Kick no Oni
| Kick no Oni | |
| キックの鬼 | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ikki Kajiwara |
| Illustrated by | Kentaro Nakajou |
| Published by |
Shōnen Gahosha Micchi Shuppan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Gahou |
| Published | 1969 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshifumi Hatano |
| Produced by | Masaharu Eto |
| Written by | Ikki Kajiwara |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network |
Tokyo Broadcasting System (Japan) Rede Record (Brazil)[1] |
| Original run | October 2, 1970[2] – March 26, 1971 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Kick no Oni (キックの鬼ー Kikku no Oni), lit. The Demon of Kickboxing is a manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou. It was based on the life of the kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura.[3]
History
Written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou , the manga was published in 1969 in the magazine Shonen Gaho. It received an anime television series in 1970 that ran until 1971 by Toei Animation.[1] Ikki Kajiwara is known for his other sports manga, one of them, Ashita no Joe, is illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba and was published between 1968 and 1973 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[4] The staff at Toei found it easier to animate Oni after gaining experience with physical contact sports anime Tiger Mask (also written by Kajiwara).[5]
Plot
The series chronicled the true story of Tadashi Sawamura, a former karate fighter who after being defeated by a kickboxer, decides to learn kickboxing.[1]
Cast
- Koji Asakura as Tadashi Sawamura
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Osamu Noguchi
- Michiko Nomura as Etsuko
- Minori Matsushima as Youko
- Yuuji Nishimoto as Hideki
References
- 1 2 3 Eduardo Torelli (October 2000). "Anos 70". Revista Henshin!. São Paulo: Editora JBC (21). ISSN 1518-3785.
- ↑ キックの鬼. Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ↑ Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (2015). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
- ↑ Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2010. ISBN 9781441155696.
- ↑ "キックの鬼 - Toei Animation". Toei-anim.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
External links
- Kick no Oni (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia