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●MANGA● TŌI MATSURI (遠い祭り)

TŌI MATSURI (遠い祭り)

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
8・18 | 1978-VIII-4 | 27 pages | B&W

Original story by Nobuyuki Shirayama (白山宣之)

Collected in the book:

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 5: Fire-Ball

●MANGA● SHINJUKU PUREISUPOTTO RUPO (新宿プレイスポット・ルポ)

SHINJUKU PUREISUPOTTO RUPO (新宿プレイスポット・ルポ)

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション )
1978-VII-24 | 8 pages | B&W + Red

●MANGA● HENZERU TO GUREETERU (ヘンゼルとグレーテル)

HENZERU TO GUREETERU (ヘンゼルとグレーテル)

Zōkan Young Comic (増刊ヤングコミック)
8・20 | 1978-VII-20 | 28 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●HANSEL & GRETEL
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 5: Fire-Ball

New title page presented in the book

●MANGA● AI NO MACHIKADO NI CHŌME SAN BANCHI (愛の街角２丁目３番地 )

AI NO MACHIKADO NI CHŌME SAN BANCHI (愛の街角２丁目３番地 )

Weekly Manga Action ( 週刊漫画アクション)
7・21 | 1978-VII-12 | 16 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●GOOD WEATHER

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 5: Fire-Ball

This story was adapted to a 8mm film directed by Katsuyuki Hirano (平野勝之) released in 1987 with the same name AI NO MACHIKADO NI CHŌME SAN BANCHI (愛の街角2丁目3番地)

●MANGA● TSUYA NO ATOSAKI (つやのあとさき)

TSUYA NO ATOSAKI (つやのあとさき)

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊 )
7・8 | 1978-VI-23 | 23 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●HIGHWAY STAR

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 5: Fire-Ball

●MANGA● SO WHAT

SO WHAT

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊 )
6・10 | 1978-V-26 | 28 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●GOOD WEATHER
●SO WHAT Special Edition DVD

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

This story was adapted to a live action film 'SO WHAT' directed by Naoto Yamakawa (山川直人) the special edition DVD includes a booklet with Otomo's manga.

●ILLUSTRATION● LIVE IN CHIGASAKI (ライブイン・茅ヶ崎)

Katsuhiro Otomo has draw a illustration to promote the film LIVE IN CHIGASAKI (ライブイン茅ヶ崎) by Yoshimitsu Morita (森田芳光). The 75 min long film was released in Japan on May 2, 1978.

Collected in the book:

●MORITA YOSHIMITSHU SAI (森田芳光祭)

●MANGA● TOKYOO CHANG PONG (トウキョウ　チャンポン)

TOKYŌ CHANG PONG (トウキョウ　チャンポン)

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
5・13 | 1978-IV-28 | 25 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●GOOD WEATHER

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● SAYONARA NIPPON 5 (さよならにっぽん V)

SAYONARA NIPPON 5 (さよならにっぽん V)

Weekly manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
2・23 | 1978-II-9 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●SAYONARA NIPPON

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●ILLUSTRATION● Manga Action cover

Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn the cover illustration of this January's number of Manga Action Zoukan (漫画アクション増刊) in which he also published SAYONARA NO OMIYAGE (さよならのおみやげ) a 25 page manga.

●MANGA● SAYONARA NO OMIYAGE (さよならのおみやげ)

SAYONARA NO OMIYAGE (さよならのおみやげ)

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
1・10 | 1977-XII-25 | 25 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●HIGHWAY STAR

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● SAYONARA NIPPON 4 (さよならにっぽん IV)

SAYONARA NIPPON 4 (さよならにっぽん IV)

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
1・5 | 1977-XII-22 | 25 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●SAYONARA NIPPON

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● GOOD WEATHER part 2

GOOD WEATHER part 2

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊 )

11・2 | 1977-X-14 | 24 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●GOOD WEATHER

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● SAYONARA NIPPON 3 (さよならにっぽん III)

SAYONARA NIPPON 3 (さよならにっぽん III)

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)

10・20 | 1977-X-5 | 24 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●SAYONARA NIPPON

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● GOOD WEATHER part 1

GOOD WEATHER part 1

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊 )

9・21 | 1977-IX-2 | 23 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●GOOD WEATHER

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● SAYONARA NIPPON 2 (さよならにっぽん II)

SAYONARA NIPPON 2 (さよならにっぽん II)

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)

9・8 | 1977-VIII-25 | 24 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:

●SAYONARA NIPPON

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

●MANGA● MINER SWING

MINER SWING

Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)

8・24 | 1977-VIII-5 | 23 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY 1

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON

Otomo's note from anthology's postface

I thought about doing something for the summer, a weird, eerie story and then linking it to the problem of pollution. At the time, I loved "sting-in-the-tail" stories like this one, like the stories of Abe Kodo and Oe Kensaburo, especially if they had a weird ending...