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新ナショナルキッド
Recopilación de historias cortas de Maruo.
210 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1996
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About the author
Suehiro Maruo
54 books359 followersSuehiro Maruo ( 丸尾 末広) is a Japanese manga author and illustrator.
Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15 he moved to Tokyo and began working for a bookbinder. At 17, he made his first manga submission to Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it was considered by the editors to be too graphic for the magazine's format and was subsequently rejected. Maruo temporarily removed himself from manga until November 1980 when he made his official debut as a manga artist in Ribon no Kishi (リボンの騎士) at the age of 24. It was at this stage that the young artist was finally able to pursue his artistic vision without such stringent restrictions over the visual content of his work. Two years later, his first stand-alone anthology, Barairo no Kaibutsu (薔薇色の怪物; Rose Colored Monster) was published.
Maruo was a frequent contributor to the legendary underground manga magazine Garo (ガロ).
Like many manga artists, Maruo sometimes makes cameo appearances in his own stories. When photographed, he seldom appears without his trademark sunglasses.
Though most prominently known for his work as a manga artist, Maruo has also produced illustrations for concert posters, CD Jackets, magazines, novels, and various other media. Some of his characters have been made into figures as well.
Though relatively few of Maruo's manga have been published outside of Japan, his work enjoys a cult following abroad.
His book Shōjo Tsubaki (aka Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show) has been adapted into an animated film (Midori) by Hiroshi Harada with a soundtrack by J.A. Seazer, but it has received very little release.
Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15 he moved to Tokyo and began working for a bookbinder. At 17, he made his first manga submission to Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it was considered by the editors to be too graphic for the magazine's format and was subsequently rejected. Maruo temporarily removed himself from manga until November 1980 when he made his official debut as a manga artist in Ribon no Kishi (リボンの騎士) at the age of 24. It was at this stage that the young artist was finally able to pursue his artistic vision without such stringent restrictions over the visual content of his work. Two years later, his first stand-alone anthology, Barairo no Kaibutsu (薔薇色の怪物; Rose Colored Monster) was published.
Maruo was a frequent contributor to the legendary underground manga magazine Garo (ガロ).
Like many manga artists, Maruo sometimes makes cameo appearances in his own stories. When photographed, he seldom appears without his trademark sunglasses.
Though most prominently known for his work as a manga artist, Maruo has also produced illustrations for concert posters, CD Jackets, magazines, novels, and various other media. Some of his characters have been made into figures as well.
Though relatively few of Maruo's manga have been published outside of Japan, his work enjoys a cult following abroad.
His book Shōjo Tsubaki (aka Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show) has been adapted into an animated film (Midori) by Hiroshi Harada with a soundtrack by J.A. Seazer, but it has received very little release.
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July 1, 2022
Maruo's gag comics are always his weakest work, rarely visually imaginative and never funny. Thankfully, New National Kid balances these out with some of his stronger pieces from Paranoia Star, but the real gem here is the story 'Sleeping Man': a scrambled retelling of Fritz Lang's M from inside the mind of Hans Beckert, marrying hard-edged expressionism, feverish surrealism, and the narrative of ETA Hoffmann's The Sandman. Cesare the Somnambulist, Midori the Camilla Girl, and the Nazi party all show up. Classic Maruo.
January 20, 2019
Parece que si no fetichisarian la violación no saben de qué escribir
May 14, 2021
Flojo pero le pongo tres estrellas por tener los santos bemoles de que salgan Hitler, Michael Jackson y M, el vampiro de Dusseldorf en un mismo comic. Pa morirse.
February 25, 2025
Laugh out loud funny!
June 2, 2012
Fomes las historias, pero los dibujos son la zorra
August 27, 2021
Aquesta obra és també molt fluixeta, és com si fos una evolució del "Gichi Gichi Kid", encara que una mica millorada. Seguint en l'estela d'altres obres, però potser aquí una mica més, trobem referències al cinema i la cultura occidentasl. També referències a la pròpia obra de Maruo: com quan a la història de "El durmiente" la nena de la nina recorda molt a "La niña de las camelias": mateix vestit, llaç... (una "lolita" vaja) i l'home és com si fos "M, el vampiro de Düsseldorf", de Fritz Lang. Seguint amb el surrealisme alemany, en una altra vinyeta, surt el reflexe en un ull d'un noi de negre amb un ganivet a la mà, com si fos la criatura de "El gabinete del Dr. Caligari"
"El Planeta de los japos" és finalment una historia interessant, que explica què hagués passat si la guerra s'hagués decantat cap al cantó oposat: si les dues bombes atòmiques s'haguessin llençat als EUA, si la rendició incondicional hagués estat la de l'exèrcit nord-americà, si s'hagués executat al general Mc. Arthur, si la població civil hagués estat massacrada per les forces d'ocupació japoneses, etc. Es tracta d'una visió molt crítica de la realitat, que et fa pensar en les coses des d'un altre punt de vista.
Però en general és un llibre força fluix la veritat, dels pitjors de l'autor. Dues estrelles...
"El Planeta de los japos" és finalment una historia interessant, que explica què hagués passat si la guerra s'hagués decantat cap al cantó oposat: si les dues bombes atòmiques s'haguessin llençat als EUA, si la rendició incondicional hagués estat la de l'exèrcit nord-americà, si s'hagués executat al general Mc. Arthur, si la població civil hagués estat massacrada per les forces d'ocupació japoneses, etc. Es tracta d'una visió molt crítica de la realitat, que et fa pensar en les coses des d'un altre punt de vista.
Però en general és un llibre força fluix la veritat, dels pitjors de l'autor. Dues estrelles...
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September 13, 2023
While I'm not enamored fully by Maruo's short stories here, there's still plenty to relish here. The two standout stories were "The Sleeping Man" which serves as a perverse adaptation of the film "M" by Fritz Lang, and "Planet of the Jap", an alternate history of post-WWII America if the Japanese had won (previously read this in the alternative manga collection, "Comics Underground Japan").
"The Sleeping Man" is an odd marriage of German surrealism with Maruo's signature grotesque style, but it works rather well. "Planet of the Japs" is up there as one of his more disturbing works, but because of how hard it leans into the ultranationalistic lens the story ultimately comes off as ruthlessly biting satire on the conditions of imperialism. The other stories in here aren't quite as memorable aside from Maruo's deliberately provocative art style. The opening story was pretty good as well since it's a hilarious contrast between classic shōnen and Maruo's utterly gory art style.
"The Sleeping Man" is an odd marriage of German surrealism with Maruo's signature grotesque style, but it works rather well. "Planet of the Japs" is up there as one of his more disturbing works, but because of how hard it leans into the ultranationalistic lens the story ultimately comes off as ruthlessly biting satire on the conditions of imperialism. The other stories in here aren't quite as memorable aside from Maruo's deliberately provocative art style. The opening story was pretty good as well since it's a hilarious contrast between classic shōnen and Maruo's utterly gory art style.
June 15, 2022
New National Kid, el segundo tomo recopilatorio editado por Otakuland con historias de Maruo, por suerte se eleva bastante sobre ese flojo DDT. Aquí las historias vuelven a tener esa suciedad de enfermedad del alma que tanto me gusta, mucho más perversas y oscuras.
October 23, 2017
This is where it's at. This is Maruo Suehiro at his finest. Not my absolute favorite but this is the real stuff. Love it.
December 12, 2019
na trenutke intrigantno, na trenutke skroz nerazumljivo, ponekad bizarno, dikod šokantno nikad dosadno.
December 19, 2024
some of maruo's classic probing tales of some of modernity's deepest wounds and some are just "well this is pretty fucked up huh?"
May 7, 2016
Este libro recopila varios de los relatos cortos del maestro del ero guro. Lo único que puedo deducir es que fueron relatos escritos durante los 90s.
Supuestamente, es la secuela de otro libro compilatorio llamado National kid, pero no tengo bien los datos.
Es una compilado un tanto irregular, donde el autor nos mete en historias un tanto surreales, donde puebla el humor negro (la saga de pecora, el cuderno dorado), pesadillas cyberpunks (los dos relatos con el titulo de Las hormigas electricas, Sojin), delirios de tipo sexual (N Ring Ichin) o simplemente historias con un sentimiento perverso detrás.
El arte de Maruo es sobresaliente, sobre todo cuando desea jugar con el delirio y el imaginario pesadillesco.
Destacan la impactante Hasta la vista Showa y el planeta de los japos, una ucronía genial, que plantea la idea de que japón derrotó a los estados unidos durante la segunda guerra mundial. Acá, Maruo hace una guerra no solo cuestionando parte de la bajada de linea de la ocupación durante la derrota, sino también pegandole un palo al ejercito japonés, que tenía muchas atrocidades en su haber.
Muy lejos del nivel de obras como Midori o La oruga, pero National Kid tiene belleza y relatos que se quedan en la retina. Por eso me corto las venas para que las laman los toros.
Supuestamente, es la secuela de otro libro compilatorio llamado National kid, pero no tengo bien los datos.
Es una compilado un tanto irregular, donde el autor nos mete en historias un tanto surreales, donde puebla el humor negro (la saga de pecora, el cuderno dorado), pesadillas cyberpunks (los dos relatos con el titulo de Las hormigas electricas, Sojin), delirios de tipo sexual (N Ring Ichin) o simplemente historias con un sentimiento perverso detrás.
El arte de Maruo es sobresaliente, sobre todo cuando desea jugar con el delirio y el imaginario pesadillesco.
Destacan la impactante Hasta la vista Showa y el planeta de los japos, una ucronía genial, que plantea la idea de que japón derrotó a los estados unidos durante la segunda guerra mundial. Acá, Maruo hace una guerra no solo cuestionando parte de la bajada de linea de la ocupación durante la derrota, sino también pegandole un palo al ejercito japonés, que tenía muchas atrocidades en su haber.
Muy lejos del nivel de obras como Midori o La oruga, pero National Kid tiene belleza y relatos que se quedan en la retina. Por eso me corto las venas para que las laman los toros.
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