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Kazumasa Hirai
Born(1938-05-13)May 13, 1938
DiedJanuary 17, 2015(2015-01-17) (aged 76)
NationalityJapanese
GenreScience fiction
Notable works8 Man, Genma Wars, Wolf Guy
Website
wolfguy.com

Kazumasa Hirai (平井 和正, Hirai Kazumasa, May 13, 1938 – January 17, 2015)[1] was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer from Yokosuka, Kanagawa. He graduated from Yokosuka Industrial High School and the law department of Chuo University. Hirai is well known for his SF-manga work. He is the creator of 8 Man (aka 8th Man in the USA) and was well known as the story creator of the 1960s manga series "Genma Taisen" (Genma Wars) about a hero with psychokinetic powers and his battle against a space villain called Genma. Hirai wrote stories for the Wolf Guy comic series, and also published comics co-authored with cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori that were later adapted into an animated film in 1983.[2][3]

Works available in English translation

Novel
Short story

Works

Novels

  • Adult Wolf Guy Series [11 volumes]
  1. Ookamiotoko da yo (He's a Werewolf!, 1969)
  2. Ookami yo, kokyou wo mi yo (1973)
  3. Rio no Ookamiotoko (1973)
  4. Jinrou Jigoku (Wolf Guy Inferno, 1974)
  5. Jinrou Sensen (Wolf Guy Front, 1974)
  6. Ookami wa nakazu (1974)
  7. Jinrou Hakusho (Wolf Guy Report, 1976)
  8. Jinrou Tenshi {3volumes} (Wolf Angel, 1978–1980)
  9. Wakaki Ookami no Shouzou (Portrait of a Young Wolf, 1979)
  • Wolf Guy Series [19 volumes]
  1. Ookami no Monshō (Wolfcrest, 1971)
  2. Ookami no Enka (1972)
  3. Ookami no Requiem {2volumes} (1975)
  4. Ougon no Shoujo {5volumes} (Golden Girl, 1985–1994)
  5. Inugami Akira {10volumes} (1994–1995)
  • Gekkou Majutsudan Series [30 volumes]
  1. Gekkou Majutsudan {12volumes} (Moonlight Magic, 1996–1998)
  2. Wolf Guy DNA {12volumes} (1999–2000)
  3. Genma Taisen DNA {6volumes} (Genma Wars DNA, 2002)
  • Wolf Guy Extra Volumes
  1. Wolfrando ~ Ookami no Sekai (Wolfland ~ The World of the Wolf, 1976)
  2. Megami Henshou (1988)
  • Zombie Hunter (1972)
  • Zombie Hunter 2 (1976)
  • Zombie Hunter 3 (1978)
  • New Genma Wars (1978)
  • Real Genma Wars (1980-1985)
  • Genma Wars (1979-1983)
  • Armageddon (1987)
  • Armageddon Girl（The Girl in Harmagedon (closet screenplay) ハルマゲドンの少女） (1986)
  • Genma Wars deep (2005)
  • Genma Wars deep Toltec (2008)
  • Chikyuuju no Megami (1988-1992)
  • Crystal Child (1997)
  • Sono hi no gogo, Hôdaiyama de (2004)
  • Infinity Blue (2002)
  • Blue Series
  1. Blue Highways (2002)
  2. Blue Lady (2005)
  • Jikuu bôsô kimagure Bus (2001)
  • Wayward Bus (2003)
  • Stray Sheep (2003)
  • Abduction (2003)
  • Silence (2003)
  • Shade (2003)
  • Capricious (2003)

Manga

References

  1. ^ "Sci-fi writer Kazumasa Hirai dies at 76". Mainichi Shimbun. January 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Thompson, Jason (19 August 2010). "Episode XV: Spider-Man: The Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Sci-fi writer Kazumasa Hirai dies at 76". Mainichi Shimbun. January 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

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