Yoshikazu Yasuhiko My Back Pages

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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a manga artist and animator known for the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam'', "Crusher Joe'', "Kyojin Gorg'', "Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN'', and the manga "Arion'', "Rainbow Trotsky'', "Heaven's Bloodline'', and "Inui and Tatsumi: The Baikal War''. This is a permanent collection in which Yoshikazu Yasuhiko talks about all the work he has done in the past in an extremely long interview lasting over 30 hours.

Written by Makoto Ishii, who served as an interviewer, based on the series of the same name published in the magazine "CONTINUE" (Ota Publishing) Vol. 54 (July 2018) to Vol. 62 (November 2019). Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's "My Back Pages = The Long Road I've Traveled,'' and its entire trajectory is here.

"In terms of long interviews, this was the longest interview I've ever had. I was able to listen carefully, including the part where I was asked things like this, so I was able to remember a lot of that." (Yoshikazu Yasuhiko/text)


Cover: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (new illustration)

Foreword: Ishii Makoto

I. Admiration to be a manga artist and the path to becoming an animator
Two manga artists who influenced me
Coming to Tokyo and becoming an animator
Bankruptcy of Mushi Productions and encounter with Soeisha

II "Mobile Suit Gundam" and his rise as an animator
Participation in "Space Battleship Yamato" and encounter with Yoshinobu Nishizaki Battler V"
"Wanpaku Omakko Kumkum", which was his long-awaited debut as an original author
"Roboko Beaton", "Fire and Pony" works from the time when he was in limbo
The start of "Mobile Suit Gundam" and changes in the anime industry
Withdrawal from the production of "Gundam" due to sudden illness"Arion" was his long-awaited debut as a manga artist
"Mobile Suit Gundam" was the theatrical version of the movie where he expressed his unfinished feelings
Started his first directorial work "Crusher Joe"

III. Changing trends in the anime world and the withdrawal from anime
"Kyojin" was supposed to be a free work "Gorg''
The movie "Arion'' that I had nothing but negative feelings about
"The Star of Kurdish'' where I made a new attempt as a manga artist
Started "Venus War Chronicles'' as I was conscious of my full-fledged retirement. Suffering in the field version of "Record of Venus War"
The truth behind the "seal" of "Record of Venus War"

IV. A new start as a manga artist and novelist
Unfinished work "C Coat" that challenged sports manga
Challenge and withdrawal from light novel novels
OVA "Legend of the Blue Man" that became a fantasy "Lou is in the Wind"
My thoughts on the works I drew as a novelist
"Namji the Great Lord" was my first step towards becoming a full-time manga artist
Another life's work that began with "Rainbow Trotsky"
"Andong" was written in between the major works ANTON?h and ?gMikawa Monogatari?h
What I was able to do after retiring from the animation industry

V. Challenge to Western history and all-color work with Christian themes
The subject of Joan of Arc, who was attracted to the mystery behind her heroic activities
Depicting Jesus Christ with a solid theme
?gMalaya?h, an all-color comic with an emphasis on entertainment value
Reading contemporary themes from the tyrants of the Roman Empire Observe ?gMy Name is Nero?h
The connections between Western history series that can be seen from a bird?fs-eye view

VI. Taking a new step as a manga artist
Modern history series ?gRoyal Dog?h depicting the flow to the Freedom and People?fs Rights Movement
Local "Tartar Typhoon'', which has a combination of things and current events
The third work based on the Kojiki theme, "The Flea King''
The last Western history series "Alexander''

VII. The path to "MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN''
Two Gundam works that I was involved with with bitter feelings
Writing for "Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN'' which I initially refused
What elements I wanted to change in "Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN'' Characters that are drawn with increased depth and further interpretation
The theme of the work is "people cannot understand each other"

VIII. New challenges in ancient history, modern history, and period dramas
"Reijima Yutan" based on Amakusa Shiro and the Hidden Christians
Ancient history series and modern history series "Heaven's Bloodline" intersects with Leeds
The challenge of depicting "Yamato Takeru", a major hero of ancient history
Three short stories, "Katsu Kaishu", "Che Guevara", and "Hakoba Sleigh" drawn in the interstices

IX. Return to the animation scene, the last long-term series
"Mobile Suit Gundam" Thoughts on the animation of "THE ORIGIN''
"Inui and Tatsumi - Zabaikal Senki'', a work that fills in the missing "Taisho period''
Sense of distance from past and future work

Manga: Nanban Journey to the West Prologue (all color 24 pages/first book edition)

Afterword: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (author, illustration), Makoto Ishii (Author)

Publisher: Ota Publishing (2020/11/26)
Release date: 2020/11/26
Language: Japanese
Book: 544 pages
ISBN-10: 4778317297
ISBN-13: 978-4778317294