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Template:Nihongo[1] was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer from Yokosuka, Kanagawa. He graduated from Yokosuka Industrial High School and the law department of Chuo University. Hirai is well known for his SF-manga work. He is the creator of 8 Man (aka 8th Man in the USA) and was well known as the story creator of the 1960s manga series "Genma Taisen" (Genma Wars) about a hero with psychokinetic powers and his battle against a space villain called Genma. Hirai wrote stories for the Wolf Guy comic series, and also published comics co-authored with cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori that were later adapted into an animated film in 1983.[2][3]
Works available in English translation
- Novel
- Wolfcrest 1, translated by Edward Lipsett. Tokyo: Kodansha English Library. 1985. . (The anterior half of Ookami no Monshō)
- Wolfcrest 2, translated by Edward Lipsett. Tokyo: Kodansha English Library. 1985. . (The latter half of Ookami no Monshō)
- Short story
- "A Time for Revolution," translated by David Aylward. Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Tokyo: Kurodahan Press. 2007. (original title: Kakumei no Toki)
Works
Novels
- Megalopolis no Tora (1968)
- Android Oyuki (1969)
- Wolf Guy Series [ウルフガイ・シリーズ]
- Adult Wolf Guy Series [11 volumes]
- Ookamiotoko da yo (He's a Werewolf!, 1969)
- Ookami yo, kokyou wo mi yo (1973)
- Rio no Ookamiotoko (1973)
- Jinrou Jigoku (Wolf Guy Inferno, 1974)
- Jinrou Sensen (Wolf Guy Front, 1974)
- Ookami wa nakazu (1974)
- Jinrou Hakusho (Wolf Guy Report, 1976)
- Jinrou Tenshi {3volumes} (Wolf Angel, 1978–1980)
- Wakaki Ookami no Shouzou (Portrait of a Young Wolf, 1979)
- Wolf Guy Series [19 volumes]
- Ookami no Monshō (Wolfcrest, 1971)
- Ookami no Enka (1972)
- Ookami no Requiem {2volumes} (1975)
- Ougon no Shoujo {5volumes} (Golden Girl, 1985–1994)
- Inugami Akira {10volumes} (1994–1995)
- Gekkou Majutsudan Series [30 volumes]
- Gekkou Majutsudan {12volumes} (Moonlight Magic, 1996–1998)
- Wolf Guy DNA {12volumes} (1999–2000)
- Genma Taisen DNA {6volumes} (Genma Wars DNA, 2002)
- Wolf Guy Extra Volumes
- Wolfrando ~ Ookami no Sekai (Wolfland ~ The World of the Wolf, 1976)
- Megami Henshou (1988)
- Cyborg Blues (1971)
- Zombie Hunter [死霊狩り(ゾンビー・ハンター)]
- Zombie Hunter (1972)
- Zombie Hunter 2 (1976)
- Zombie Hunter 3 (1978)
- Akuryō no Joō (1976)
- Genma Wars Séries [幻魔大戦シリーズ]
- New Genma Wars (1978)
- Real Genma Wars (1980-1985)
- Genma Wars (1979-1983)
- Armageddon (1987)
- Armageddon Girl（The Girl in Harmagedon (closet screenplay) ハルマゲドンの少女） (1986)
- Genma Wars deep (2005)
- Genma Wars deep Toltec (2008)
- Chikyuuju no Megami [地球樹の女神]
- Chikyuuju no Megami (1988-1992)
- Crystal Child (1997)
- Sono hi no gogo, Hôdaiyama de (2004)
- Bohemian Glass Street {9volumes} (1995)
- 21st Century 8 Man
- Infinity Blue (2002)
- Blue Series
- Blue Highways (2002)
- Blue Lady (2005)
- Abduction Series
- Jikuu bôsô kimagure Bus (2001)
- Wayward Bus (2003)
- Stray Sheep (2003)
- Abduction (2003)
- Silence (2003)
- Shade (2003)
- Capricious (2003)
Manga
- 8 Man (artist: Jiro Kuwata)
- Elite (artist: Jiro Kuwata)
- Chou ken Leap (artist: Jiro Kuwata)
- Genma Taisen (artist: Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Death Hunter (artist: Jiro Kuwata)
- Wolf Guy (artist: Hisashi Sakaguchi)
- Spider-Man: The Manga (artist: Ryoichi Ikegami)
- Shin Genma Taisen (artist: Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Crystal Child (artist: Ayumi Izumitani)
- Bachigami (artist: Yuuki Yogo)
- 8 Man Infinity (8 Man sequel: Kyôichi Nanatsuki, artist: Takayuki Takashi)
- Genma Taisen Rebirth (Kyôichi Nanatsuki, artist: Masato Hayase, Ishimori Productions)
- 8 Man vs Cyborg 009 (Kyôichi Nanatsuki, artist: Masato Hayase, Ishimori Productions)
References
External links
- Kazumasa Hirai manga works at Media Arts Database Template:In lang
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- ↑ "Sci-fi writer Kazumasa Hirai dies at 76". Mainichi Shimbun. January 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.