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Mangaka Information: Ranmaru
Image from Mr. Kobayashi's twitter feed.
Kobayashi on Twitter: "This is a photo of me, Yamagami sensei, Ranmaru-san, and myself on a company trip to Hokkaido. The small man with the beard and bell-bottoms is Ranmaru-san. I've blurred out the area around his eyes just in case (lol). In front of the restaurant in Tsurui Village. This is when the gag "A crane comes from Tsurui Village" from Gaki Deka was born. #Ranmaru #Yamagami Tatsuhiko "
Ranmaru 乱丸
Is a Japanese manga artist . His most famous works are the comic adaptations of "The Legend of Zelda and "Link's Adventure," which were serialized in Wanpaku Comics (Tokuma Shoten.)
He was an assistant to Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 横山光輝, and Shinji Wada, 和田慎二, for many years.
List of works
Mitsuteru Yokoyama's assistants: Fujio Akatsuka (as traveling assistant), Osamu Kishimoto, Narushima student, Hideoki Inoue, Ranmaru, Akira Kaku, Masashi Mori, Akira Saito, Yasutoshi Otomo
Shinji Wada's assistants: Masahiro Shibata, Miki Hayasaka, Ranmaru
"Mr. Kobayashi writes that these pictures are from the Family Computer Special magazine published by Tokuma Shoten."
https://x.com/show_kob/status/1540212991739985920:
The origins of Ranmaru's "The Legend of Zelda" featured in Family Computer Special (1986)
こばやし将 @show_kob - Sep 28, 2024:
その昔、乱丸さん、すずお泰樹さんと3人で「スタジオあるまじろ」という名称で仕事を請け負っていた時期がありました。1985年講談社発行のこの「Theハレー彗星マガジン」もそのうちの1つ。巻頭のカラーイラストや記事に使われた多数のカット、漫画等を手分けして描いたのは懐かしい思い出です😊
Long ago, Ranmaru, Suzuo Taiki, and I were working under the name "Studio Almajiro." One of those jobs was "The Halley's Comet Magazine," published by Kodansha in 1985. I have fond memories of drawing the color illustrations at the beginning of the issue, as well as the many cuts and manga used in the articles.
He was an assistant to Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 横山光輝, and Shinji Wada, 和田慎二, for many years.
List of works
- The Legend of Zelda (Wanpaku Comics, Tokuma Shoten, 1 volume)
- The Adventures of Link (Wanpaku Comics, Tokuma Shoten, 2 volumes (volume 3: February 1988 to August 1988)
- Doi Junior High School UFO Club (Wanpaku Comics December 1988 issue - January 1989 issue, not included in the book)
- Manga Junior High School World History 202 - Easily Pass the High School Entrance Exam! (Gakken, 1991)
- He has also written several comic book adaptations of games for game anthologies such as " Winning Techniques Complete Edition " in "Wanpaku Comics."
Mitsuteru Yokoyama's assistants: Fujio Akatsuka (as traveling assistant), Osamu Kishimoto, Narushima student, Hideoki Inoue, Ranmaru, Akira Kaku, Masashi Mori, Akira Saito, Yasutoshi Otomo
Shinji Wada's assistants: Masahiro Shibata, Miki Hayasaka, Ranmaru
Other works:
From Susan1n: "This mini-comic was drawn by Ran Maru to commemorate the release of Zelda on Famicom disk systems. And according to Mr. Kobayashi, apparently it was this work that gave the green light to the release of the manga by Ran Maru"The origins of Ranmaru's "The Legend of Zelda" featured in Family Computer Special (1986)
These were sent to Susan1n in DMs by Kobayashi, one of Ranmaru's coworkers and friends. This is probably the correct order for the pages but I am not 100% on that:
こばやし将 @show_kob - Sep 28, 2024:
その昔、乱丸さん、すずお泰樹さんと3人で「スタジオあるまじろ」という名称で仕事を請け負っていた時期がありました。1985年講談社発行のこの「Theハレー彗星マガジン」もそのうちの1つ。巻頭のカラーイラストや記事に使われた多数のカット、漫画等を手分けして描いたのは懐かしい思い出です😊
Long ago, Ranmaru, Suzuo Taiki, and I were working under the name "Studio Almajiro." One of those jobs was "The Halley's Comet Magazine," published by Kodansha in 1985. I have fond memories of drawing the color illustrations at the beginning of the issue, as well as the many cuts and manga used in the articles.
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