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●MANGA● ANYA KŌRO [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 1] (暗夜行路 [傷だらけの天使・1])



ANYA KŌRO [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 1] (暗夜行路 [傷だらけの天使・1])
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
10・31 | 1974-X-17 | 23 pages | B&W
Collected in the books:
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●MANGA● SHINJŪ -74 AKI- (心中――'74秋──)


SHINJŪ -74 AKI- (心中――'74秋──)
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
10・3 | 1974-IX-19 | 23 pages | B&W
Collected in the books:


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●MANGA● MEZAMEYO TO YOBU KOE ARI (目覚めよと呼ぶ声あり)



MEZAMEYO TO YOBU KOE ARI (目覚めよと呼ぶ声あり)
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
8・15 | 1974-VIII-1 | 23 pages | B&W
Collected in the books:

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●MANGA● ONE DOWN



ONE DOWN
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
7・4 | 1974-VI-20 | 23 pages | B&W

Collected in the book:

●MANGA● BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ



BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・23 | 1974-V-9 | 23 pages | B&W
Collected in the books:
●GOOD WEATHER

●MANGA● BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ



BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
4・25 1974-IV-11 | 23 pages | B&W
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●MANGA● MITSURYŌ NO YORU (密漁の夜)

MITSURYŌ NO YORU (密漁の夜)
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
2・28 | 1974-II-14 | 23 pages | B&W

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● SHANHAI KAZE (上海かぜ)



SHANHAI KAZE (上海かぜ) 
Weekly Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
1・26 | 1974-I-11 | 24 pages | B&W
Original story by Yoshihiro Yamamoto (山本喜浩)


Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● KODOMOTACHI WA DOKO E... (子供たちは何処へ…)



KODOMOTACHI WA DOKO E... (子供たちは何処へ…)
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション )
12・20 | 1973-XII-6 | 22 pages | B&W

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● HASHI TO SOSHITE... (橋とそして…)


HASHI TO SOSHITE... (橋とそして…)
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
11・29 | 1973-XI-15 | 26 pages | B&W

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei


●MANGA● SUMAIRĪ OJISAN (スマイリーおじさん)




SUMAIRĪ OJISAN (スマイリーおじさん)
Weekly Managa Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
11・3 | 1973-X-19 | 29 pages | B&W

Based on a story by Mark Twain


Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● SHINYŪ (親友)



SHINYŪ (親友)
Weekly Manga Action Zōkan(漫画アクション増刊)
10・6 | 1973-IX-21 | 29 pages | B&W

Based on a tale by Edgar Allan Poe


Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● JŪSEI (銃声)



JŪSEI (銃声)
Weekly Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
8・4 | 1973-VII-20 | 24 pages | B&W

This manga based on a original story by the 19th century French writer Prosper Mérimée marks Katsuhiro Otomo's debut as a manga author.

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●ILLUSTRATION● Weekly MANGA ACTION Especial Issue (漫画アクション増刊) 8・4




Katsuhiro Otomo debuted as a manga artist today in this special edition of Manga Action magazine whose cover illustration was drawn by Otomo himself. The published work was  JŪSEI (銃声) a 24 page long manga  based on a original story by the 19th century French writer Prosper Mérimée. 


MAGAZINE DETAILS
Publisher: Futabasha (双葉社)
Release date: 1973-VII-20
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 256
Size: B5
Retail price: ¥150 

●MANGA● MACCHI URO NO SHŌJO (マッチ売りの少女)



MACCHI URO NO SHŌJO (マッチ売りの少女) The Little Match Girl
One of the first manga works by Katsuhiro Otomo, drawn on December 1971. Never Published.

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● UMI GA...... (海が……)




UMI GA...... (海が……)
Katsuhiro Otomo (age 16) received a honorable mention in the February issue of COM (コム) magazine for his manga UMI GA..... (海が……). A single page of the manga was printed in small size in the magazine.

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1: Jūsei

●MANGA● TSUI... (終…)

  

TSUI... (終…)
17 year old Katsuhiro Otomo participated again in Ribon Comic (りぼんコミック) magazine's manga competition under the pen name Fumiko Otomo (大友文子). He got an honorable mention and a thumbnail of the cover page was published in 1971 January issue of the magazine. 




●MANGA● MAMA NO TANJŌBI (ママの誕生日)

 

MAMA NO TANJŌBI (ママの誕生日)
16 year old Katsuhiro Otomo got the second place in Ribon Comic (りぼんコミック) magazine's manga competition under the pen name Fumiko Otomo (大友文子). The awarded works were announced in 1970's October issue of the magazine and just two thumbnails of the first two pages of Otomo's story were shown. 

●MANGA● SOGEKI (狙撃)



SOGEKI (狙撃)
This is one of Katsuhiro Otomo's early submission to a manga magazine. The 5 page manga titled SOGEKI (狙撃) was never published but the cover and a short comment were printed in Weekly Shonen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) issue No.46 in November 9, 1969.


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Born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi, Japan.
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