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Ginga tea tins with cookies will be available for mail order from the Manga Museum on May 3rd!

https://manga-museum.stores.jp/

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hopeatiikeri · 8 days

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Coaster and tissue box from Yokote Masuda Manga Museum.

#hopeanuoli #silver fang #ginga nagareboshi gin #ginga #ginga collector #ginga collecting

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hopeatiikeri · 8 days

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Some items from Pop Up in Shosen Grande in Tokyo. Keychain, acrylic stand and a clear file.

#ginga collection #ginga #ginga nagareboshi gin #hopeanuoli #silver fang

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hopeatiikeri · 2 months

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New Gin coasters will be available on the Manga Museum's online shop March 16! https://manga-museum.stores.jp/items/65d2e28951afd1019895fad5

You will need a proxy to order outside of Japan. A guide can be found at https://gingamerch.com/shop/buying-from-japan/

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hopeatiikeri · 2 months

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Yes, there's at least one other coloring or activity book! I've never seen this one personally for sale and don't know about it's content but it surely seems to be by Seika Note as well!

One of the two known coloring & activity books from GNG by Seika Note. Estimated from the logo used in the book this is from the 90's. Finally was able to get one on my collection. Not the perfect condition but still really neat! Paid wayyyy too much for this one but having already lost one auction for the coloring book I really wanted to get one.

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hopeatiikeri · 2 months

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One of the two known coloring & activity books from GNG by Seika Note. Apparently from '86. Finally was able to get one on my collection. Not the perfect condition but still really neat! Paid wayyyy too much for this one but having already lost one auction for the coloring book I really wanted to get one.

#ginga nagareboshi gin #hopeanuoli #silver fang #ginga collection #ginga collector #ginga collecting

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hopeatiikeri · 2 months

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Weekly Manga Goraku [2/2, 2024] (Ginga Densetsu: Requiem) Interested to see where the story goes! This is mentioned to be the last one of the series. Old Gin and Daisuke being reunited makes my heart so happy.

#ginga #ginga nagareboshi gin #hopeanuoli #silver fang

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hopeatiikeri · 2 months

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Monthly Shonen Jump [5/1984, #198405]

Magazine that has colored comic pages and merch ad. As well as SSY featured in cover! I am more of a Ginga-series collector but this was such a nice piece of history. I'm a sucker for colored pages and old 80's merchandise that has been lost over the years.

#hopeanuoli #silver fang #ginga #shiroi senshi yamato #monthly shonen jump

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hopeatiikeri · 3 months

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Took some drawing suggestions on Instagram and wild Kyo appeared in the comments.

#ginga densetsu weed #ginga #ginga fanart

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hopeatiikeri · 3 months

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New Ginga series has just been announced! Ginga Densetsu: Requiem

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hopeatiikeri · 4 months

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Having a bit of an art block but have some recent Ginga fanart.

#ginga #ginga nagareboshi gin #hopeanuoli #silver fang #ginga fanart

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hopeatiikeri · 5 months

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Interview with Yoshihiro Takahashi (Anime magazine #133, 7 / 2023 )

Translator note: This is fan translation from Finnish to English. Please understand there might be some mistakes as English is not my first language, thank you! Please enjoy ♥ --------------

The companion of righteous dog warriors Interview with Yoshihiro Takahashi

Attention! Contains spoilers from the Ginga series!

Originally published in 1983-1987, Ginga Nagareboshi Gin also known as Silver Fang hardly needs to be introduced because Silver Fang and other Ginga-series have won the hearts of Finnish audience since the 80s, their creator Yoshihiro Takahashi is one of the most loved mangaka in Finland. At the end of last summer, Finnish fans were delighted to hear that Takahashi would visit Helsinki from 15th to 18h of September.

Japanese Yokote Masuda Manga Museum, which organized the visit, held an exhibition that presented the mangaka's original drawings from the series at the Kamppi, Muji store. Located in the city of Yokote, Akita Prefecture, the museum keeps the world's largest collection of Takahashi's original works. The mangaka himself is also from Akita, more specifically from a small village in Higashinaruse. During the exhibition, Takahashi met his fans at the autograph session. There was also reason to celebrate as the mangaka turned 70 during the visit. Silver Fang manga also turns 40 this year.

On Thursday, before the big autograph signing, Anime magazine got a rare opportunity to talk with Takahashi about his life - and of course about dogs. Mangaka joyfully met the representatives of Anime together with the museum director Oishi Takashi and founder of Komachi Consulting, Minako Lakso. Sangatsu Manga's editorial manager Antti Valkama acted as an interpreter.

In his career, Takahashi has created manga series on various topics, but the success of Silver Fang made him a true "dog mangaka". As one of the inspirations of his youth Takahashi mentions Kyuuta Ishikawa (1940-2018), who created dog and wolf mangas in the 60s and 70s. - Although Ishikawa drew the dogs much more realistically than I did. My dogs are a lot more expressive and cartoonish. Later, Takahashi met Ishikawa's assistant, Seiichi Ikeuchi, by chance. The two became friends through a shared hobby of golf, and Ikeuchi also draws especially golf-focused sports manga. Takahashi laughs that like Ishikawa, Ikeuchi tried to make a dog manga back in the day, but didn't succeed as well as he did with the golf manga.

Dogs have played a major role in Takahashi's stories as well as in everyday life. Different breeds and their the personalities have become familiar to him. From his youth, he fondly remembered the family's Akita mix named Kuro. Kuro (translated as Black) was Takahashi's brother-like partner. Akitas are considered challenging and difficult to approach, because they don't express their emotions as clearly as most other breeds. But Takahashi didn't have trouble understanding Kuro. - Once, I think I was 5 years old, a traveling shoe salesman came to our home. When the salesman stood in the hall, Kuro and I watched what he was doing. When the shopkeeper jokingly decided to grab me, Kuro growled at the man. Otherwise it didn't react to anything, but the child had to be protected. Takahashi learned from Kuro that important things to you should be protected. This is transmitted clearly in his works. During Takahashi's adulthood, the family has included, among other things, a Labrador retriever and a wolf-dog hybrid (mentioned to also have german shepherd and husky in their heritage) imported from the United States. In Finland, a hybrid between a dog and a wolf can not have more than 12.5% wolf, but in Japan no dog breed or cross between dog and wolf is directly denied. Because Takahashi's hybrid arrived to Japan when it was two years old and well trained, there were no major difficulties in importation. They say the dog ran away sometimes, but in the end it always came back home.

When it comes to dogs in his works, Takahashi chooses a breed according to the personality of the character. In terms of stories, his favorite breed is the German Shepherd thanks to their sense of justice, but also their stubborn pride and edginess. Based on his long experience, writing male dogs is natural for him, but with productive female characters mangaka has difficulties. Besides Cross from Silver Fang and Lydia from Ginga Densetsu Weed (1999-2009, in Finland only known as Weed), female warriors are rare in the series. Timidly Takahashi says that he tries his best when it comes to female characters, although they are difficult to write. However, he is satisfied with Lydia thanks to character's multidimensionality.

In addition to challenging female characters, Takahashi has had to make difficult choices on character's fate. The death of the loved German Shepherd John was a difficult thing even for the mangaka. Readers especially give feedback when a character dies. Takahashi remembers an incident that happened when he visited Animecon in Kuopio in 2012. A fan who had just read about John's death in the Japanese manga came to the autograph session. According to Takahashi, the part in question was not yet published in Finland. John suffered a long and painful death in WEED. However, characteristically, John did not break mentally. Takahashi says the reader was angry that he killed John. - I then asked them if John's death wasn't just the right way for him. They then admitted that that was exactly how John would have wanted to die. Proud to the end. The violence of the Ginga series has attracted attention in Finland since Silver Fang arrived here in 1989 with four VHS parts. The publisher once tried to tone down Takahashi so that the series wouldn't become too much bloody. Takahashi suspects that the publishing house was probably afraid that they would get complaints of violence. Takahashi laughs that the story must have a good action. In the end, he heard no complaints from the publisher. - Readers perceive violence differently when it happens between animals than if the same would happen between people.

Regarding character deaths, Takahashi reveals that when he wrote Silver Fang, he wanted to kill all three of Kai brothers in one go. They were meant to die in the final battle between Ouu's dog army and the monster bear Akakabuto. But the publisher did not agree to this and in the end only the eldest brother Akatora experienced the bloody death. Despite the violence, Takahashi does not want his works to be, like many adult directed series, too attention catching, but there had to be some sort of moral limit. From this the works have been praised. Takahashi remembers meeting a Japanese older woman who had praised Silver Fang and stated that every student should read it.

Takahashi encapsulates the message of Ginga series to themes of justice and love. By love, he means more of companionship and caring. The themes of companionship and loyalty come up often In Takahashi's works. We asked if the history of Japan and bushidou perhaps inspired him. - In my hometown of Higashinaruse, there were stories about samurai and battles. I might have had them in the family, so I guess I have such ideas in the back of my mind. When thinking about the history of his home region, Takahashi remembers a memory from his childhood of the bear carcass he saw. In the countryside of Akita, it was common to display hunted bears for the whole village. One time the hunters had brought down a particularly large bear that was being kept displayed on the platform of a small truck. The sight of this huge beast remained permanently in the little boy's mind.

The nature of Japan's largest island, North Honshu, reminds Takahashi of Finnish nature. The mangaka thinks that the milieu that looks familiar and both cultural encounters with bears are part of the reason why the Ginga series have so many fans in Finland. Finnish readers' devotion to his works has made a great impression on Takahashi. The most ardent fans have even traveled Akita to see Takahashi's hometown. - I am taken and grateful that the Finnish readers have welcomed my manga so well. Thank you very much for your support.

Anime wishes 70-year-old Takahashi a long life and success. Mette Pesonen

#ginga nagareboshi gin #hopeanuoli #ginga densetsu weed #yoshihiro takahashi #ginga #interview #translation

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hopeatiikeri · 6 months

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