●ILLUSTRATED ESSAY● MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #16

MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #16
Kojima Gōseki& Koike Kazuo 「kodzure ōkami'」no ubaguruma no himitsu

(小島剛夕＆小池一夫「子連れ狼」のうば車の秘密)

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Variety (バラエティ) No.1
1980-XI-21 | 2 pages | B&W

●MANGA● KANOJO NO OMOIDE (彼女の想いで…)

KANOJO NO OMOIDE (彼女の想いで…)

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Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.10
11・17 | 1980-XI-4 | 30 pages | B&W + Color

Collected in the book:

●OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY 1 

Otomo's note from Anthology's postface

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It was the first story I ever wrote for Young magazine. My friend Takedera helped me out a great deal. The picture of the rose on the splash page was drawn by him, 'cos my frontispiece was a total failure. I tried redoing it several times, but couldn't get it to come out right. I seem to re­member that he helped me with­out asking him, either...

●ILLUSTRATED ESSAY● MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #14

MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #14
Ōtomo Katsuhiro gensaku no eiga 「Fire-Ball」
(大友克洋原作の映画「ファイヤーボール」)

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Variety (バラエティ) No.11
1980-IX-22 | 2 pages | B&W

Otomo's FIRE-BALL manga is being adapted to o film  in Kyushu Sangyo University (九州産業大学) in Hakata, Kyushu, with Masakazu Doi (土井真一) in charge of designing and producing the miniatures, and Nobuaki Koga (古賀信明) as director. Otomo and Koga had a talk for this issue.

TALK: KATSUHIRO OTOMO × NOBUAKI KOGA

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(Otomo) It's early, but what made you want to do this Fire-Ball?

(Koga) Because it seemed that the original work fee would be free.

(Ohtomo) I see. But it will be especially difficult.

(Koga) It's a story about a computer and a psychic fighting in the near future, so it's almost special.

(Otomo) I heard that 16mm is used for the special effects part, but the cost of the film is very high.

(Koga) There is a limit to 8mm special effects.

(Otomo) When I look at the photo, it looks like something that looks like a laser gun.

(Koga) I'll use the laser properly, because the school has the equipment.

(Otomo) At the end of the story, there is a scene where the dissected brother gets up.

(Koga) Yes, I haven't made a miniature yet, so I don't have a picture. It should be about the size of a human body.

(Otomo) The armored car in the photo is well made.

(Koga) I don't have any pictures, but there are some that are operated properly by people inside.

(Otomo) Ah... that's right. By the way, what about crank up?

(Koga) Next year. It's especially time consuming.

(Otomo) Please do your best. I'll work too.