japanese was - Re: jimbellproject.org is looking for volunteers

[John Newman]

> On Oct 24, 2017, at 1:16 AM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:20 AM, John Newman <jnn at 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.
> 
> ==========
> 
> 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/s1600/ronaldo+2002.jpg
> 
> #  http://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/5518637/2002.jpg?1476940945
> 
> #  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