Monkey Punch
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Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ Monkī Panchi) is the pen name of mangaka Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦 Katō Kazuhiko, born May 26, 1937), creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III. He was born in Hamanakachō, Hokkaidō.
Katō first started to work as a mangaka under the pen name Kazuhiko Katō (加東一彦 Katō Kazuhiko, pronounced the same as his real name, but written with different characters) for a publisher that specialized in rental books and magazines. In 1965, he made his debut with "Playboy School" (プレーボーイ入門, Purēbōi nyūmon), writing under the name of Eiji Gamuta (がむた永二 Gamuta Eiji). Subsequently, he changed his pen name to Monkey Punch, which he intended only as a throwaway name, but it stuck.
His manga series Lupin III made its debut in 1967 in the first issue of the Japanese magazine Weekly Manga Action (WEEKLY漫画アクション). It became extremely popular and successful, being turned later into an animated series and yielding several movies by various directors (including Hayao Miyazaki.)
Monkey Punch has acknowledged the influence of Mad Magazine artists Mort Drucker and Sergio Aragonés on his work.
[edit] List of works
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- 1962
- Number 5 + α
- GUN hustler
- Rebellious child
- List the criminal
- Open homicide
- Clandestine work
- The man who does not have the shadow
- The person whom it utilizes
- Vengeance (Kazuhiko Kato)
- Ghost story guy (Kazuhiko Kato)
- 1965
- Playboy school (Eiji Gamuta)
- Needless axle of wilderness
- The pink guard... necessary blues of shooting
- Out soda pop (Monkey Punch)
- 1967
- The Ginza whirlwind child
- Lupin III (ルパン三世)
- 1968
- Western samurai
- 1969
- Pandora
- 1970
- Spy nobility
- Document mania
- Lupin III Transmission outside (ルパン三世外伝)
- TAC TICS
- 1971
- Multiple
- Mysterious human jaguar man
- Lupin III new adventure (ルパン三世・新冒険)
- 1972
- The Siamese Cat (シャム猫)
- Mahaa man
- Monsieur Koga
- KEY
- 1973
- Sufficiently Motivated
- Decoy house Slug
- Venus of diamond
- 1974
- I am Casanova Ha
- Color girl
- Isshuku Ippan (一宿一飯)
- Lupin the Kid (ルパン小僧)
- 1976
- Little Dracula
- UP-UP balloon
- 1977
- New Lupin III (新ルパン三世)
- The Reverse Aesop's Fables (逆イソップ物語)
- Transparent gentleman
- 1978
- Time agent
- Kaiketsu Zero
- 1980
- Cinderella Boy (シンデレラボーイ)
- Boy
- 1981
- Hauler Holmes (ホームズ)
- 1982
- Space venture party Mechavenjure
- Another work from Cinderella Boy & description above (シンデレラボーイ)
- 1983
- Roller boy
- Lucky monkey
- 1984
- 1986
- Pinky Punky (ピンキィ パンキィ)
- Dirty Joke(ダアティ ジョオク)
- Robot Baseball Team Scrappers (ろぼっと球団ガラクターズ/おまかせスクラッパーズ)
- 1991
- Scramble saber kids
- 1997
- Thousand night one night story
- Mankatsu (漫活)
- MUSASHI -Way of the GUN- (MUSASHI -GUN道-)
[edit] External links
- Monkey Punch Official Website (Japanese)
- Lupin III Network (Japanese)
- Cinderella Boy Official Website (Japanese)
- Mankatsu Official Website (Japanese)
- Musashi Official Website (Japanese)
- Monkey Punch Fanlisting
- LupinEncyclopedia.com
- Lupin the Third.net
- Lupin the 3rd (English & Italian)
- Lupin the third (English & Italian)
- List of works on Anime News Network
- Monkey Punch convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Monkey Punch in Cyberia
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