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Today in Manga History

March 31st, 1986

Crying Freeman begins serialization in Big Comic Spirits

Written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami

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March 30th, 1968

The Star of the Giants, also known as Kyojin no Hoshi anime premieres. It is the first sports anime.

Based on the manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki

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March 27th, 1992

The first Video Girl Ai OVA is released.

Based on the manga by Masakazu Katsura

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March 26th, 1986

The Maison Ikkoku anime premieres.

Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi

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March 25th, 1970

Ode to Kirihito begins serialization in Big Comic. Tezuka considered it his favorite work that he made.

Written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka

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March 24th, 1985

The anime for Touch premieres. It is one of the highest rated anime television series of all time.

Based on the manga by Mitsuru Adachi

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March 23rd, 1999

Paradise Kiss begins serialization in Zipper

Written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa

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March 22nd, 1987

The Hiatari Ryoko! anime premieres. The series is one of Adachi’s shoujo works.

Based on the manga by Mitsuru Adachi

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March 21st, 1988

Jungle King Tar-chan begins serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump

Written and illustrated by Masaya Tokuhiro

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March 18th, 1982

Magical Princess Minky Momo premieres. It was influential on the new age of magical girl series in the 1980s.

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama

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March 15th, 1991

Future GPX Cyber Formula  premieres

Directed by Mitsuo Fukuda

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March 14th, 1978

Space Pirate Captain Harlock makes its anime debut

Based on the Manga by Leiji Matsumoto

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March 14th, 1988

The Moeru! Onii-san anime premieres. It also received a spin-off OVA.

Based on the manga by Tadashi Satou

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March 14th, 1988

Bastard!! The Dark God of Destruction begins serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump. The manga is ongoing and now runs in Ultra Jump. Bastard!! is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump’s best-selling manga series of all time, having sold over 30 million copies.

Written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara

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March 13th, 1994

The Marmalade Boy anime premieres. It adds characters and a new story at the end that differs from the manga

Based on the manga by Wataru Yoshizumi

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March 13th, 1984

Kimagure Orange Road begins serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump. The series is associated with the first “Golden Age of Jump” and was influential on shounen romance manga.

Written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto

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March 12th, 1983

The Crusher Joe movie premieres. It would also inspire two sequel OVAs and manga.

Based on the novels by Haruka Takachiho