(1982 ?)
Metro Scope,
1982? Series
Published in English
(Japan)
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 92
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- ISBN
-
4-946427-01-5
- Editing
- Masaichi Mukaide (editor); Satoshi Hirota (associate editor); Mike Friedrich (consulting editor)
- Color
- Color Covers, Black & White Interiors with some Color
- Binding
- Softcover
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Manga Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Pencils
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Inks
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by production credits, indicia and a blown-up version of the back cover illustration
Two Warriors
comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata); Satoshi Hirota (translation); Larry Hama (adapted by)
- Pencils
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Inks
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; historical; martial arts
- Characters
- Lord Tadanaga; Kichibei; Jubei; Kichibei's Wife; Jubei's Wife
- Reprints
- from ?
Down Time
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Satoshi Hirota (translation); Mike Friedrich (adapted by); Yousuke Tamori
- Pencils
- Yousuke Tamori
- Inks
- Yousuke Tamori
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from ?
The Mask of the Red Dwarf Star
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Satoshi Hirota (translation); Yukinobu Hoshino [as Yukinori Hoshino]; Michael T. Barlow (adapted by)
- Pencils
- Yukinobu Hoshino [as Yukinori Hoshino] (painted)
- Inks
- Yukinobu Hoshino [as Yukinori Hoshino] (painted)
- Colors
- Yukinobu Hoshino [as Yukinori Hoshino] (painted)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Roscoe; Beautiful Woman; Captain
- Reprints
- from ?
Olai Portfolio
illustration / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Noriyoshi Olai (painted)
- Inks
- Noriyoshi Olai (painted)
- Colors
- Noriyoshi Olai (painted)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Luke Skywalker; Lando Calrissian; Princess Leia; Chewbacca; C-3PO; Darth Vader; Boba Fett; IG-88; Noriyoshi Olai
Indexer Notes
Fourteen illustrations of varying sizes. Also includes a small artist self-portrait. Includes two front cover illustrations from the Japanese magazine "Mu" (1979 and 1980); Five "Empire Strikes Back" rough sketches; an "Empire Strikes Back" movie poster; an illustration for the Japanese edition of Alan Dean Foster's "Splinter of the Mind's Eye;" a double-page painting titled "Dark Troopers" (1978); four front cover illustrations for the Japanese magazine "SF Adventure" (1980)
The Watermelon Messiah
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Satoshi Hirota (translation); Katsuhiro Otomo [as Katsuhiro Ootomo]
- Pencils
- Katsuhiro Otomo [as Katsuhiro Ootomo] (painted)
- Inks
- Katsuhiro Otomo [as Katsuhiro Ootomo] (painted)
- Colors
- Katsuhiro Otomo [as Katsuhiro Ootomo] (painted)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A giant watermelon crashes down on a parched world.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
A wordless story.
Midsummer Night's Dream
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Lee Marrs; Satoshi Hirota (translation); Keizo Miyanishi (concept)
- Pencils
- Keizo Miyanishi
- Inks
- Keizo Miyanishi
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- historical; romance
- Characters
- Hikaru Genji; Hikaru's Mother; The Lady
- Reprints
- from ?
The Great Ten
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Satoshi Hirota (translation); Steven Grant (adapted by); Noboru Miyama
- Pencils
- Noboru Miyama
- Inks
- Noboru Miyama
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Argon Carlin; Foxy Lady
- Reprints
- from ?
Schizophrenia
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Satoshi Hirota (translation); Lee Marrs (adapted by); Youji Fukuyama
- Pencils
- Youji Fukuyama
- Inks
- Youji Fukuyama
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from ?
The Promise
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Masaichi Mukaide; Satoshi Hirota (translation); Carl Potts (adapted by)
- Pencils
- Masaichi Mukaide
- Inks
- Masaichi Mukaide
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- Kwairyu; Tenryu; Oyuki; Soldier
- Reprints
- from ?
[Danger]
Cat in Animation / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cat
- Synopsis
- The cat reaches a mountain peak, only to have the top break off.
- Reprints
- from ?
Cat in Animation
Cat in Animation / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cat
- Synopsis
- The cat jumps a crevice only to bump into the moon.
- Reprints
- from ?
[no title indexed]
Cat in Animation / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- !
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cat
- Synopsis
- The American football the cat is running with turns out to be an egg after he trips and falls.
- Reprints
- from ?
[no title indexed]
Cat in Animation / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zzzz
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cat
- Synopsis
- The cat counts sheep in bed only to have the sheep take over his bed.
- Reprints
- from ?
From East to West
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Tadashi Ookawara (signed)
- Pencils
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Inks
- 平田弘史 (Hiroshi Hirata)
- Colors
- Chiki Ooya
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Accompanied by an illustration.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
Manga
-
1.
Manga Contents
-
2.
Two Warriors
-
3.
Down Time
-
4.
The Mask of the Red Dwarf Star
-
5.
Olai Portfolio
-
6.
The Watermelon Messiah
-
7.
Midsummer Night's Dream
-
8.
The Great Ten
-
9.
Schizophrenia
-
10.
The Promise
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11.
[Danger]
Cat in Animation -
12.
Cat in Animation
Cat in Animation -
13.
["!"]
Cat in Animation -
14.
["Zzzz"]
Cat in Animation -
15.
From East to West
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