On Oct 24, 2017, at 1:16 AM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:20 AM, John Newman <jnn@synfin.org> wrote:
PS: - John, I love you and your messages, but I answer later because I am almost "kutabareying" - haha!! - now, sorry. Do you know the history behind the New LW&C? It's a fucking sad story, but its
All I know is what was written in an intro to the first translated volume - Kazuo Koike, still alive after the artist Goseki had long passed away, at first was reluctant to continue the story without his old collaborator... but then Hideki Mori came along and Kazuo felt like he was the spiritual successor to Goseki, asked Goseki's wife for permission to continue the book, and that's all I know ;)
Hideki Mori's art is fantastic, and does have a remarkable similarity to that of Goseki Kojima.
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Hi, John! Hope you are doing amazing and reading a lot of manga! :D
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup
In 2002, during the World Cup, the Brazil national football team was the champion and Ronaldo was the Cup's top scorer, our best player. Do you recognize his haircut? :)
# http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eXQkfICoets/Tkrs-OTORuI/AAAAAAAABGo/HfirB6fz5wM/s1...
# http://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/5518637/2002....
# https://copa3x4.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ronaldo2002.jpg
That's awesome ! Daigoro, all grown up ;)
Hahaha!!! The Word Cup happened in Japan and Korea and Japanese people are very superstitious and love the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, so Kazuo Koike received hundreds and hundreds of letters and e-mails begging for Daigoro' stories after his father's death. They said that Ronaldo's haircut was a signal of God, of Goseki Kojima to write more stories giving Daigoro, still a toddler, a destiny.
So Koike asked for permission to Kojima's family and got a very brave artist, with a similar style to Kojima, named Hideki Mori. It was a great honor, a huge responsibility, so Mori trained days and nights like a crazy, almost becoming sick with all his efforts, giving his best to make his drawings the most similar possible to Kojima's art. All his drawings and paintings were revised for Kazuo Koike because he promised it to Kojima's family and to the LW&C fans. He searched the perfection to honor his friend and collaborator, Goseki Kojima. Loyalty and respect until the end. <3
Wish you loyal and good friends, my dear. Take care. <3
Thanks for the extra details on the story! Very touching, and Hideki's art is amazing. I've enjoyed NLW&C a lot - it's not quite as good as the original, but that's a hard one to top.. cheers John
Ceci