by The popular manga “Gorilla Man”, whose main character is a mysterious high school student who is too quiet, is back. From the 17th issue of the weekly manga magazine “Young Magazine” released on the 28th, the serialization of the new work “Gorilla Man 40”, which depicts the activities of the middle-aged hero, has begun.
“Gorilla Man” is the first long-term serialization of Harold Sakuishi, a manga artist known for “BECK,” “Seven Shakespeare,” and “RiN,” and was announced in 1988-93. It is a manga work depicting battles and gags over Sadaharu Ikedo, who has been transferred to Hakubu High School and is known as the “Gorilla Man” and made into an OVA (original video animation) and a game. Harold won the Kodansha Manga Award for the same work in 1990.
In October 2020, two episodes before and after the new work were published as a one-shot project for the 40th anniversary of Young Magazine, and in addition to Gorillaman who became a 40-year-old office worker, Shuji Fujimoto and Kenji Fujise, “Father of Condor Ramen” The characters of the previous work also appeared, and it was a hot topic.
Harold said, “Two years ago, I received a request to read through the gorilla man in the planning of the 40th anniversary of Yanmaga,” Then, why is it the 40th anniversary with “Gorilla man 40” … “. I am glad that this fun feeling will be conveyed to both those who have read Gorillaman and those who have not read it. “
