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This year’s seventh issue of Shueisha’s Grand Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya’s Mirai Banashi (Stories of the Future) manga on Wednesday.
Motomiya launched the manga in the first 2024 issue of Grand Jump magazine on December 6, following the conclusion of his Mukashi Banashi (Stories of the Past). ) in November 2023. The manga previously launched in Grand Jump in July 2023.
While Mukashi Banashi tells different folk tales of different regions, describing the people, lifestyle and culture there, Mirai Banashi focuses on the “reality of people who will live in the future”.
Motomiya ended Takeki Ōgon no Kuni: Takahashi Korekiyo, the latest manga in his Takeki Ōgon no Kuni manga series, in April 2023. The manga launched in Grand Jump in December 2022. Shueisha published a booklet compilation of the manga in June 2023.
Takeki by Motomiya The manga series Ōgon no Kuni was serialized in Shueisha’s Business Jump magazine from 1990 to 1992, and tells the stories of real-life Japanese historical figures. Previous manga in this series focused on Yatarō Iwasaki in 1990, Dōsan in 2000, Munenori Yagyū in 2010, Tadataka Inō from November 2020 to July 2021, Sontoku Ninomiya (born Kinjirō Ninomiya) from October 2020 2021 to May 2022, and Kimimasa Yuri in July 2022.
Motomiya debuted as a manga artist in 1965. Many of his other manga—such as Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho, Ore no Sora, and Otokogi—have inspired live-action and anime adaptations. His Katsu Fūtarō!! manga inspired by a live-action film that premiered in November 2019.
Motomiya’s popular manga Salaman Kintaro has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine since 1994. He restarted the series as a web manga in April 2005 and has launched several series. spinoff in Weekly Young Jump since 2009. NTT Solmare’s Facebook ComicFriends service briefly offered the manga in English, but the service closed in 2012. The manga inspired the a live-action film directed by Takashi Miike, several live-action television series, and a 2001 anime series that Arts Magic released in North America.
Source: Grand Jump issue 7