Looking for classic comics from the 80s~90s

Since I was a kid, I've loved reading Japanese manga, from the earliest miniatures - Tekkai Astro Boy, Forest Emperor, Galaxy Railroad 999 to Big Ben's Robot Cat, Monster Taro, Q Taro, to Seven Dragon Balls, Saint Seiya (Goddess of the Saints), and Chivalrous Detective Cold Hollows (City Hunter), which spanned about a decade (82-92 ). Many other Japanese manga were introduced during this decade, but not many of them really made an impact, with the exceptions of Wreck-It Ralph, Arale (Dr. IQ), Peacock King's Sacred Tale of the Retreating Demon (original Japanese version with translated pages), and Kung Fu Cyclone (Teenage Warrior). Here I would also like to mention a few books that may have been forgotten: Flying Man (Wonder Boys), which was my favorite manga as a child; God Cat Attack Team, even though there was only one book, but the funny plot inside gave me a deep impression, and I still remember it even after a long time; Super Powers Magic Beauty, a work by Fujiko Fujio, the imaginative power of the story y impressed me as a child, but unfortunately, I have not been able to see the reprint of it since then, and therefore I've kept the first edition; Tekken Kid, by Tsuyoshi Maekawa, which was the first Chinese manga I ever saw; Genius Boy, by Yosinori Kobayashi, which is also a very funny manga, but now it seems to be a bit "inappropriate for children." ...... Lastly, I'll talk about Lastly, I'd like to talk about Chivalrous Detective Han Yuliang, which was one of the first manga with an XX plot that I saw. Although the Hainan version was heavily abridged, some of the edited episodes can still be seen in the flavor of the manga, even though the meaning is mostly funny (Note 1). I remember that some people in China later compiled the abridged content of the Hainan version and published a few more volumes. Incidentally, the first printing of the Hainan edition came with a color page in each book, which was removed in the reprint. Then came the emergence of King of Painters, which led to the real rise of Japanese comics in China, actually the rise of piracy. As far as I know, only a pitifully small number of Japanese manga published in mainland China are officially licensed; the rest are pirated, including those published in King of Painters (Note 2). This is said to be one of the reasons why it ceased publication (Note 3). Another interesting phenomenon during this period was the emergence of a number of imitations of King of Painters - a typical Chinese phenomenon. However, it cannot be denied that the King of Painters and similar manga magazines at the time did make a considerable contribution to the spread of Japanese manga in China and to the emergence of China's own manga. In particular, the introduction of Japanese, European and American comics by King of Painters opened the eyes of many people, while its support for Chinese comics gave people hope. At that time, most of the Japanese comic book editions were based on the Hainan edition, i.e. the original Japanese book was divided into two, and the translation of Japanese comics could be said to be on its own. From 92-95, the manga introduced in this period can be said to be a peak in terms of numbers, and there are many of them that will later be called classic manga, such as: Chaos Horse 1/2 (Seven Laughing Fists), Hokuto Shinken, Strong Shikai Armor, Soccer Little, Fortunate Son, White Book of the Phantom Menace, Basketball Flyers (Slam Dunk), Three x Three Eyes, Movie Girls, Voodoo Warriors (Dark God of Destruction), Jojo Adventure Adventure Adventure, Dinosaur Okaa Jr, The Peacock King, Dragon's Enchantment (which has many "aliases", see note 4), Orange Road, Dr. Qin, My God of Love, Sunshine Girl (陽阳少女)...... actually looks like a moment in the apartment, Shadow Warrior, Nightcrawler, The Legend of the Dragon and the Wolf, The Book of Young Men's Adventures by Kindaichi, The Auction House, and Touch (Baseball Heroes). In fact, manga like Momentary Apartment, Shadow Samurai, Nightcrawler, Dragon Wolf, Kindaichi Teenage Matters, Auction House, Touch (Baseball Heroes), Soccer Fungus, Invincible Doctor, Galaxy Warriors, White Collar Fighter, Kui Men's Juku, and Secret Killer - Teeth also appeared at that time, only that they either published very few episodes or were serialized in magazines but not in single issues, so it didn't have a lot of impact at that time. Of course, manga with erotic content such as Movie Girl and Voodoo Warrior could not be avoided due to national circumstances. Here I would like to mention Voodoo Warriors and Sunshine Girls, leaving aside the erotic content of the former, its painting, storyline, the content it contains are very good, definitely worth a look, but unfortunately so far I have seen Ogiwara one to the works of only this one; and the latter is my personal favorite Japanese comics, no matter the painting skills, story arrangement is the best choice, the theme it contains - environmental protection is also interested in me. The latter is my personal favorite Japanese manga in terms of drawing and storytelling, and its theme of environmental protection is also of interest to me, and most memorable of all is its ending. Although I have some opinions about Hojoji himself (see note 5), it doesn't affect my opinion of Sunshine Girls. Of course, there were a lot of great manga from that period, such as Lookout Warriors, Genius Trickster, Ah! Kagami, Yume Bijutsuken, etc., but unfortunately none of them have been reprinted since. Then came 95-97, a time when girls' comics were booming in our area, and we often didn't see the comics we were interested in for a month or two. However, it was also during this period that I first saw pirated Hong Kong-Taiwan translated comics, some of which were pirated from the original books, but most of which adopted the "expansion method", which means that they were split into two volumes, just as the original books were. That is to say, the original book was two volumes but was split into three volumes for sale. This method was carried forward later on, and we can often see similar books. This method of course no benefit to the reader, but also let a lot of people remember the wrong number of volumes of the original book, can be said to be a hundred harm but one benefit, who is in favor, JS!!!JS in order to make more money is anything to do out of it. However, there is no way, the reality of China's situation so that we have no choice but to see and not to see, in fact, this situation until now is still the same no change. Some of the more influential manga of this period are: Saint Son to, Yellow Dragon's Ear, Ghost God Child, Midnight's Eye, Magic World, Hell Teacher, Wolfie the Werewolf, Devil's Eros, Slam Dunk Junior, X (drawn by Inoue Noriyoshi), Sun Reaper, Wave Guest Kenshin, Parasite Beasts, GS Mijin (Jigoku Daikou), Robot Cat's Long Adventure, Demon World Academy, and Rascal Bruce (The Way of the Iron Fist) ...... A few more books: Yellow Dragon's Ear, Noriaki Inoue's masterpiece, unfortunately the first version was printed well but censored and coated too much to make out the original appearance of the book, and later reprints, though no longer censored, were too subpar in terms of printing; X had the same problem; Sassy Bitch Dog, which was the first Yamaguchi Jean-Claude work I've read, and an Early works, but his extremely exaggerated funny style left a deep impression on me, I recommend everyone to take a look at his works; Phantom Century, drawn by Itabashi Hidetoyo, with a unique style of drawing and a great story; Funny Magic Babies: drawn by Tomiken Chikatsu, as the title suggests, a very interesting manga based on babies; Love Songs Like This: drawn by Kitazaki Taku, a bland but darkly romantic manga. Okay, here's 97-98. In this year or so manga piracy reached another peak. Some of the better manga from this period are: Hana no Keiji, Godfather of Lingerie, I'S, New Kung Fu Spinster, Eros Little Witch, Forest Boy, Very Family, Detective Conan, Demon Hunting Lady, Sanctuary (Sanctuary Godfather), Sakura Communicator, Firebrand Mandarin, Thirty-fourth Precinct, Movie Guerrilla, Pure Love Howling Woman, Wound Chasers, Romantic Romance, Crying God of Killers, My Girlfriend, Induction Teen EIJI ...... In addition to these, I would like to draw your attention to the following manga: Changing Men Changing Women Changing Changes, Shoumaru, Shōta's Sushi, Computer Lover's Dream, Little Class People, Evil Woman's Sacred Book, Decathlon, Justice Enabler, Rainbow-Colored Peppers, Ghosts of the American Girl, Lust for Paradise, Twin Star Serial Bubbles, Changing HEN, Love Hotel, Current Chases, and Son of the Emperor. One of the notable ones is Rainbow Chili, which I let slide so easily at the time that I had a hard time finding it two years later when Andachon fever hit our area, but luckily it was reprinted later. There were also current affairs and love hotels, the former being a more eccentric subject, but Yasuichi Oshima handled it very well, while the latter was a romance manga that I personally admired, perhaps because of the similarities between it and my experience. This was a period when works by the likes of Ikegami Ryoichi, Yuto, Kunitomo Taishi, Inoue Noriaki and even Okamura Kenji were being published in large numbers, and with that came an interesting phenomenon, the emergence of impostors.JS found out whose stuff sold well, like Yuto's. Well then, whether the books were drawn by him or not, the author's name was always replaced with Yutaka. In fact, a real manga fan can tell at a glance if it's real or not. It's interesting to note that the works of Toshio Maeda and Samurai Musha started out under someone else's name, but when they realized that they were selling well, they returned to their original names, and even used their names as signboards. By my count, the names of Katsura Masakazu, Hojoji, Yuto, Clamp, Inoue Noriaki, and Kurata Masami are the six most used names. And then the imposters went even further, and forgeries began to appear, such as Shizuku-shou and Seven Dragon Ball. I had a dark time in '98-'99 when the manga business in the location was devastated and booksellers were afraid to bring in any more books. There were far fewer new manga during this period, and the ones that appeared in abundance were basically reprints. Manga magazines like King of Painters reappeared during this time, as did GTO, Wanderer, and H2. A landmark of this period was the emergence of small comic books (pocket books), which replaced the large comic books as the mainstay of pirated comics for some time to come. Some of the better manga were Rough (I Love Fangirl), Gone with the Wind Classroom, Heaven and Earth, a new version of Kindaichi, a selection of horror manga by Junji Ito, and Murder on Earth. To say a few words about Ito Junji and a certain figure Kazuo's works, the earliest to see Ito's works from Taiwan's comics network to download a selection of a few books, and only later to read it in its entirety, his imagination can only be used to describe the two words of admiration, and later watched a few movies based on his comics, but the feeling of the reverse is not as deep as the shock of the comics to me. I didn't notice Kazuo Ito's work at the beginning, but a friend recommended it to me, so I watched Gone with the Wind and God's Left Hand-Devil's Right Hand, especially appreciating Gone with the Wind, and realizing that Kazuo Ito was better than Ito at mastering a long story. 1999-July 2002, during which time I was out of town and got rid of the nightmare. However, the late location of the book distribution industry also suffered a terrible blow, no booksellers dare to enter the manga again, often go to a few bookstores have also closed down, good thing I still have the network this road can go. However, many of the previous deleted comics were reprinted at this time, so that we can get a glimpse of the original, such as the Peacock King of the Retreating Devil's Sacred Tale, Nightcrawler, Wounded Chaser, and Angel. Still, there were a number of books whose reprints were still abridged, such as the Auction House and several of the Travelers' works. This period of good manga are: single dormitory serial bubble, double personality detective, ONE PIECE (King of Thieves, Pirate Luffy), God's left hand - the devil's right hand, the stolen fire, shonan pure love group, the lesson of the island of Kosaku, Shinjuku little man, hundred foot war flag, the devil brothers, anda chung short story collection, the oolong police station, the bright prong emperor wutong potential ten Lang, the soul of the chess game, the door to the sky, the family has a bitch dog, the flash of the old man (flash of the duo), flash of the ancient confused boy (The Shining Duo), Super Power Mekong, Ghost Eyes KYO, Black Cat, Naruto, Pure Tenant Pretty Landlord, Maelstrom, Angel Heart, Brilliant Luo Wanxiang, Youth Intersection, Detective Academy Q, Sunshine, Monster, New Kung Fu Cyclone L, Ace Supreme, Home, Heavenly Fortunes, and Chocolatier. We especially recommend the works of Eisaku Kubouchi and Ozeiro, both of whom are very thoughtful manga artists. One more recommendation: Ace Supreme. This is the first political manga I've seen that has a realistic approach. I've seen a few political manga before, but they were more ideal than realistic, like Sanctuary. Ace Supreme is a good thought-provoking work, though it seems childish in places. Another interesting phenomenon to see, JS even take some of the painting skill is young, can be said to be still in the imitation period of Korean comics pretending to be Japanese comics for sale, really hanging sheep's head selling dog meat, in fact, as long as you take a look at the inside of the North Korean text to know whether it is true or not. Another problem: translation. Nowadays, JS will usually choose the Hong Kong or Taiwan version of the book, because it has already been translated, and there is no need to hire a translator to translate it, so it saves money. However, for those manga that are still being serialized in Japan, JS still has to break the bank a bit. But a gunslinger is a gunslinger after all, so the quality of the translation is not as good as it could be. That's why when we read some manga, we find that the translation is good at the beginning but messed up at the end. Between August 2002 and now, I've been rewatching a lot of old manga again, and I'm in the process of organizing the information. Notable manga during this period include EX Teen Drift, 20th Century Boys, Angel Heart, Arousal Girls, Bitchy Horses Go Crazy, Biochemical Boys, Doomsday, Iwamaru Animal Clinic, Rurouni Swordsman, Legend of the Katsushika Masters, Strawberry 100%, Lingerie Masters, Unmarried Relationships, The Fish, King of the Swingers, and The Prince of Tennis. During this time a new type of pirated comic book, the 4in1, appeared, in which the contents of four to nine comics were reduced to a single large thirty-two page book, with four pages on a single page, and the historical mission of the pocket book came to an end. Large comic books have also appeared, and this time they're not small or shrinkwrapped. The publisher is the same as the microforms, though, carrying the name Far Side Press. While reading the new Kung Fu Spinster - Judo chapter, it was interesting for me to see the author summarize how a sensitive image he drew was altered when it was published in various countries and regions. Although there are many restrictions in Japan in terms of film and television, for example, there are some things that cannot be shown in a movie, there are relatively few restrictions on anime, and the creators can express themselves however they want, although some things that are acceptable in their own country may not be acceptable elsewhere. Recently, I've been reading a lot of Japanese "weird" manga, and I'm afraid it's called weird because the way it's presented is only acceptable in some parts of Japan, and it's impossible to introduce it in other parts of the world. One last thing about this article. Since I posted it, there have been a lot of reactions to it, and I've revised it and added to it based on those reactions. Not all of the manga listed above are my favorites, e.g. Fukushin Kid, Kui Nanjuku, and Yakuza Battle. But because of their influence, they are written in the article. There are also some manga, such as Magic Fiddler and Fireman's Tale, that I couldn't list earlier because I never finished them, off and on. The comics on this article are mostly in book form, though for practical reasons, it is believed that a significant number of them first appeared on the internet. It's not possible to have both at the same time, and the reality is that we can't have a "Toryu", let alone a Shueisha or a Shogakukan. There are a lot of articles about BL manga on the internet, but nothing about H manga, so maybe I should write something about that sometime. Lastly, let's talk about translation. Usually, the names of pirated manga published in mainland China usually follow Hong Kong or Taiwan translations, and only in the early days do they have their own translations, but JS sometimes "changes" the name of the manga. That's why one manga has two or more names. The names of the manga I listed in the article are usually the more influential ones. Well, that's all for now. lylzg would like to thank you all again for your encouragement. Note 1: I've always been skeptical of the translations by Hainan Photo and Painter King, because the traditional Chinese typography appears in at least one of the Hainan editions of Saint Seiya. This is definitely not a matter of habit on the part of the translator, but I suspect that it is a result of omissions and carelessness on his part in the "translation". This is despite the fact that the majority of Saint Seiya is "translated" from the Japanese version with the original text blotted out. Note 2: When I talked to Taiwanese manga fans, I found that the situation of King of Painters also occurs in Taiwan. Most of the early Japanese comics in Taiwan were also pirated. Note 3: The main reason for the cessation of the publication of King of Painters is that the country's rectification of the cultural market at that time led to the cessation of the publication of King of Painters and the cessation of the publication of Hainan. Note 4: Dragon's Labyrinth, a.k.a. New Dragon Ball, Dragon Knights, Tong Pu Dare, Dragon's Labyrinth, Searching for the Flying Dragon King, God's Younger Adventure, and Brave Dragon (not the one drawn by Fujiwara Shin Megami Tensei). Note 5: The view of Hojoji comes from a collection of his short stories. In the book, titled Kitajoji Manga Selections (Summer Affair, That Summer Was Very Flute), there is a chapter depicting Japan during World War II, which gave me the impression of practically ghosting, as if the war wasn't their fault. I've been reading Japanese manga for a long time, but when I see these kinds of books, I feel angry. That's why I get mad when someone says Kui Nanjuku is well drawn. In contrast, one of the reasons I like Kung Fu Spinster is that it reflects on war, which is extremely rare in Japanese manga.