Manga based on real-life politician launched on December 21
Kodoani.com – Manga Takeki Ōgon no Kuni: Takahashi Korekiyo by Hiroshi Motomiya ended this year’s 10th issue of Shueisha’s Grand Jump magazine on Wednesday.
Motomiya launched the manga in Grand Jump magazine on December 21.
The historical manga focuses on politician Korekiyo Takahashi, who is credited with pulling Japan out of the Great Depression with his controversial fiscal policies. The manga’s tagline is “How is the life of the man who saved Japan from economic crisis many times!?”
Motomiya’s Takeki Ōgon no Kuni manga series ran in Shueisha’s Business Jump magazine from 1990 to 1992, and tells stories about real-life Japanese historical figures. Motomiya’s previous Takeki Ōgon no Kuni series featured Kimimasa Yuri, a Japanese politician and economist in the Meiji government. The series debuted last July. His series debuting in Grand Jump in October 2021 features real-life economist and philosopher Sontoku Ninomiya, born Kinjirō Ninomiya.
Previous manga in this series focused on Yatarō Iwasaki in 1990, Dōsan in 2000, Munenori Yagyū in 2010, and Tadataka Inō from November 2020 to July 2021.
Motomiya debuted as a manga artist in 1965. Many of his other manga series — such as Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho, Ore no Sora, and Otokogi — have inspired human film adaptations. real action and anime. Manga by Katsu Fūtarō!! inspired a live-action film that premiered in November 2019.
Motomiya’s popular Salaryman Kintaro manga has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine since 1994. He restarted the series as a web manga in April 2005, and launched a new manga series. ComicFriends’ Facebook-based ComicFriends service offered the manga in English for a short time, but the service closed in 2012. The manga passed inspired a live-action film directed by Takashi Miike, several live-action television series, and a 2001 Arts Magic anime release in North America.
