded and falling down! The cover illustration is newly drawn just for this new edition. Shimamoto's manga adaptation of Ultraman G, also known as Ultraman: Towards the Future. Scanlation done by Florida Man Scrubs who had given his blessing to upload it, visit his website here.

(from ebookjapan): Flame Productions is located in Tokyo. There, a mangaka was working on his work, risking his life, a rare hot-blooded type. Working alongside him is Akiko Ohno, a new assistant who has just joined Flame Productions. The first job she is assigned is to put action lines in the background of the drawings made by Hono.... A story about a passionate mangaka who refuses to compromise, is on fire with a pen in his hand! Official Release: Indonesian release by Elex Media as Burning Pen (2010)

(from ebookjapan): The battlefield, a place where life and death go hand in hand, a place of extreme risk to one's sanity. This is a gem of a lyrical work depicting the sorrows and woes of people who dream of peace!

(from ebookjapan): The captain of the baseball team, Tatsushi Fuyoshi, is summoned to the principal's office, where he is suddenly ordered by the principal to discontinue the baseball team, declaring that the club must "win Koushien" in order to survive, and as proof of his determination, he vows to defeat Hinode Shogyo, the 8th best team from spring Koushien , in a practice game in 10 days' time. The nine members start training hard that day, but three days before the game, one by one, they start to drop out...?

(from mangapedia): One day, Kenichiro, a commissioner of the Boxing Association, was kidnapped by the "World Domination Gym". Kenichiro returns safely a few days later, but his condition has changed, and he begins to accept the World Domination Gym's demands one after another, which deviate from the rules of boxing. As the boxing world is on the verge of an unprecedented crisis caused by boxers wearing the approved goods, a boxer stands up to stop the ambitions of the World Domination Gym. Shimamoto's parody of Kamen Rider and Tomorrow's Joe.

Gambling. Mahjong. Death. These are the themes of this fast-paced spy manga where outrageous life-or-death gambles are made daily occurrences and insurmountable odds are overcome. The most hardcore, action-packed mahjong manga you will ever see.

A compilation series of Gundam oneshots from Cyber Comix.

A lone rat living in the city at night. When he met boxing, he developed the pride of living as a man! Shingo Asakura, a new hero with a passionate heart. With his fists filled with power, he is now ready to take on the challenge of boxing! Aiming for the world!

(from ebookjapan): Due to a major earthquake that hit the Tokai region, Mt. Fuji was surrounded by a large fault line and turned into an isolated island on land. Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Ida, who were visiting an animal park at the foot of Mt. Fuji, lost their beloved child... Ten years have passed since then. Kyosuke Ida, who was raised by wolves and grew up to be a kind-hearted boy who can speak human language, sets out on a journey in search of his parents!

(from ebookjapan): Bui Hazama, 15 years old, also known as Victory Hazama, or V Hazama, is a man who, as his name suggests, has never lost a fight in his life! After the death of his foster parent, Gen-san, V is traveling alone in search of his parents, who separated when he was a child. During his journey, V by chance tries tennis for the first time in his life, and beats a tennis player ranked 5th in Japan by playing tennis beyond the norm. The challenge of a man who was born and raised to win, while carrying a secret past!

Noboru Takizawa is an ordinary high school student who has transferred into a new school. His chaotic transfer student life begins the moment he steps on a landmine in the schoolyard. From there, Takizawa often finds himself transferring into other schools, moving others with his hot-blooded passion, and fighting against injustice within the school's structure. This is the tale of a high school legend! Links: Shimamoto's Twitter OVA on ANN

In F.C. 60, the 13th Gundam Fight begins. Domon Kasshu pilots the Shining Gundam as the representative of Neo Japan, the Japanese space colony. Along with his crew member Rain Mikamura, he battles the other countries' representatives in order to earn the right to rule Earth and the colonies for four years for Neo Japan. However, Domon seems to be more concerned with finding his brother and the stolen Devil Gundam.

The Kyosha and Jinma clans are ninja organizations living in the modern age. They were called "super ninja," or "super shinobi." However, these two clans have been fighting a fierce battle to exterminate each other. Why? The unique tag team of Tetsu Kariya and Kazuhiko Shimamoto unleash a painful work!