Source: Shogakukan Inc. Publisher Shogakukan Inc. celebrates both the 60th anniversary of the King of the Monsters and the 40th anniversary of their own Big Comic Original magazine with Big Comic Original: Godzilla Special Issue (???????????? ??????, Biggu Komikku Orijinaru Gojira Zookan-Go).
Cover dated August 10, 2014, the special edition brings together some of Japan`s top manga creators -- billed as "Earth`s strongest writing team!" -- to do their own takes on Godzilla. The lineup includes Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys), Koichi Masahara (nobody understands), Yasushi Hoshino (The Legend of the Gambler -- Tetsuya), Mochiru Hoshisato (Living Game), Kazuichi Hanawa (Doing Time), Naoki Karasawa (Inu Gundam), Akira Sasou (Kodomo no Kodomo), Daijiro Moroboshi (The Monkey King and other Chinese Legends) and Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma ½). The new GODZILLA from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures is on the cover of Shogakukan`s Big Comic No. 14 (???????????, Biggu Komikku 14-Go) with an illustration by Nampei Kaneko. The issue features the latest chapters of Big Comic`s serialized manga, including Golgo 13 and Blue Giant. Big Comic Original: Godzilla Special Issue Contents ? Naoki Urasawa Godzilla Pinup ? Monster King Godzilla: 60 Years ? 1 Page Color Feature: Identify the Godzilla Movie with Minoru Kawasaki (MONSTER X STRIKES BACK) ? Godzilla vs. Godzilla: Round-Table Discussion of Favorites ? Godzilla Fan Interviews: Ssci-Fi Author Baku Yumemakura, Musician Naozumi Masuko (Dohatsuten), Actor Shiro Sano (GODZILLA 2000)
? Stories Godzilla Blitzkrieg (????????, Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen) by Shinpei Ito Late Tokugawa Period Godzilla (?????, Bakumatsu Gojira) by Yasuo Otagaki Go For it, Our Megarogoji (?????????????, Ganbare Boku-ra no Megarogoji) by Naoki Karasawa
Kenichi Kitami: Godzilla and Me (??????? ??????, Kitami Kenichi no Boku to Gojira) by Kenichi Kitami Godzilla Couple (???????, Gojira Kappuru) by Keigo Shinzo It Was Lost One Day (???????, Itsuka Yara Reru) by Rumiko Takahashi Country of Godzilla (?????, Gojira no Kuni) by Kazuichi Hanawa Godzilla 1952 (??? 1952, Gojira 1952) by Yasushi Hoshino 2014: The First Suit Raids Again (2014 1???????, 2014 1-Go Suutsu no Gyakushuu) by Nobuyuki Hori and Yukio Miyama Memories of G (G????, G no Omoide) by Koichi Masahara Serizawa`s Lunch (???????, Serizawa-san no Ohiru) by Sensha Yoshida Sons of Godzilla (????????, Gojira no Musuko-Tachi) by Naoki Urasawa My Mothra (???????, Atashi no Mosura) by Tobira Oda Godzilla Friend (???????, Gojira Tomodachi) by Masahiko Kikuni Keep, Lend or Sell (???????, Toku Kaere Kashi) by Akira Sasou
Doshilla (???, Dojira) by Yasuhiko Takada Godzilla VS the Guardian of Kasai-bashi Bridge (???VS?????????, Gojira VS Kasaibashi Jizoo Tsuushoten-Gai) by Terry Yamamoto Because You Cry with Gyao (???????????, Kimi ga Gyaoo to Nakukara) by Mochiru Hoshisato This is Not Godzilla (??????????, Kore wa Gojirade wa Nai) by Nobuyuki Hori Savior Tooth (????????, Seibaato~Uusu) by Ippatu The Boy Who Saw Godzilla (????????, Gojira o Mita Shonen) by Daijiro Moroboshi Publisher: Shogakukan Inc. Language: Japanese Size: B5 Pages: 334 Cover Date: August 10, 2014 Release Date: July 10, 2014 Price: ?400 tax included (Approximately $3.93 US) Big Comic No. 14 Publisher: Shogakukan Inc. Language: Japanese Size: B5 Pages: 334 Cover Date: July 25, 2014 Release Date: July 10, 2014 Price: ?320 tax included (Approximately $3.14 US)
