Mukaide Masaichi

Published in Imagine #6, July 1979

A unique publication from before Shogakukan Inc. established Viz Communications in 1987 (the first full-fledged business in the United States by a Japanese Manga publisher), MANGA was an 88-page anthology of 10 short stories in both color and black-and-white: An experiment by Masaichi Mukaide, the publication's editor, this may have been too far ahead of its time, in many aspects.Features a stunning roster of authors of that time: such as Hiroshi Hirata, Yosuke Tamori, Yukinobu Hoshino, Katsuhiro Otomo, Keizo Miyanishi, Noboru Miyama, Yoji Fukuyama, & Noriyoshi Orai (illustration) and with Hajime Sorayama featured on its cover, Back cover by Hiroshi Hirata, and Chika Oya in charge of coloring the illustration indicated.NotesFor detailed ToC, refer to Grand Comics Database page (Link)Description adapted using excerpts from the 2020 article "People who have delivered Japanese manga overseas No.1: Masaichi Mukaide, Editor" (Link)

Published in Star\*Reach #18, October 1979

Published in Imagine #3, August 1978

Published in Star\*Reach #18, October 1979

Published in Star\*Reach #15, December 1978 Concept by Satoshi Hirota and Takihiro Isuta

Published in Imagine #4, November 1978

Published in Star\*Reach #7, January 1977.