Kerberos & Tachiguishi

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Kerberos & Tachiguishi

Series debut (Monthly Comic Ryu Vol.2)
ケルベロスX立喰師 腹腹時計の少女
(Keruberosu Ekusu Tachiguishi Hara Haradokei No Shōjo)
Genre Science Fiction, Action
Manga
Author Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Sugiura
Publisher Flag of Japan Tokuma
Serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu
Original run 20062007
Volumes 1
Prequel

Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs (犬狼伝説 紅い足痕)

Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロスX立喰師 腹腹時計の少女 Keruberosu Ekusu Tachiguishi Hara Haradokei No Shōjo?, Kerberos and Tachiguishi: Young Lady's Abdomen Biological Clock) is an ongoing Kerberos saga manga series written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Mamoru Sugiura.

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See also: Kerberos saga chronicles and Kerberos saga characters

The story focuses on Foxy Croquette O-Gin, the legendary female Fast Food Grifter (tachiguishi) also known as Young Lady (少女, shōjo) in The Red Spectacles.


[edit] Overview

The Kerberos saga manga sidestories were unveiled in Monthly Comic Ryu vol.1, issued in September 2006. The Kerberos and Tachiguishi joint universe first appeared in While Waiting For The Red Spectacles, the 1987 radio drama that launched the Kerberos saga.

A Kerberos (left) under a torii row, and Foxy Croquette O-Gin (right). (Tokuma Shoten, 2007).
A Kerberos (left) under a torii row, and Foxy Croquette O-Gin (right). (Tokuma Shoten, 2007).

Two independent arcs based on these character groups were created with shared reference and characters such as Moongaze Ginji featured in The Red Spectacles live action movie. Later, the "old time gone of tachigui" is referred by Hayashi in the movie's 1991 sequel StrayDog. Jin-Roh, the last episode of the feature trilogy, features a scene referring to the January 1st, 1960 Zengakuren-Bund joint communist militants and sympathisans protest in front of the National Diet Building. The same scene is portrayed in the prologue of Kerberos Panzer Cop vol.1s 1999 renewed edition, and is referred in Tachiguishi-retsudens Foxy Croquette O-Gin chapter.

[edit] Related series

[edit] Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs

Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs is the 1-volume manga following Kerberos Panzer Cop which was itself the comic book adaptation and story extension of the 1987, black and white, live-action film Akai Megane. This movie was directed by Mamoru Oshii and released in Japanese theaters. In 2003, the DVD edition was licensed and subtitled in English for a North American release as The Red Spectacles.

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[edit] Serialization

Foxy Croquette O-Gin in front of a Kerberos.
Foxy Croquette O-Gin in front of a Kerberos.

The first chapter was published in Japan in the December 2006 issue of Monthly Comic Ryu (月刊 Comic リュウ, #2) monthly comics magazine (26 x 19cm) owned by Tokuma Shoten.

2006.12: #2 Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女) (color)
2007.01: #3 Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女) (color)
2007.02: #4 Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女)
2007.03: #5 Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女)
2007.04: #6 Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女)

[edit] Volume compilation (A5)

The compilation volume was published by Tokuma Shoten.

  • 2007.10.20: ケルベロス×立喰師 腹腹時計の少女
    (Keruberosu ekusu tachiguishi hara haradokei no shōjo?, Kerberos and Tachiguishi: Young Lady's Abdomen Biological Clock)
A5, ISBN 4-19-950059-6

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