Kobayashi Motofumi

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Kobayashi.

Kobayashi Motofumi (小林源文,born January 28, 1951 in Fukushima Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. His works include anime comics such as Panzergrenadier (装甲擲弾兵), Warrior in Flames -Jochen Peiper (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記) & Unternehmen Blau (ブラウ作戦). These comics depict WWII Germans in a positive, often heroic manner.

[edit] Works

Works about WWII:

The black knight story (黒騎士物語), 1985
Panzer Vor! (パンツァーフォー！), 1986
Panzergrenadier (装甲擲弾兵), 1987
Panzer krieg (パンツァークリーク), 1988
Death of the steel (鋼鉄の死神), 1989 - The biography of Michael Wittmann.
Warrior in Flames -Jochen Peiper (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記), 1990 - The biography of Jochen Peiper.
Kampfgruppe Zbv (カンプグルッペZbv), 1993
Happy tiger (ハッピータイガー), 1993
Japanisch Frw. Bataillon der Waffen SS (東亜総統特務隊), 1995. - 'Japanese foreign legion of the Waffen-SS.' It's a comedy.
Unternehmen Barbarossa (バルバロッサ作戦), 2001. - Operation Barbarossa
Unternehmen Taifun (タイフーン作戦), 2002. - Operation Typhoon
Unternehmen Blau (ブラウ作戦), 2003. - Operation Blue
Unternehmen Zitadelle (ツィタデル作戦), 2005. - Operation Zitadelle
Deutschland Afrika Korps (アフリカ軍団), 2006. - Afrika Korps and the biography of Erwin Rommel.
Samland 1945 (ザームラント1945), 2007. - Battle of sambia.

Works about Vietnam War:

Apocalypse Meow (Cat Shit One/キャットシットワン), 1998
Vietnam war (ヴェトナムウォー), 1999

Alternate history:

Battle over Hokkaidō (バトルオーバー北海道), 1989 - This is the story that JSDF fights against the Soviet army in Hokkaidō.
Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo wars (トウキョウウォーズ), 1991 - This is the story that JSDF fights against the Soviet army in Tokyo and Niigata.
Korean war II (第2次朝鮮戦争ユギオII), 1996
Samurai soldier (サムライ・ソルジャー), 1999
Omega 7 (オメガ7), 2002
Omega J (オメガJ), 2003