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Skull Man
Cover of the Skull Man tankōbon, as published in Japan by Kodansha
スカルマン (Sukaru Man)
Genre
Superhero[1][2]
Manga
Written by
Shotaro Ishinomori
Published by
Kodansha
English publisher
NA:Ishimori Production
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic
Shōnen
Published
January 1970
Volumes
1
Manga
Written by
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Published by
Media Factory
English publisher
NA:Tokyopop
Magazine
Comic Alpha
Monthly Comic Flapper
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
April 7, 1998 – May 2001
Volumes
7
Live-action television film
Directed by
Makoto Yokoyama
Studio
Ishimori Productions
Original network
Fuji TV
Released
April 21, 2007
Runtime
30 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by
Takeshi Mori
Produced by
Kōji Yamamoto Yūki Mori Masahiro Yoshida Makoto Watanabe Jinichirō Koyama
Written by
Yutaka Izubuchi
Music by
Shirō Sagisu
Studio
Ishimori Entertainment Bones
Licensed by
NA:Sentai Filmworks
Original network
Fuji TV
English network
US:Anime Network
Original run
April 28, 2007 – July 22, 2007
Episodes
13
Manga
Written by
Meimu
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Magazine Z
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
May 2, 2007 – October 24, 2007
Volumes
2
Skull Man (Japanese: スカルマン, Hepburn: Sukaru Man) is a shōnen manga series created by Shotaro Ishinomori which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1970. The hero of the story, whose parents have been murdered, grows up to use his peculiar powers to take revenge. The original Skull Man was one of the first antiheroes to be seen in manga, someone who would sacrifice the lives of innocents in his quest for vengeance.
While developing the Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) TV series along with producer Toru Hirayama, Ishinomori created this manga as his own personal version, which the producers at Toei Company Ltd. used as the basis for the show.[which?] They made several changes to the content, as Ishinomori's original 100-page one-shot story was too dark and gruesome (even cerebral) for a show for all ages at the time.[citation needed]
In the late 1990s, after he had fallen ill, Ishinomori contacted manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto to do a remake (ambiguously a continuation) of his original one-shot manga.[3] This remake boasted an extensive, continuing storyline and more complex artwork (along with a tribute to Ishinomori in the final issue, with several of his famous characters gathered together).[citation needed] This was the manga that was presented in the US by Tokyopop. The original 1970 version was digitally released in English by Ishimori Productions in 2012.[4]
An animated TV series adaptation, produced by Ishimori Productions and animated by Bones, was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 28, 2007 to July 22, 2007.[citation needed]
^"Skull Man Manga from Tokyopop".
^"Tokyopop Licenses Skull Man Manga – AnimeNation Anime News Blog".
^Shimamoto, Kazuhiko (2002). The Skull man. Ishinomori, Shōtarō, 1938-1998., Yoshimoto, Ray. Los Angeles, Calif.: Tokyopop. ISBN 9781931514651. OCLC 52120460.
^"Skullman". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
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