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: 8/20/2001
Cover Date: 9/3/2001
Cover Design: Namie Amuro
- Subaru had the opening color pages for the issue.
Question
What commercials have caught your attention recently?
最近気になるCMは?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | A commercial for Kirei Kirei hand soap. | キレイキレイハンドソープのCM。 |
| 20th Century Boys 20世紀少年 | Naoki Urasawa 浦沢直樹 | Wataru Takada’s Kinchō commercial, where he looks like annoyed. | 高田渡のめんどくさそうなキンチョウのCM。 |
| Shippujinrai 疾風迅雷 | Tsuru Moriyama もりやまつる | None!! | ない!! |
| Ogotte Janken Tai おごってジャンケン隊 | Yoko Gendai 現代洋子 | Kazushige Nagashima’s detergent commercial. That “Everything is going to be OK” is very soothing. | 長嶋一茂の洗剤のCM。「な~んも考えなくてOK」って妙な説得力が･･･。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | I recently saw a commercial for Niki Golf featuring Kobuhei Hayashiya and it made me pause a moment. | 最近、林家こぶ平の二木ゴルフのCMを見てちょっと感じるものがあった。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | Hiroko Sasa-san, you can still smile after dropping some books in a bookstore commercial. | 篠ひろこさんが本屋で本を大量に落としたのになぜか笑顔のCM。 |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | Is it really okay to polish my car with that stuff from the late-night infomercials? | 夜中の通販のアレで車みがいても本当にいいですか? |
| Tennen てんねん | Satoshi Yoshida 吉田聡 | I don’t watch TV (really). | TV見てません(マジ)。 |
| Monimoni もにもに | Koji Aihara 相原コージ | That guy who keeps repeating judo moves. | 柔道の技を連呼するヤツ。 |
| Agnes Kamen アグネス仮面 | Minoru Hiramatsu ヒラマツ・ミノル | I’m 44 years old. | 僕たん44歳ってヤツ。 |
| Heaven? ~Gokuraku Restaurant~ Heaven? ~ご苦楽レストラン~ | Noriko Sasaki 佐々木倫子 | The voice of “Sumida Takokichi” in “Bazaar de Gozaaru” is someone I know. | 「バザールでござーる」の「スミダタコキチ」の声は知人です。 |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | All those commercials featuring realistic CG women are creepy. | リアルCG女のCMはみんな気色悪い。 |
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | I’ve received the Boraginol. (Uhyosuke) | 届いてますよボラギノール。(ウヒョ助) |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | I haven’t seen it recently, but the “Coo” anime series. | 近頃見なくなったけど「Coo(クー)」のアニメシリーズ。 |
| 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 | Kakakakakakakakakakefu-san, what!? That’s not recent!? | カッカッカッカッカッカカケフさん、えっ!? 最近じゃないの!? |
| 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 | A commercial featuring Rina Uchiyama’s orgasmic face. So hot! | 内山理名のイッた顔のCM。ヌケる! |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | The one with Sony’s dancing robots. | ソニーのロボットが踊るやつ。 |
| 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 haven’t watched TV lately. | 最近TV見てないです。 |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | I gotta get rid of the itch♪ Oh, that’s from last year. | カユいのとっちゃうぞー♪あ、あれ去年か。 |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | The Fuji TV commercial featuring Yakult’s Kazuhisa Ishii. | ヤクルト石井一久が出ているフジテレビのCM。 |
| Hanazono Merry-Go-Round 花園メリーゴーランド | Haruko Kashiwagi 柏木ハルコ | Something political…? (Though the elections are over). | 政治系…? (選挙終わったけど)。 |
| Senkousekka 電光石火 | Kenji Morita 盛田賢司 | The commercial for Shonen Sunday. I want to be in a commercial too. | 少年サンデーのCM。僕のもCMにしてほしい。 |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | The commercial for men’s cologne. The combination of a beautiful woman and raw fish is vile. | 男性用コロンのCM。美女と生魚の組み合わせがエグイ。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | The Spirits train hanging ads. We don’t get much advertisement. | スピリッツの電車中吊り。ウチの扱いが小せェぞ。 |
