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Today in Manga History

July, 1956 (exact date unknown)

Tetsujin 28-go, often known in the west as Gigantor, begins serialization

Thanks to the efforts of several users across Twitter, 4Chan and other sites, several works of the Mangaka Mitsuteru Yokoyama have been archived. For those who don't know, Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a artist who pioneered many genres of manga such as the Mecha, Shoujo genre and more and is up there with greats such as Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishimori.

Translations of liner notes on the Giant Robo OVA, an adaptation featuring characters from much of his work as well as translations from the website of the 2004 adaption of his beloved Tetsujin 28, has also been created by a user who wishes to remain anonymous.

Hopefully this means that in the foreseeable future, translations of Yokoyama's work may occur which in turn will make more western Manga fans able to appreciate his works.

Yokoyama SuperFolder

Translated Giant Robo OVA Notes