For all of this year, we’re taking a look at Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits (週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツ) magazine back in 2001. From these issues exactly 25 years ago from their releases helps give a bit of a insight into the creators and the magazine at the time. If you want to see more of these author comments and other articles about the magazine, check out our archive for Weekly Big Comic Spirits on this page.
The cover date on the issues are not the actual release dates for the magazine. As such, we will be posting the articles based on the calendar date when the magazine was actually available for readers to pick up in Japan. In the year 2001, this would typically be published on every Monday.
Every modern issue, the editorial staff would ask a single question to all of the published authors. While the magazine was released weekly, not every series in the magazine was published in each issue. Below is the listing of the manga series as they appear in the issue along with a rough English translation for the question and each response.
Issue Info
Release Date: 4/16/2001
Cover Date: 4/30/2001
Cover Design: Yu Kurosawa (黒澤優)
- Momoki 1 Second by Kuwazawa Atsuo started its short 3-chapter serialization in this issue.
- Kijou no Kowloon continued serialization with this issue.
Question
What has been your biggest crisis in your life?
今までの人生で、最大のピンチ”といえば?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 365ho no RYUTA 365歩の竜太 | Story: Masao Yajima Art: Chihiro Tamaki 作:矢島正雄 画:環ちひろ | When I was broke, I borrowed some money from the police station. (Tamaki) | お金がなくて、派出所でお金借りた。 (環) |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | I convinced myself that I was sick to the extent I thought I was going to die. | 病気じゃないのに、病気と思いこんで「死ぬ」と思いこんだ時。 |
| Fighting Sun Legend Gutch!! 格闘太陽伝 GUTCH!! | Hiromi Aoyama Supervision: Lou Thesz 青山広美 監修: ルー・テーズ | When I stepped on a cockroach with my bare feet (Aoyama). | 素足でゴキブリを踏みつぶした時。(青山) |
| 20th Century Boys 20世紀少年 | Naoki Urasawa 浦沢直樹 | My age spots were just because I was “senile.” | 手のシミが「老人性」と診断された。 |
| Senkousekka 電光石火 | Kenji Morita 盛田賢司 | This. | 今。 |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | When I was little, I almost drowned, but I managed to climb out. | ちっちゃい頃、川で溺れたけど、自力ではい上がりました。 |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | I feel like that is coming soon…. | これから来るような予感が･･･。 |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | A decade ago, I forgot on a train 20 adult videos I was hired to write comments on. | 十数年前、コメントを書く仕事を請け負った裏ビデオ20本を電車に置き忘れた。 |
| Kijou no Kowloon 机上の九龍 | Author: Takashi Nagasaki Art: Tomo Aoki 画:青木朋 脚本:空論制作委員会 | It’s been a while. I’m in a bind right now drawing these drafts. (Aoki) | お久しぶりです。原稿描いてる今が大ピンチです。(青木) |
| Oishinbo 美味しんぼ | Story: Tetsu Kariya Art: Akira Hanasaki 雁屋哲+花咲アキラ | When my fingers got hit on my dominant hand and had that serious injury. (Hanasaki) | きき腕の指をはさんで、大ケガした時。(花咲) |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | Right now, for this question! | 現在、今、この時! |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | It’s only just beginning. | これからです。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | When I was sick and almost missed the deadline for “A Capricious Concept”. | 病気で「気まぐれコンセプト」の原稿落としそうになった時。 |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | When I pooped my pants. | 糞もらした時。 |
| The Two Oigawas Employment Diary ふたりの大井川 就職日誌 | Inosuke Rodriguez ロドリゲス井之介 | As a child, I was almost kidnapped at the department store. | 幼少期、デパートでさらわれそうになりました。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | I once so desperate that I put the leftover mochi from my friend’s house directly into my pocket. | 友人の家で食べきれなくなったお餅を困った末にポケットに･･･。 |
| Momoki 1 Second 百木 1sec. ももきワンセカンド | Kuwazawa Atsuo 桑沢アツオ | I’ve developed an autonomic nervous system dysfunction from overwork. So I now, play golf once a week. | 仕事ばかりしてたら自律神経失調症に。だから今は週イチ、ゴルフ。 |
| Ai to Seishun no Naritachi 愛と青春の成り立ち | Burra Kawasaki Manabu Akishige 川崎ぶら+秋重学 | When I was 18 months old, I had a heart condition and almost died. | 1歳半の時、心臓悪くて死にそうだった。(秋重) |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | I was obese as a child. | 肥満児になっちゃた時。 |
| Naoko 奈緒子 | Story: Nobuhiro Sakata Art: Yuu Nakahara 坂田信弘+中原裕 | In a way, right now. I’m waiting for the next story to come. (Nakahara) | ある意味、今。原作を待っている今。(中原) |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | Every week if feels like a crisis with the deadlines. | 毎週、締め切りがピンチ!!って気がしますが。 |
