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: 5/7/2001
Cover Date: 5/21/2001
Cover Design: Eri Fukatsu (深津 絵里)
- Parking Violation Wars!! by Ryoichi Imai and Uhyosuke started serialization in this issue.
Question
If the price on something suddenly reduced…. What item would you want that to be?
これも価格破壊してほしい! ･･････というものは?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | Do you remember Hakaider? Anyways I’ll do my best with the new series!! (Uhyosuke) | ハカイダーっていたよね? それはともかく新連載頑張ります!! (ウヒョ助) |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | Any reasonable price is fine. | 適正価格でいい。 |
| Russo-Japanese War Story 日露戦争物語 ~天気晴朗ナレドモ浪高シ~ | Tatsuya Egawa 江川達也 | Electricity bill. | 電気代。 |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | I understand the challenges, but movie tickets. | 大変なのはわかるが、映画の料金。 |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | Shops that shine with the night neon lights♥ | 夜にネオンがキラキラしてるお店♥ |
| 365ho no RYUTA 365歩の竜太 | Story: Masao Yajima Art: Chihiro Tamaki 作: 矢島正雄 画: 環ちひろ | Non-UNIQLO jeans (Tamaki) | UNIQLO以外のジーンズ。(環) |
| 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 | Rent. (Aoyama) | 家賃。(青山) |
| Senkousekka 電光石火 | Kenji Morita 盛田賢司 | Draft paper. My replacement is… expensive. | 原稿用紙。最近、紙をかえて･･･高い。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | General stationery. | 文房具全般。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | Taxi fares. Or anything else, I guess. | タクシー料金。なんでもいいけどね、別に。 |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | Airfares (and business class too). | 航空運賃(ビジネスクラスも安くしてほしいな)。 |
| Oishinbo 美味しんぼ | Story: Tetsu Kariya Art: Akira Hanasaki 雁屋哲+花咲アキラ | Premium cherries. (Hanasaki) | 高級さくらんぼ。(花咲) |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | Rent. | 家賃。 |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | NTT’s phone plans. Especially for cell phones. | NTTの通信料。特に携帯。 |
| 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 | G-Pen nibs. I press down hard when I draw… And cutter blades. I press down hard when I draw… | Gペンのペン先。筆圧強いので･･･。それとカッターの刃。筆圧強いので･･・･。 |
| Saotome Typhoon 早乙女タイフーン | Ihuho Hujirai くじらいいく子 | Veterinary treatment fees. | 動物病院の治療代。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | Reversal of the manuscript fees! | 原稿料の逆破壊を望む! |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | Doesn’t matter, since it will come back to bite me. | めぐりめぐって、自分にしわよせがくるので、いいです。 |
| Momoki 1 Second 百木 1sec. ももきワンセカンド | Kuwazawa Atsuo 桑澤篤夫 | Cell phone bills. | 携帯電話代。 |
| Naoko 奈緒子 | Story: Nobuhiro Sakata Art: Yuu Nakahara 坂田信弘+中原裕 | Movies. But I haven’t watched any in 6 months… | 映画。半年以上観ていないけど･･･。 |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | Rather see an economic recovery. Or is prices lowering because of the recession?? | それより景気回復を望むっす。いや、不景気だから価格破壊するのか?? |
