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: 10/6/2001
Cover Date: 10/22/2001
Cover Design: Mituho Ohtani
- Karabuki by Isami Nakagawa started serialization in this issue.
- The oneshot Ko-bushi by Junji Uenishi was published in this issue.
Question
There’s been a lot of recent depressing news… What is something good that has happened?
暗いニュースが多いですが･･･ 最近あったハッピーな出来事は?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karabuki カラブキ | Isami Nakagawa 中川いさみ | Otana-Bukuro volume 7 is now on sale. | 大人袋 7集の発売。 |
| Tennen てんねん | Satoshi Yoshida 吉田聡 | I offer my deepest condolences to the victims of the coordinated terrorist attacks. | 同時多発テロの犠牲者の方々に心よりご冥福申し上げます。 |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | They were selling “Subaru” at the dance supply store “Chacott”!!! | ダンス用品店“チャコット”で「昴 スバル」を売っていた!!! |
| Shippujinrai 疾風迅雷 | Tsuru Moriyama もりやまつる | None! | ない! |
| 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’ve developed intercostal neuralgia. Wait, you wanted a good thing? | 肋間神経痛(ろっかんしんけいつう)っていう奴になりました。えっ、ハッピーな出来事なの? |
| Hanazono Merry-Go-Round 花園メリーゴーランド | Haruko Kashiwagi 柏木ハルコ | I now have a niece. | 姪っ子ができた。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | I saw a couple put my book down at a bookstore and a young man put it back in place. | 本屋でボクの本を投げてどかすカップルがいて、それを直す青年を見た。 |
| OMEGA TRIBE オメガトライブ | Yukio Tamai 玉井雪雄 | My former assistant, X, had a baby girl. Congratulations. | 元アシの○君の娘誕生。おめでとう。 |
| Ko-bushi 孤節 | Junji Uenishi 上西淳二 | I heard that the Buffalos won the championship. | そういえば、バッファローズが優勝したこと。 |
| 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 | Los Angeles was so fun… I’m glad I went when I could. (Aoyama) | LA楽しかったな･･･いけるうちに行っておいてよかった。(青山) |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | I went for a walk. I saw a cat. It ran away. | 散歩した。猫を見た。逃げられた。 |
| Nijikoshi Iinchou にじこしいいんちょう | Nobumi のぶみ | I hung out with the model Hana-san. | モデルのhanaさんとあそんだ。 |
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | Congratulations to my friend Arifumi on his marriage!! (Uhyosuke) | 友人のアリフミ、結婚おめでとう!! (ウヒョ助) |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | I’ve read Yasuhiko’s Gundam. | 安彦さんのガンダムが読めること |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | I found two delicious ramen shops! (A tiny happiness) | 旨いラーメン屋2軒発見! (小さな幸せ) |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | The fact that NHK’s correspondent in Islamabad, Mr. Futo, wasn’t fat at all. | NHKイスラマバード在駐の太記者が全然太ってなかったこと。 |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | Nothing good. I didn’t get an All-Star ticket. | ダメダ。オールスターいっこも当たらんかった。 |
| Kōyō 紅葉 | Koji Hashiguchi 橋口コウジ | Being published in this magazine. | 本誌掲載。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | I had a dream I could talk to stag beetles. | オオクワガタがしゃべる夢を見た。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | I ate some delicious peaches and grapes (a gift from an acquaintance in Yamanashi). | 美味しい桃とぶどう(山梨の知人よりのプレゼント)を食せたこと。 |
| Naoko 奈緒子 | Story: Nobuhiro Sakata Art: Yuu Nakahara 坂田信弘+中原裕 | “Natc-han’s” trunk has arrived. (Nakahara) | “なっちゃん”のトランクが届いた。(中原) |
| Monimoni もにもに | Koji Aihara 相原コージ | None. | ない。 |
| 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 | We grilled meat over a wood fire in the Akigawa Valley. I thought tending a fire was the best leisure activity. | 秋川渓谷で薪を燃やして焼き肉を食べた。火をいじるのは最高のレジャーだと思った。 |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | I went to the gym and had my physical fitness tested, and it was normal. | スポーツジムに行って体力測定したら普通だった。 |
