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: 5/21/2001
Cover Date: 6/4/2001
Cover Design: Otoha
- Ogotte Janken Tai by Yoko Gendai started serialization in this issue.
Question
What’s your most regrettable lost item?
今までで、最も悔しい落とし物は?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogotte Janken Tai おごってジャンケン隊 | Yoko Gendai 現代洋子 | The moon-something ring from “Love! Love! Witch Teacher” | 「好き!好き!魔女先生」のムーンなんとかリング。 |
| Hanazono Merry-Go-Round 花園メリーゴーランド | Haruko Kashiwagi 柏木ハルコ | ……my contact lenses? | ･･････コンタクトレンズか? |
| 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 | Memories. | 記憶。 |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | I try to be careful to not lose things. | 用心深いので落とし物はしない。 |
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | This series first chapter was almost lost. ← Draw the manuscript faster!! (Editor) | 新連載の第1話が、いきなり落とし物になるとこだった。←原稿は早よ描け!!(担) |
| Chocolat ショコラ | Eisaku Kubonouchi 窪之内英策 | “The sparkle of youth” by some guy. | 「青春のきらめき」byアイツ。 |
| Naoko 奈緒子 | Story: Nobuhiro Sakata Art: Yuu Nakahara 坂田信弘+中原裕 | My favorite bug cage that I dropped back in elementary school. | 小学生の頃落としたお気に入りの虫カゴ。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | I hoard things, so I neve lose them! | ケチだから落とし物なんかしない! |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | You’re probably frustrated since I can’t think of anything. | 思いつかないので、悔しくないんでしょう。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | My (elementary school) beret. It was frustrating to see my homeroom teacher, ___-sensei, wearing one. | ベレー帽(小学校の時)。悔しいのは翌日、担任の○先生がかぶってたコト。 |
| 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 | I once left the original manuscript on the train luggage rack… (Aoyama) | 生原稿を電車の網棚に･･･。(青山) |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | My wallet. | サイフ。 |
| Senkousekka 電光石火 | Kenji Morita 盛田賢司 | I’ve never dropped off anything (for garbage pickup). | 物を落としたことないです。 |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | I once had a full wallet with 100,000 yen in it! | 財布まるごと、わざわざ10万入れてくれてやったよ! |
| Nijikoshi Iinchou にじこしいいんちょう | Nobumi のぶみ | My talent for drawing. | 絵を描く才能。 |
| 365ho no RYUTA 365歩の竜太 | Story: Masao Yajima Art: Chihiro Tamaki 作:矢島正雄 画:環ちひろ | My youth. (Tamaki) | 青春。(環) |
| Oishinbo 美味しんぼ | Story: Tetsu Kariya Art: Akira Hanasaki 雁屋哲+花咲アキラ | I dropped my contact lens when I was poor. (Hanasaki) | 貧しい頃に落としたコンタクトレンズ。(花咲) |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | The salary I just received. | もらったばかりの給料。 |
| 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 | I left my manuscript in a copy machine at a convenience store in Iwate Prefecture… That was a pain to retrieve. Really… | 岩手県のコンビニのコピー機に原稿を･･･。取りに行くのが大変でした。マジで･･･。 |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | My physical strength…. (is that a thing?) | 体力･･････ (物じゃないか?)。 |
| Monimoni もにもに | Koji Aihara 相原コージ | I dropped my Sekonic Light Meter in the pond at Inokashira Park… | セコニックの露出計を井の頭公園の池に･･･。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | My salmon rice balls when hiking. | ハイキングの時の、オニギリのシャケ。 |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | My contact lens. My son hit me in the face so hard they fell out and I couldn’t find them. | コンタクト。息子に顔をはたかれて、どこかに落ちてしまい見つからなかった。 |
