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: 6/4/2001
Cover Date: 6/18/2001
Cover Design: Anri Ban
- Russo-Japanese War Story had the opening color pages in this issue.
Question
Wouldn’t you want to fall asleep on a person’s lap! …Who would that be?
あの人の膝枕で眠りたい!
･･･ という相手は?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Rena Tanaka | 田中麗奈。 |
| 20th Century Boys 20世紀少年 | Naoki Urasawa 浦沢直樹 | Moominmamma. | ムーミンママ。 |
| Ogotte Janken Tai おごってジャンケン隊 | Yoko Gendai 現代洋子 | Mitoizumi (their hair-cutting ceremony is on June 9th!) | 水戸泉(6月9日の断髪式に行きます!) |
| Hanazono Merry-Go-Round 花園メリーゴーランド | Haruko Kashiwagi 柏木ハルコ | Otoha… But maybe on her knees? | 膝っていうか……乙葉? |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | Kano Sisters. Hopefully that is OK!! | 叶姉妹。ぜんぜんOKじゃないですか!! |
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | I wonder if Imai-san will answer “his wife” after being hounded by her. (Uhyosuke) | 恐妻家の今井さんは、やはり「妻」と答えるのだろうか?(ウヒョ助) |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | If you want your ears cleaned, the barbershop’s owner’s wife in Takenohana-cho can do it. | 耳掃除付きなら竹鼻町の理容室の奥さん。 |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | My Hinoki Wood Pillow is fine. | 今、使っているヒノキ枕でいい。 |
| Oishinbo 美味しんぼ | Story: Tetsu Kariya Art: Akira Hanasaki 雁屋哲+花咲アキラ | Wanderlei Silva. (Hanasaki) | ヴァンダレイ・シウバ。(花咲) |
| Monimoni もにもに | Koji Aihara 相原コージ | Buddha. | ブッダ。 |
| Agnes Kamen アグネス仮面 | Minoru Hiramatsu ヒラマツ・ミノル | Agnes Lum. | アグネス・ラム。 |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | I struggle to find a good pillow, so if I sleep on someone’s lap I’d never get any work done from the pain. | 合う枕がなくて困ってるのに、膝で寝た日にゃ余計首が痛くなって仕事になんねーよ。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | Hiroko Itoh, the star from BS Nippon “King of Quiz”. | BS日テレ「キング・オブ・クイズ」の魅惑パニー伊藤博子。 |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | Using pillows is bad for my neck. Mangaka have to be really careful of their necks and lower back. | 首に悪いので枕も使わない私。漫画家は首と腰には気をつけなくては。 |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | Masako Natsume as Kannon-sama…. | 夏目雅子の観音様とか･･･。 |
| Saotome Typhoon 早乙女タイフーン | Ihuho Hujirai くじらいいく子 | I can’t sleep unless I’m alone…. | 一人じゃないと眠れないので･･･。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | Sylvester Stallone. | シルベスタ・スタローン。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | It’s Tyson. But I would be sweating like crazy. | タイソンだな。全身汗びっしょりになりそうだぜ。 |
| 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 | Our male assistant, H-san. I know he has soft skin…. | アシスタントのHさん(♂)。かなりモチ肌ということで･･･。 |
| Senkousekka 電光石火 | Kenji Morita 盛田賢司 | Ryoko Yonekura. | 米倉涼子。 |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | Cradled between the breasts of Wakana Sakai and Aki Kawamura……♥ | 酒井若菜&川村亜紀の胸枕で･･････♥ |
| 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 | Charlotte Church, while she is singing. (Aoyama) | シャルロット・チャーチに、歌ってもらいながら。(青山) |
| Chocolat ショコラ | Eisaku Kubonouchi 窪之内英策 | “Naseem Hamed” by some guy. “…Who’s that!?” by some other guy. | 「ナジーム・ハメド」byオレ。「･･･誰それ?」byアイツ。 |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | Huh? Someone other than my wife? Erm… hmhmhm… | え? にょーぼ以外でいるんすか? へー、むにゃむにゃ。 |
