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Inazuman (イナズマン?) is a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. It ran for 4 volumes from 1973 to 74 alongside the tokusatsu series.

Overview[]

Serialized from 1973 issue #34 to 1974 issue #38 in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. The manga's title was changed to Inazuman Series (イナズマンシリーズ Inazuman Shirīzu) after 1974 issue #10, and Inazuman Superhuman War Chronicle (イナズマン超人戦記 Inazuman Chōjin Senki) after issue #18, but it has been unified into Inazuman (イナズマン) in the tankōbon version.

  • Titles:
    • Inazuman: The title of Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1973 issue #34 until 1974 issue #9.
    • Inazuman Series: The title of Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1974 issue #10 until issue #17 of the same year.
    • Inazuman Superhuman War Chronicle: The title of Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1974 issue #18 until issue #38 of the same year.

Distinctly, the protagonist is named Saburo Kazeda as opposed to the TV series' Goro Watari.

The Boy with the Guitar[]

The Boy with the Guitar (ギターを持った少年 Gitā o Motta Shōnen) was published in Weekly Shonen Sunday 1974 issue #17. It served as a crossover work featuring Jiro, the protagonist from Android Kikaider. This is a sequel to the manga version of Android Kikaider.

Later, it was adapted into an OVA animation as a special appendix on the DVD-BOX of Kikaider 01 THE ANIMATION, and a remake manga as a sequel to Kikaider 02, Inazuman Vs. Kikaider. However, the endings are different.

Story[]

The junior high school student Saburo Kazeda, is told one day by a foreign girl Rion that she is a psychic (mutant). As Saburo awakens as a psychic, she telepathically sent the metamorphosis image; from an egg to a pupa and then adult butterfly. Saburo receives that image as it is, awakens as Inazuman. Together with Rion and other member of Boy Alliance, they fight the psychic power mutant villains led by Banba who want to destroy non-mutants (old [ordinary] humans).

Character[]

  • Saburo Kazeda / Sanagiman / Inazuman
  • Ruby

Allies[]

  • Miyoppe
  • Ryuko
  • Hachigoro

Boy Alliance[]

  • Rion
  • Eliza
  • Kim
  • Salah

Sakurayama High School students[]

  • Reijiro Kubota
  • Kong the Great

Crossover[]

  • Jiro / Kikaider

Villains[]

Neo-Human Empire[]

  • Banba

Neo-Human Empire assasins[]

  • President
  • Osamu
  • Octopus

Sakurayama High School students[]

  • Doctor
  • Nezumi Chikame

Others[]

  • Koujin Kiba
  • Koujin Teppei
  • Trip
  • Drip


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