Monkey Punch
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Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ) 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, Playboy 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.)
[edit] List of works
- 1962
- Number 5 + α
- GAN hustler
- Rebellious child
- List the criminal
- Open homicide
- Clandestine work
- The man who does not have the shadow
- The person whom it utilizes
- Vengeance & Kato one 彦 name
- Ghost story guy * Kato one 彦 name
- 1965
- Play boy introduction * maniac accomplice う ぷ (ムタEiji) name
- Needless axle of wilderness
- The pink guard... necessary blues of shooting
- Out soda pop & monkey punch name
- 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)
- 摩 訶 man
- KEY
- 1973
- Motivation sufficient
- Decoy house licking lottery
- Venus of diamond
- 1974
- As for me mosquito the no group
- Color girl
- Isshoku Ippan (一食一飯)
- Lupin the Kid (ルパン小僧)
- 1976
- The ど and others it comes, the ゅ and others
- UPUP 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
- It is pleasant 傑 zero
- 1980
- Cinderella Boy (シンデレラボーイ)
- Boy
- 1981
- Hauler ホームズ
- 1982
- Space venture party mechanic Venn jar
- Another work from Cinderella Boy & description above (シンデレラボーイ)
- 1983
- Roller boy
- Lucky monkey
- 1984
- 1986
- ピンキィ パンキィ
- ダアティ ジョオク
- ろ ぼ っ and club ガラクターズ * animation "entrust the スクラッパーズ" original
- 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
- Lupin III Encyclopedia.com
- Lupin the Third.net
- Lupin the 3rd (English & Italian)
- Lupin the third (English & Italian)
- List of works on Anime News Network
- The Dot Eaters article on Lupin III laser game Cliff Hanger, and the laser game craze.
