Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 100 Saint Seiya

In the draft paper, there are manga scripts in pure text, images of characters in the plot, items displayed, background settings, and example shots that Hideki Hanyu finally drew.

He also colored everything with pictures, so what Kumagai Xuandian saw was the colored version.

Because he only watched the TV animation and theatrical version of this work in his previous life, and read the manga sporadically, so it took him a lot of energy to create these things, almost equal to semi-original.

Picking up the cover of the written script, Kumagai Xuannian looked at the name on the top of the cover and read it softly.

"Saint Seiya"

Under the name, a young man wearing blue-silver armor and a headband with wings on both sides was posing for a punch, his hands waving into phantoms.

Behind it, dots of starlight flicker in the dark night sky, connected by light to form the pattern of Pegasus.

The manga script Hanyu Hideki prepared for Kumagai Gennori is the masterpiece of neon manga artist Masami Kurata, the pinnacle of bloody battle manga "Saint Seiya".

It was the emergence of "Saint Seiya", which carried forward the concept of holy clothes and armor, and gave birth to a series of comics such as "Demon Altar Fighter".

Later, as the first batch of neon animations introduced in China, "Saint Seiya" can be described as a childhood memory in the minds of many people. He often played role-playing with his friends, and shouted "Pegasus Meteor Fist" in the second year .

Compared with other manga, "Saint Seiya" was created when the author, Masami Kurata, Toei, Bandai, and Shueisha's tripartite capital discovered the great value of manga, and for the sake of profit, decided recklessly to animate it.

At that time, the manga hadn't even published the first volume of the booklet. Masami Kurata's original settings, as well as the grand mythical background of Saint Seiya, hadn't had time to spread out, and they were aborted because of the broadcast of the animation.

The reason is that the production of TV animation is too fast, and even the plot exceeds Masami Kurada's original manga, so many original plots are produced, resulting in endless conflicts between the plot of the animation and the original manga, and Masami Kurada has to give up many original designs. Certainly.

When Hideki Hanyu was creating this version, he learned from his ideas and created a brand new fusion version.

For example, in the choice of helmets, he didn’t use the hideously ugly animated hard hat version, but used the type of headbands in the comics, but he used the classic hand-made version for the shape.

The manga version of the armor also lacks features and is too simple, and he also uses hand-made versions with more exquisite designs.

Also, in terms of wearing the armor, Seiya in the manga had to wear it manually when he first got the armor. Of course, Hideki Hanyu chose the cool automatic wearing of the animated version.

In addition to the transformation of the holy clothes, the plot has also been modified. For example, the Pope was assassinated by Gemini Saga, and the animated version of the brothers is set.

For example, the setting of one hundred children of Kido Mitsumasa was removed according to the sacrifice of the hundred children. This kind of bloody setting has not been approved by the Parents' Association of the Ministry of Education in later generations, and it is even more impossible now.

Also, Camus and Binghe were originally masters and apprentices, but because the plot of the animation is faster than the comics, before the comics Camus appeared, the animation first created a crystal fighter master, which directly upgraded Camus from a master to a master.

The audience was at a loss when they watched the battle in Aquarius Palace. Why Camus risked his life for the disciple he met for the first time, the logic is a bit baffling.

In short, in this version of his, he tried his best to make up for the contradictions between the animation and manga in his previous life, while retaining their respective advantages.

However, due to limited time, the manga script he gave Kumagai Xuandian this time only covers the Zodiac chapter, but it can be regarded as the essence of Saint Seiya.

So when Kumagai Gennori changed to read the written script of the manga, combined with the color pictures and sub-cameras drawn by Hanyu Hideki, his face flushed and he shouted excitedly.

"Hayu-san, this is a cross-generational work!"

"Is Kumagai-san satisfied with this story?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Of course I'm satisfied, it's simply too good, with such a grand and passionate story, combined with the wonderful setting of the holy clothes, I can guarantee that once this comic is serialized, it will definitely cause a sensation!"

Kumagai Xuandian was a little excited, and obviously liked the story of the Saint Seiya very much.

Hideki Hanyu can also understand, after all, who is the competitor when the later saints are serialized?It's "Dragon Ball", it's "Fist of the North Star".

In the environment of the powerful enemy, Saint Seiya can still create a great reputation. In the early 80s, when comic fans have not been baptized by bloody battle comics, it is not the same effect as a nuclear bomb.

"Hanyu-san, although the story is very exciting, these few shots are not good enough."

After Xiong Gu Xuandian finished boasting, he also pointed out the problems in the manuscript.

In Kumagai Gennori's view, if Hideki Hanyu's story can get full marks, these few shots will barely pass the level.

"That's why I plan to find someone to cooperate with."

"Who is Hanyu-san planning to cooperate with?"

"Kong Gu-san looks at the painting style and thinks who is more suitable."

Hearing this, Kumagai Xuandian began to confidently look at a few sketches, compared with the cartoonists under "Weekly Shonen Sunday", and found that none of them were very suitable.

But he looked at it, and soon thought of someone.

But thinking of that person's identity, he suddenly smiled wryly and said, "No wonder Hanyu-san blocked him and refused to say who he wanted to cooperate with. It turned out to be such a big problem for me."

"Did Xiong Gu-san see it?"

"How could it be impossible to see that Masami Cheda of JUMP, right? The opponent's boxing champion Genesis has made us suffer a lot."

Masami Cheda's "Genesis", which has been serialized since the late 70s, has helped "Weekly Shonen Jump" countless times, suppressing the sales of "Weekly Shonen Sunday".

As the editor of "Weekly Shonen Sunday", how could Kumagai Gennori not know Kurada Masami, and even know more about this style of painting than the cartoonists under his own weekly magazine.

"My candidate, Kumagai-san, is already known, and whether we can cooperate next depends on Kumagai-san." Hanyu Hideki spread his hands.

"Hanyu-san, this is really too difficult."

Kumagai Gennori knew that Shueisha's cartoonists had signed exclusive serialization agreements. How could a pillar-level cartoonist like Masami Kurata come to serialize comics for competitors.

"You can go and try to talk about it first, and you can also go to Yiqiao Publishing Group as an intermediary. If it doesn't work, then think of other ways."

"Saint Seiya" is Hideki Hanyu's Japanese manga enlightenment animation, and he still wants to cooperate with the original author.

Besides, "Weekly Shonen Jump" belongs to Shueisha, and although it is a competitor with Shogakukan, which owns "Weekly Shonen Sunday", in terms of origin, Shueisha was originally a subsidiary of Shogakukan, but later became independent due to style issues.

However, even after independence, Shueisha established Hitotsubashi Publishing Group together with Shogakukan and Hakusensha, which is basically a community of interests.

And even now, Shogakukan still holds a large number of shares in Shueisha, and the two also use the same share capital of "Hittobridge Publishing Group".

So as long as you think of a way, there is no chance.

(End of this chapter)