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1997 – #1

Release Date: 12/18/1996

Cover Date: 1/1/1997

Total Issue #: 20

Cover: Noriko Sakai (酒井 法子)

Columns:

  • Freedom of Wine & Christmas
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • TORA’s Formula Diary
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Aran (阿乱)6 (Color)
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)18
F.Compo8
Shiori, Doing Great!! (詩織、元気です!!)Oneshot (Bichrome Color)
Sommelier (ソムリエ)16
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)26
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)13
Takasugi Junsa Kibarimasu! (高杉巡査キバリます!)Oneshot (Color)
Doutoku Senshi Chōjū Giga (道徳戦士超獣ギーガー)16
J – The Outlawyer20
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)27
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)3 (Bichrome Color)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)7
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)13
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
20
Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地)20
Latin Star (ラテンの星)7

Shiori, Doing Great!! (詩織、元気です!!)

Author: Shu Ryoka (周良貨)
Artist: Tatsuo Kanai (金井たつお)

Notable Manga Allman Work: Tatsuo Kanai was still working on Aotadaigaku Bangaichi which was still published in the magazine (but ended in a few issues later).

All Star Guest #21

Story:
Shihori is an enthusiastic employee at the bank’s loan department! She tries to help another female bank employee who is caught in an fraudulent loan trap connected with an affair…!?

It has the tagline in English “Shall we Work?”

Takasugi Junsa Kibarimasu! (高杉巡査キバリます!)

Author: Mitsuhiro Kasuga (春日光広)

Notable Previous Work: The Samurai (ザ・サムライ) which ran in Weekly Young Jump between 1984 and 1988.

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Was previously All Star Guest #18, with a manga under the same title.

All Star Guest #22

Story:
Officer Junsa Takasugi has just been assigned to the Inosemura Police Department in a rural mountain town, under his new captain, Ryoko Yosano. Trouble begins to brew when the TV producer looks to Ryoko for some assistance.

The oneshot is 31 pages long.

This would later be turned into a full series running in Manga Allman under the title of Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!), changing the Police Officer (Junsa) to Detective (Keiji).

The oneshot was included in the second volume of Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu!


1997 – #2

Release Date: 12/27/1996

Cover Date: 1/15/1997

Total Issue #: 21

Cover: Rie Tomosaka (ともさか りえ)

Columns:

  • Welcome to Zipang
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Good Fishing
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Chase -Pursuit- (チェイス -追跡-)Oneshot (Color)
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)4
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)19
Aran (阿乱)7
F.Compo9
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)28
Wanna Be Cool? Be a Detective!! (かっこいいだろ?刑事って!!)Oneshot
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)14
J – The Outlawyer21
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
21
Doutoku Senshi Chōjū Giga (道徳戦士超獣ギーガー)17
Sommelier (ソムリエ)17
Hokehoke (ほけほけ)Oneshot
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)8
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)16
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)27
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)14
Latin Star (ラテンの星)8
Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地)21

Chase -Pursuit- (チェイス -追跡-)

Author: Buronson (武論尊)
Artist: Tetsuo Hara (原哲夫)

Notable Previous Work: Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳) in Weekly Shonen Jump (1983- 1988 – 245 chapters)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Buronson was the writer for Good Women (Monthly Manga Allman 1995 issues #10-#12)

All Star Guest #23

Story:
Marine Shinya chases his best friend Michael, a suspected terrorist bomber, into the South American jungle. This is a 40 page action oneshot with an opening color page.

Hokehoke (ほけほけ)

Author: Nobuo Nakazawa (なかざわ信雄)

Notable Previous Work: Previously worked on Ikkyu (一休) in Kodansha’s Morning magazine in 1990 for 11 chapters.

Story:
No information about this manga is available. It was 15 pages in length.


1997 – #3

Release Date: 1/14/1997

Cover Date: 2/5/1997

Total Issue #: 22

Cover: Miho Kanno (菅野 美穂)

Columns:

  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • TORA’s Formula Diary
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)1 (Color Pages)
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)5
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)20
Doutoku Senshi Chōjū Giga (道徳戦士超獣ギーガー)18
Sommelier (ソムリエ)18
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)28
F.Compo10
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)9
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)15
Suspicion (疑惑)Oneshot (Color Page)
Latin Star (ラテンの星)9
J – The Outlawyer22
Aran (阿乱)8
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
22
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)29
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)15
Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地)22

Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)

Author: George Akiyama (ジョージ秋山)

Previous Manga Allman Work: Created the Ori wa Dokuyaku (オリは毒薬) series.

Story:
Over 1220 years ago in the distant past, a baby was born in the countryside of Sanuki. This boy was named Kobo Daishi Kukai, but took the name of Mao. Using the teachings of Buddism from China, the salvation of civilization rest in his hands!

Suspicion (疑惑)

Author: Keni’ichi Kotani (小谷憲一)

Previous Manga Allman Work: Glamour onehsot in 1996 as All Star Guest #6

All Star Guest #24

Was republished in DESIRE Premium Collection 5 without the color page

Story:
Takashi, a middle-management trading company employee, and Kanako, a fulltime housewife have been happily married for the last 2 years. But after cheating on his wife during a business trip, he now becomes suspicious of his wife also having an affair and begins to follow her…


1997 – #4

Release Date: 2/5/1997

Cover Date: 2/19/1997

Total Issue #: 23

Columns:

  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Good Fishing
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)1 (Color)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)10
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)21
F.Compo11
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)6
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)2
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)16
J – The Outlawyer23
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)17
Sommelier (ソムリエ)19 (Color)
Doutoku Senshi Chōjū Giga (道徳戦士超獣ギーガー)19
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)30
Latin Star (ラテンの星)10
Aran (阿乱)9
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
23
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)28
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)16
Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地)23

Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)

Author: Mitsuhiro Kasuga (春日光広)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Was previously All Star Guest #18 & #22, with a manga under the similar title of Takasugi Junsa Kibarimasu! (高杉巡査キバリます!).

Story:
Inspector Ryoko Yasano and Detective Takasugi have both been transferred to the Major Crimes Prevention Division. As both team up, Takasugi does his best to be noticed by his coworker!


1997 – #5

Release Date: 2/19/1997

Cover Date: 3/5/1997

Total Issue #: 24

Cover: Emi Wakui (和久井 映見)

Columns:

  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)22 (Color)
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)2
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)11
F.Compo12
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
24
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)17
Sommelier (ソムリエ)20
Aran (阿乱)10
J – The Outlawyer24
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)7
Shopping (ショッピング)Oneshot
Latin Star (ラテンの星)11
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)3
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)31
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)17
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)29
Doutoku Senshi Chōjū Giga (道徳戦士超獣ギーガー)20 (End)
Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地)24 (End)

Shopping (ショッピング)

Author: Yukio Okada (岡田ユキオ)

Notable Previous Work: Radio Club (レィディオクラブ) in Kodansha’s Young Magazine (1985 – 58 chapters)

All Star Guest #25

Story:
A couple go on a shopping spree and take out their frustrations and sorrow about losing their daughter on each other while having sex.


1997 – #6

Release Date: 3/5/1997 (Estimate)

Cover Date: 3/19/1997

Total Issue #: 25

Cover: Megumi Oishi (大石恵)

Columns:

  • TORA’s Formula Diary
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)1 (Color Page)
F.Compo13 (Color Page)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)12
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)23
Sommelier (ソムリエ)21
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)30
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)3
J – The Outlawyer25
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)18
Ring (リング)Oneshot (Color Page)
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)8
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)18
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)4
Latin Star (ラテンの星)12
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)32
Aran (阿乱)11
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
25
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)18

Channel Q (チャンネルQ)

Author: Hitsuji Mitani (みたにひつじ)

Notable Previous Work: A Son of a Bitch Powered (さのばびっちパワ-ド), the sequel to A Son of a Bitch, in Kodansha’s Young Magazine and Young Magazine Extra Edition from 1995 through 1996.

Story:
A collection of 4-panel gag manga stories which examines popular trends and personal relationships.

Ring (リング)

Author: Yuichi Oshiyama (押山雄一)

Notable Previous Work:
Worked as the artist for Kouryou Retsuden (湘南姣龍伝) in Monthly Shonen Jump in 1995.

All Star Guest #26

Story:
A young wrestler confronts his senior wrestler who he has a beef with. What is the ideal pro-wrestler?

The author has wrote some comments about this oneshot on his personal blog. This has not been republished.


1997 – #7

Release Date: 3/19/1997 (Estimate)

Cover Date: 4/2/1997

Total Issue #: 26

Cover: Yoko Saito (斎藤陽子)

TitleChapter #
All Star Guest #27 OneshotOneshot
All Star Guest #28 OneshotOneshot
F.Compo14
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)4
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)2
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)13
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)24
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)9
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)5
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)19
Sommelier (ソムリエ)22
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)33
Latin Star (ラテンの星)13
Aran (阿乱)12
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
26
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)31
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)19
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Information about the 2 oneshots included in this issue are not currently known. One of the oneshots was by Chinatsu Tomisawa (とみさわ千夏), as the second story in their slightly naughty fairy tale” manga series.


1997 – #8

Release Date: 4/2/1997 (Estimate)

Cover Date: 4/16/1997

Total Issue #: 27

Cover: Kanako Enomoto (榎本 加奈子)

Columns:

  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
J – The Outlawyer26 (Color)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)14
F.Compo15
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)34
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)3
Shin-Otokogi (新・男樹)25 (End)
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)10
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)19
Sommelier (ソムリエ)23
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)20
Odaiba Barbarians (御台場バーバリアンズ)Oneshot (Color)
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
27
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)5
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)6
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)32 (Bichrome Color)
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)20
Latin Star (ラテンの星)14
Aran (阿乱)13

Odaiba Barbarians (御台場バーバリアンズ)

Story: M.A.T.
Artist: Tatsuo Kanai (金井 たつお)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
The artist previously worked on Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地) which concluded earlier in the year.

All Star Guest #29

Story:
A baseball story on the Odaiba Barbarians which was about 30 pages long.

The oneshot would later be turned into the series with the same name, but a slightly different spelling of お台場バーバリアンズ.


1997 – #9

Release Date: 4/16/1997

Cover Date: 5/7/1997

Total Issue #: 28

Cover: Aiko Satoh (佐藤 藍子)

Columns:

  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
F.Compo16 (Color)
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)4
Sommelier (ソムリエ)24
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)6
J – The Outlawyer27
Solomon’s Ring (そろもんのユビワ)Oneshot
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)33
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)21
Reading Women (読書する女)Oneshot (Color)
Momoko and Her Cat (モモコさんと猫)Oneshot
Oniko (おにっこ)Oneshot
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)15
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)35
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)7
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)11
Aran (阿乱)14
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
28
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)21
Latin Star (ラテンの星)15

Solomon’s Ring (そろもんのユビワ)

Author: Kiyoshi Chikuyama (ちくやまきよし)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Was the artist on Sports Doctor (スポーツ医) in the monthly issues of Manga Allman.

This is unrelated to Soloman’s Collar (そろもんの首環), under a different Japanese title, which ran as a oneshot in the magazine in 1996’s 6th issue by a different artist.

All Star Guest #30

Story:
A heartwarming story in which Tomomi, a new female clerk working at a pet store, tries her best to solve various problems brought to her by pet owners.

There is a total of 5 short stories that were spread across the issues, but were never republished again.

Reading Women (読書する女)

Author: Yukio Okada (岡田ユキオ)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Author of the Shopping (ショッピング) oneshot as All Star Guest #25.

Notable Previous Work: Radio Club (レィディオクラブ) in Kodansha’s Young Magazine (1985 – 58 chapters)

All Star Guest #31

Story:
No details about this 10 page short are available.

Momoko and Her Cat (モモコさんと猫)

Author: Naoki Karasawa (唐沢なをき)

Notable Previous Work: Has created numerous gag and comedy series since the late 1980s, including Kasumi Den (カスミ伝).

All Star Guest #32

Story:
No details about this 17 page comedy short are available.

Oniko (おにっこ)

Author: Nobuo Nakazawa (なかざわ信雄)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Author of the Hokehoke (ほけほけ) oneshot that ran in the 1997 #2 issue.

Story:
No details about this 9 page comedy short are available.


1997 – #10

Release Date: 5/7/1997 (Estimate)

Cover Date: 5/21/1997

Total Issue #: 29

Cover: Mai Hosho (宝生 舞)

Columns:

  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • TORA’s Formula Diary
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)1 (Color)
J – The Outlawyer28
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)34
F.Compo17
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)5
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)12
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)7
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)16
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)22
Miou Miou (ミウミウ)Oneshot (Full Color)
Sommelier (ソムリエ)25
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
29
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)36
Aran (阿乱)15
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)20
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)22
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)8
Latin Star (ラテンの星)16

Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)

Story: M.A.T.
Artist: Tatsuo Kanai (金井 たつお)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
The artist previously worked on Aotadaigaku Bangaichi (青田大学番外地) which concluded earlier in the year. Had a oneshot as All Star Guest #29 for this manga with some slightly different character designs.

Story:
A story of the Odaiba Barbarians baseball team.

Miou Miou (ミウミウ)

Author: Naito Yamada (やまだ ないと)

Previous Work:
L’amant Raman (L’amant ラマン) was published in Weekly Manga Action magazine between 1995 and 1996 by Futabasha which was later adapted into a movie in 2005.

All Star Guest #33

Story:
Miou Miou gets ready for her day after receiving a phone call.

The oneshot is 8 pages long and is in full color. Would later be adapted into a full manga volume in 1998 by the publisher Bunkasha.


1997 – #11

Release Date: 5/21/1997

Cover Date: 6/4/1997

Total Issue #: 30

Cover: Takako Matsu (松 たか子)

Columns:

  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)1 (Color)
F.Compo18
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)17
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)2
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)6
Sommelier (ソムリエ)26
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)8
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
30
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)13
J – The Outlawyer29
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)23
Sand -Sabaku- Desert (砂-SABAKU-漠)Oneshot
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)35
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)9
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)37
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)23
Aran (阿乱)16 (End)
Latin Star (ラテンの星)17

Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)

Author: Masahiko Takajo (鷹匠政彦)
Artist: Kozō Hashimoto (橋本孤蔵)

Previous Work:
Masahiko Takajo previously was the author for the RIKI-OH manga which ran in Business Jump between 1987 through 1990. Kozō Hashimoto was previously an assistant to Naoki Urasawa.

Story:
A wartime story of a group of second-generation Japanese immigrants that joined the US Army 442nd Infantry and fought on the European front during World War II. Inspired by real events.

The artist, posted on their blog in 2013 that they felt their drawing skills couldn’t keep up with the epic story being told. They also included the original illustration for the opening color page (without text).

Sand -Sabaku- Desert (砂-SABAKU-漠)

Author: Masanori Morita (森田まさのり)

Previous Work:
Recently just finished the Rokudenashi Blues (ろくでなし BLUES) manga in Weekly Shonen Jump which ran for 421 chapters (1988-1997).

All Star Guest #34

Story:
The story of a boxing referee, Ashihara, as he deals with his confidence on being able to referee future fights and being able to see the fighter’s spirit.

This oneshot was later reprinted in a short story collection called Shiba Inu: Masanori Morita’s Short Stories (柴犬 森田まさのり短編集) in 2004.


1997 – #12

Release Date: 6/4/1997

Cover Date: 6/18/1997

Total Issue #: 31

Cover: Yumi Adachi (安達 祐実)

TitleChapter #
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
1
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)2
F.Compo19
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)18
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)3
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)7
Sommelier (ソムリエ)27
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)9
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
31
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)21
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)14
J – The Outlawyer30
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)24
Horror Book – A Terrifying Horror Story
(HB ホラー・ブック 戦慄の恐怖譚)
Oneshot
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)36
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師 空海)10
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)38
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)24
Latin Star (ラテンの星)18
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani (SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)

Author: Kimihiro Yoneyama (米山公启)
Artist: Iwamaru (岩丸)

Previous Work:
The story’s author, Kimihiro Yoneyama, is a licensed medical doctor

Story:
Yo Mugenya, a young genius doctor was kicked out of medical school. Now he goes against the standard practice of the medical world and faces difficult surgeries with his friends.

Horror Book – A Terrifying Horror Story (HB ホラー・ブック 戦慄の恐怖譚)

Author: Tetsuya Tsutsui (筒井哲也)

Previous Work:
Debut work as a prize winner from the Allman Manga Award. Would later create Prophecy (予告犯) in Jump X magazine in 2011.

Story:
A horror story about stalkers and rescuers that depicts the madness that lurks in one’s heart.


1997 – #13

Release Date: 6/18/1997

Cover Date: 7/2/1997

Total Issue #: 32

Cover: Kumiko Endo (遠藤 久美子)

Columns:

  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Sommelier (ソムリエ)28 (Color)
Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)Oneshot
F.Compo20
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)19
J – The Outlawyer31
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)4
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)10
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)3
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)25
Three Little Pigs (三匹のこぶた)Oneshot
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
2
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
32
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)25
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)39
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)15
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)37
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)8
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)11
Latin Star (ラテンの星)19

Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)

Author: Mitsuru Yaku (やくみつる)

Previous Work:
Creator of the 4-panel manga Paro Baseball News (パロ野球ニュース) which was being serialized at the time under various titles.

All Star Guest #35

Story:
A collection of 4-panel manga stories talking about current events from the author’s prospective. Includes stories from his acquaintances from his TV appearances.

Three Little Pigs (三匹のこぶた)

Author: Chinatsu Tomisawa (とみさわ千夏)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Serialized in the magazine with Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで) which changed to an infrequent release.

All Star Guest #36

Story:
A third story in the author’s “slightly naughty fairy tale” manga series.

Previous stories were A Princess In Disguise (はだかの王女さま) from Issue #13 in 1996 and another story from Issue #7 in 1997.


1997 – #14

Release Date: 7/2/1997

Cover Date: 7/16/1997

Total Issue #: 33

TitleChapter #
F.Compo21 (Color)
Sommelier (ソムリエ)29
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)20
J – The Outlawyer32
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)5
(Bichrome color)
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)11
(Bichrome color)
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)4
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)26
Kedamono Team (けだもの組合)Oneshot
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)22
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
3
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
33
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)26
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)40
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)16
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)38
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)9
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)12
Latin Star (ラテンの星)20
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Kedamono Team (けだもの組合)

Author: Namoki Karasawa (唐沢なをき)

Previous Work:
Creator of various gag manga series, including Dennou Nawo-san (電脳なをさん) from 1996.

All Star Guest #37

Story:
A gag story about various animals working in an office with humans.

The manga would later become a full serialization in the 16th issue and change to the title Kedamono Company (けだもの会社). Kedamono means beast or animal.

The chapters published in Manga Allman are available in a digital volume released in 2019.


1997 – #15

Release Date: 7/16/1997

Cover Date: 8/6/1997

Total Issue #: 34

Cover: Emiri Nakayama (中山 エミリ)

TitleChapter #
F.Compo22
Sommelier (ソムリエ)30
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)21
J – The Outlawyer33
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)6
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)12
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)5
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)27
Soloman’s Ring (そろもんのユビワ)Oneshot
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
4
Hello, This is the Announcement Department
(もしもしこちらアナウンス部なり)
34 (End)
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)27
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)41
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)17
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)39
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)10
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)13
Latin Star (ラテンの星)21
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Soloman’s Ring (そろもんのユビワ)

Author: Kiyoshi Chikuyama (ちくやまきよし)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Artist of Sports Doctor (スポーツ医) which concluded in the magazine in 1996.

The first chapter was released in the 1997’s 9th issue of Manga Allman.

All Star Guest #38

A heartwarming story in which Tomomi, a new female clerk working at a pet store, tries her best to solve various problems brought to her by pet owners.

There is a total of 5 short stories that were spread across the issues, but were never republished again.


1997 – #16

Release Date: 8/6/1997

Cover Date: 8/20/1997

Total Issue #: 35

Cover: Hinano Yoshikawa (吉川ひなの)

Articles:

  • Hiroshi Seriho’s Wunderkammer (芹保宏のヴンダーカマー)
TitleChapter #
F.Compo23
Sommelier (ソムリエ)31
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)22
J – The Outlawyer34
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)7
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)13
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)6
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)28
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
5
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)23
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)2
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)28
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)42
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)18
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)40
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)11
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)14
Latin Star (ラテンの星)22
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)

Author: Namoki Karasawa (唐沢なをき)

Previous Work:
Started as a Kedamono Team (けだもの組合) in issue #14 as a oneshot

Story:
A gag story about various animals working in an office with humans.

The earlier oneshot would later be turned into chapter 1, so the series began it’s numbered chapters with this has the 2nd chapter.


1997 – #17

Release Date: 8/20/1997

Cover Date: 9/3/1997 (estimate)

Total Issue #: 36

TitleChapter #
F.Compo24
Sommelier (ソムリエ)32
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)23
J – The Outlawyer35
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)8
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)14
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)7
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)29
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
6
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)3
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)29
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)43
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)19
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)41
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)12
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)15
Latin Star (ラテンの星)23
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.


1997 – #18

Release Date: 9/3/1997

Cover Date: 9/17/1997

Total Issue #: 37

Cover: Yuki Uchida (内田有紀), Izumi Inamori (稲森 いずみ), Norika Fujiwara (藤原 紀香)

Columns:

  • Yoko Saito’s Do You Like Red Wine?
  • Freedom of Wine
  • Daisaburō Okumoto’s Insect Journey
  • “CAT’S EYE” Movie Discussion
  • Japan National Miss Manzai
  • Hiroshi Seriho’s Wunderkammer
  • TORA’S Formula Diary
  • Allman’s Pub
TitleChapter #
Sommelier (ソムリエ)33 (Color)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)24
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)44
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)15
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)30
F.Compo25 (Color)
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)13
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)20
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
7
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)24
Omurice (オムライス)Oneshot
Latin Star (ラテンの星)24
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)42
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)30
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)9 (Color)
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)8
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)16
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)4 (Bichrome Color)

Omurice (オムライス)

Author: Kenji Katsurada (桂田健治)

Previous Work:
Created the 2 volume series High School Dropout Family Live!! (高校中退ファミリー 生きる!!) for Kodansha in 1991-1992.

Story:
In order to help the family restaurant, Masato has opened up a temporary food stall in the business district to provide lunches to the office workers. One of the frequent customers is a woman who is on her way to a promotion and she enjoys Masato’s omurice…


1997 – #19

Release Date: 9/17/1997

Cover Date: 10/1/1997

Total Issue #: 38

Cover: Emiri Henmi (辺見 えみり)

TitleChapter #
F.Compo26
Sommelier (ソムリエ)34
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)25
J – The Outlawyer36
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)10
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)16
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)9
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)31
We Are The Kinx1 (Color)
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
8
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)5
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)31
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)45
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)21
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)43
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)14
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)17
Latin Star (ラテンの星)25 (END)
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

We Are The Kinx

Author: Okada Yukio (岡田ユキオ)

Previous Work:
Created the 2 volume series Rintarou no Koi – Tsuusanshou Kachou Hosa (林太郎の恋 ―通産省課長補佐) in 1996 published by Kodansha.

Story:
Taku hopes to one day be able to paint on a canvas the way he sees a beautiful girl, when she looks at flowers, and the moment when he heart is a flutter. Until “Those people at the door are going to take me away” breaks down the illusion. When Taku meets a girl on the street corner wearing rabbit ears, his reality becomes eroded by this unseen world of fantasy and kinks.

The entire 9 chapter series is available digitally in Japan.


1997 – #20

Release Date: 10/1/1997

Cover Date: 10/15/1997

Total Issue #: 39

Cover: Mariya Yamada (山田 まりや)

TitleChapter #
F.Compo27
Sommelier (ソムリエ)35
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)26
J – The Outlawyer37
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)11
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)17
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)10
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)32
Ken the Sweeper (運び屋ケン)Oneshot
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)25
We Are The Kinx2
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
9
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)6
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)32
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)46
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)22
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)44
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)15
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)18
Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)2
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Ken the Sweeper (運び屋ケン)

Author: Akira Fukaya (深谷陽)

Previous Work:
Won the 26th Tetsuya Chiba Award for the General manga category for A Lovely Dining Table on God’s Island (神様の島の愛ある食卓) in 1994.

All Star Guest #40

Story:
An action-adventure drama about Ken the Sweeper, a man who will transport anything except drugs and weapons.

Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)

Author: Mitsuru Yaku (やくみつる)

Previous Work:
Creator of the 4-panel manga Paro Baseball News (パロ野球ニュース) which was being serialized at the time under various titles.

Story:
A collection of 4-panel manga stories talking about current events from the author’s prospective. Includes stories from his acquaintances from his TV appearances.

The full serialization of the standalone stories began with this issue.


1997 – #21

Release Date: 10/15/1997

Cover Date: 11/5/1997

Total Issue #: 40

Cover: Ryoko Hirosue (広末 涼子)

TitleChapter #
Hydra – Kuzuryū (九頭龍)1 (Color)
F.Compo28
Sommelier (ソムリエ)36
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)27
J – The Outlawyer38
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)12
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)18 (Color)
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)11
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)33
We Are The Kinx3
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
10
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)7
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)33
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)47
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)23
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)45
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)16
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)19
Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)3
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Hydra – Kuzuryū (九頭龍)

Author: Tadashi Ikuta (生田正)
Artist: Tetsuo Hara (原哲夫)


Previous Manga Allman Work:
Tetsuo Hara was the artist for the oneshot Chase -Pursuit- (チェイス -追跡-) as All Star Guest #23 in issue #2 in 1997.

Story:
An action story about Kazuma Yami, an ex-cop, who joins the yakuza gang to avenge his murdered parents and injured sister with his devilish-powered gun named the Hydra.

The story ran for a total of 9 chapters that were released about monthly.


1997 – #22

Release Date: 11/5/1997

Cover Date: 11/19/1997

Total Issue #: 41

Cover: Maiko Kikuchi (菊池麻衣子)

TitleChapter #
Sommelier (ソムリエ)37 (Color)
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)28
F.Compo29
J – The Outlawyer39
We Are The Kinx4
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)19
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)13
Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)4
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)46
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)34
Mellow! Mellow!!Oneshot (Color)
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)26
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)34
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)8
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)20
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)24
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)12
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)17
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
11
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)48

Mellow! Mellow!! – My School Girls –

Author: Masakazu Yamaguchi (山口譲司)

Previous Work:
Created To Heaven for the Kodansha magazine called Mr. Magazine in 1997. Would later create one of his more popular works, Birth (also known as Arm of Kannon) in 1998.

All Star Guest #41

Story:
A teacher chases down a reluctant female student who doesn’t want to go to the beach. What new dazzling pleasure will be encountered there?


1997 – #23

Release Date: 11/19/1997

Cover Date: 12/3/1997

Total Issue #: 42

Cover: Chiaki Hara (原千晶)

TitleChapter #
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)49 (Color)
Hydra – Kuzuryū (九頭龍)2
Sommelier (ソムリエ)38
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)29
F.Compo30
We Are The Kinx5
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)20
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)14 (Color)
Mitsuru Yara’s All MANDAN (やくみつるのオールMANDAN)5
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)47
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)35
Ice Player (アイスるひと)Oneshot
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)35
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)9
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)21
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)25
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)13
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)18
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
12
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Ice Player (アイスるひと)

Author: Kenji Katsurada (桂田健治)

Previous Manga Allman Work:
Created the oneshot Omurice (オムライス) in Manga Allman issue #18 in 1997.

Story:
A story about an ice hockey player.


1997 – #24

Release Date: 12/3/1997

Cover Date: 12/17/1997

Total Issue #: 43

Cover: Noriko Sakai (酒井 法子)

TitleChapter #
J – The Outlawyer40 (Color)
Sommelier (ソムリエ)39
Shonan Shokudo (湘南食堂)30
F.Compo31
Shimatsuya Jikenbo (始末屋事件簿)50
We Are The Kinx6
Takasugi Keiji Kibarimasu! (高杉刑事キバリます!)21
Odaiba Barbarians (お台場バーバリアンズ)15
Senkuu no Tamashii (戦空の魂)48
Tokyo Time Machine (東京タイムマシン)36
Omoide to Monday (思い出つまんで)27
Fukaiou ~ King of Fellatio ~ (不埒王 ~ King of Fellatio ~)Oneshot
Rusalka wa Kaeranai (ルサルカは還らない)36
Kedamono Company (けだもの会社)10
Kobo Daishi Master KUKAI (弘法大師空海)22
Tonosama Rookie (殿様ルーキー)26
Buddha Head (ブッダヘッド)14
Channel Q (チャンネルQ)19
SAMU Special Assistance Medical Corps. – Dr. Hizashi Mugentani
(SAMU特別援助医療隊 – Dr.無限谷陽)
13
Approximate listing used, may not be the correct order.

Fukaiou ~ King of Fellatio ~ (不埒王 ~ King of Fellatio ~)

Author: Takeshi Narumi (鳴海丈)
Artist: Shigeru Noda (のだしげる)

Previous Work:
The author Takeshi Narumi had previously wrote the story for Genocider Mami (完殺者真魅) in Monthly Shonen Jump in 1994.

The artist Shigeru Noda, previously worked on Takeru no Chikai (タケルの誓い) in 1991 for Shonen Gangan magazine published by Square Enix. He was also a former assistant to Hiroshi Motomiya and Tatsuo Kanai, both of which had series in Manga Allman. He would later be serialized in the magazine as 能田茂 with Nozaki Shuhei – Auditor of Aozora Bank (監査役 野崎修平).

All Star Guest #42

Story:
A story about an incident centered around the crotch!

The oneshot would have a sequel in the 9th issue of Manga Allman in 1998.


Manga Allman Issues by Year:

Information in this article is combined from various sources, in order to provide a more unified look at the Manga Allman magazine and the manga series within. As the magazine issues are no longer easily accessible to purchased or read, especially outside of Japan, there may be some missing or inaccurate information. When additional information about the series and the magazine becomes available, we will update this article. If you have additional resources that can help expand this article, please reach out to us as noted at the bottom of our Usage & Citations page.

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