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Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ Monkī Panchi?) is the pen name of Japanese manga
artist Kazuhiko Katō (加藤一彦 Katō Kazuhiko?,
born May 26, 1937), best known for his series Lupin III. In April 2005 he became
the professor of Manga Animation at Otemae University, in their Faculty of Media
and Arts, and was a visiting professor at Tokyo University of Technology
in May 2010. He was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaidō and currently resides
in Sakura, Chiba. Contents
Biography
Katō began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high
school, when his manga strips were used in the school newspaper.
Katō first started to work as a professional manga artist, under the pen name
Kazuhiko Katō (加東一彦 Katō Kazuhiko?, pronounced the same as his real name, but
written with different characters), for a publisher that specialized in rental
books and magazines. In 1965, he made his debut with Playboy School, writing
under the name of Eiji Gamuta (がむた永二 Gamuta Eiji?). The editor of the magazine
that "discovered him" then suggested the pen name Monkey Punch. Katō claims
that he did not like the name, but agreed because it was his boss' idea and his
next series was only supposed to be a three-month project. When the series,
Lupin III, became popular, he was stuck with the name.
Lupin III made its debut on August 10, 1967 in the first issue of the magazine
Weekly Manga Action. It went on to become an extremely popular and successful
media franchise, spawning numerous manga, four animated television series, five
animated feature films, a live-action film, three OVAs, yearly television
specials since 1989, music CDs, video games, and a musical. Monkey Punch himself
even directed the 1996 film, Dead or Alive.
In 2008, Monkey Punch was a judge at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs'
Second International Manga Awards.
He designed the characters for the pachinko game CR Ginroku Gijinden Roman in
2012. The following year an anime adaptation of the game began airing on
January 7, 2013, with Monkey Punch's designs adapted by Satoshi Hirayama, and
was streamed with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.
Monkey Punch has acknowledged the influence of Mad magazine artists Mort Drucker
and Sergio Aragonés on his work.
List of works
1962
Number 5 + α
Gun Hustler
Rebellious Child
List the Criminal
Open Homicide
Clandestine Work
The Man Who Does Not Have a Shadow
The Person Whom it Utilizes
Vengeance (Fukushu) as Kazuhiko Katō
Ghost Story Guy as Kazuhiko Katō
1965
Playboy School (プレーボーイ入門 Purēbōi Nyūmon?) as Eiji Gamuta
Needless Axle of Wilderness
Pink Guard Man ... Blues of the Assassin (Pinku Gado Man ... Hissatsu no Burusu)
Outsider (Autosaida Monkey Punch)
1967
The Ginza Whirlwind Child (Ginza Senpuji)
Lupin III (ルパン三世 Rupan Sansei?)
1968
Western Samurai (Uesutan Samurai)
1969
Pandora
1970
Spy Nobility (Supai Shinzoku)
Document Mania (Dokyumento Kyo)
Lupin III Other Stories (ルパン三世外伝 Rupan Sansei Gaiden?)
Tac Tics
1971
Multi (Maruchi)
Mysterious Jaguarman (Kaijin Jagaman)
New Adventures of Lupin III (ルパン三世・新冒険 Rupan Sansei Shin Bōken?)
1972
The Siamese Cat (シャム猫 Shamu Neko?)
Makao
Monsieur Koga
Key
1973
Sufficiently Motivated (Yaruki Jubun)
Decoy House Slug (Kikuya Namekuji)
Venus of Diamond (Daia no Binasu)
1974
I am Casanova (Ore ha Kazanoba)
Color Girl (Kara Garu)
Isshuku Ippan (一宿一飯)
Lupin the Kid (ルパン小僧 Rupan Kozō?)
1976
Little Dracula (Dorakyura-kun)
Up-Up Balloon (UP-UP Barun)
1977
New Lupin III (新ルパン三世 Shin Rupan Sansei?, known in North America as Lupin III
- World's Most Wanted)
The Reverse Aesop's Fables (逆イソップ物語 Gyaku Isoppu Monogatari?)
Transparent Gentleman (Tomei Shinshi)
1978
Time Agent (Jikan Ejento)
Kaiketsu Zero
1980
Cinderella Boy (シンデレラボーイ Shinderera Boi?)
Boy
1981
Hauler Holmes' (ホームズ Hōmuzu?)
1982
Space Adventure Team Mechabunger (Uchū Bōken-tai Mekabanja)
Another work from Cinderella Boy.
1983
Roller Boy (Rora Boi)
Lucky Monkey (Raki Monki)
1984
Sexy Lupin III (SEXYルパン・3 SEXY Rupan・3?)
The English Conversation Maneuvers of Lupin III (ルパン三世の英会話作戦 Rupan
Sansei no Ei-Kaiwa Sakusen?)
1986
Pinky *** (ピンキィ パンキィ Pinkī Pankī)
Dirty Joke (ダアティ ジョオク Dāteī Jōku)
Robot Baseball Team Galacters (ろぼっと球団ガラクターズ/おまかせスクラッパーズ Robotto Kyudan
Garakutāzu?)
1991
Scramble Saver Kids
1997
One Thousand and One Nights' Story (Senya Ichiya Monogatari)
Mankatsu (漫画活動大写真?)
Musashi -Way of the Gun- (MUSASHI -GUN道- Musashi -Gandō-?)
2013
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman (幕末義人伝 浪漫?, original character designs)