#Yoshihiro Takahashi

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We often get comments about how surprised people are that Ginga is still ongoing. It's true!

If you are interested in learning more about the series after GDW, we have some more info at https://silverfangnetwork.com/new/

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*SPOILERS FOR GINGA DENSETSU REQUIEM*

Or not because this image isn't really hiding much tbh. But yes for those not keeping up with the recent Ginga manga unfortunately George dies, killed by a bear after taking its eye out in a scene directly meant to parallel Akatora's death in GNG. So here he is reunited with his father and sister in the afterlife

Also I'm experimenting a more sketchy art style which is less detailed and more messy but helps me get art done faster. Depending on the feedback I get I may do it more often

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Yoshihiro Takahashi visiting Finland with Yokote Masuda Manga Museum! Amazing small art exhibition and possibility to get a signature as well!

Couldn't be happier!

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Ginga is so funny because there will be a shot of adorable baby puppy Gin and it has the most ominous caption

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Realized I never posted my screenshot traces/edits here. I wanted to update them with my own designs for the characters (love the og but you know, wanted to do my own spin)

Ken, George and Minnie And then Kagetora and his two brothers Nobutora and Harutora

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I don't care that like 90% of the GDW soundtrack including this one was plagiarized from other media it fucking slaps

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Yoshihiro Takahashi on nyt Stadissa käymässä ja sain hänen nimmarinsa + muuta kamaa!

Mangaka of Ginga Nagareboshi Gin is visiting Finland! I got his autograph + other stuff!

Edit: Nimmareita voi saada myös maanantaina!

You can also get autographs at Monday!

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I think Ginga and Helluva Boss both have the Same Problem within the way they tend to portray their own Female Characters.

Ginga is more carved into Ancient World Wars especially on how accurate you think Japanese Folktales might be about Honorable Soldiers and Damsels in Distresses (at least that's one accurate thing that the franchise tends to follow through, even if it may not be sexist sometimes)

But Helluva Boss is absolutely a Wattpad Gay fanfic that flushed all the potential down for a Comedy Show where the Females are supposed to make the Males superior.

Now listen ☝️😤

I know you’re technically right, but Ginga is just so goofy and fun (GNG and certain parts of the other mangas, TLW onward can burn) that I can’t help but enjoy it 😤

And Yoshihiro Takahashi is at least honest and upfront with his ideals of men protecting women (not that it stops us in the fandom from making tough female ocs anyway, gotta get back to my fanfic 😭). Vivzie and folks like her say they’re #Woke and progressive but ironically pull the same thing because they obsess over (gay) men and don’t give a crap about women even in a “they need to be protected by stronger men” sense. But that’s getting a little psychoanalytical and I’m no psychologist 😩

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“The mountains are calling.” (Edited)

HAPPY 38TH ANNIVERSARY TO MY FAVORITE ANIME OF ALL TIME, GINGA: NAGAREBOSHI GIN!!!

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My contribution to Suomen Hopeanuoli-Fanit Ry's 2023 wall calendar! Featuring beautiful fanmade artworks from the GNG and GDW animes from 13 mega talented artists, this was a spectacular community project to be involved in!!!! My piece will be featured on January's pagespread and features the dual of ideals between Kyo and Weed 💙❄️

Interaction is never mandatory but always super super appreciated! 💜 サンキュー！✨

Find me on Instagram and Tumblr 💕

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Mr. Shirogane

Plus bonus TopSangyo plushie version of him

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

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blursed idea- draw famous cartoon dogs in Ginga style

All Redbubble links here

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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

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Images done for Call Of The Wild (2020) done by Yoshihiro Takahashi

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Man does anybody remember these side characters from GNG's Wolf Arc? I can only find these two panels, nothing on the wiki either, so weird.

(experimental edits and Ginga Style practice with Gray and Silver)