UCHU ENBAN DAISENSO: THE MANGA

Thanks to help of a japanese friend, I had the chance to post scans of the manga of Uchu Enban Daisenso, which is quite rare, since it was published in august 1975 on a TV Magazine, and no more after that.






here are some news about manga, which Ryo Hirokawa sent to me:

Citation :

This manga is entitled "Uchu Emban Daisenso (宇宙円盤大戦争) " appeared in the special issue of TeleviMagazin published in Aug 1975. This is a tie-up of TOEI's original movie which has the same title. The movie was shown in July 1975 in Japan.

Uchu Emban Daisenso is a pilot version of Grendizer. Characters, Robots and concepts in the movie were brushed up for Grendizer.

And also:

Citation :

1. The drawer is Megumu Matumoto. （松本めぐむ）
The name Megumu Matumoto is Akira Oze's old pen name.　（尾瀬あきら）


2. The Movie "Uchu Enban Daisenso" was released on July 26, 1975.
Comics version was published on July 15, 1975. This comics is included
in the special August's issue of TV Magazin. Drawing this comics and
making the movie are done at the same time.

Toei animation has released a movie about UFO, "Kore ga UFO da! Sora
tobu enban" (this title means "This is the UFO! Flying Saucers"), on
March 25, 1975. At that time, UFO is the very popular. This movie got
a favorable reception.

Then Toei animation released "Uchu Enban Daisenso", because both
UFO and big robot such as Mazinger Z won popularity. At this time,
the stuff did not have a plan to make Grendizer.

If you want to join us to see complete scan, here is the discussion:

http://gonagai.forumfree.it/?t=52955588

Thanks a lot!

Amazing Issota! Thanks to share this masterpiece with us, and thanks to your friend too.

Moreover, it's a good thing to talk again about Go Nagai on this forum

Realy fantastic !!!

Bravo! Finally we get to see the manga, thanks a lot to u and to ur friend :)

Wow realy nice cover, thanks a lot!!!!

I'm happy you liked it!

I love that manga.. above all for the idea itself, of the beginning of everything..
I find drawings pleasant and characters well defined.. I think that Duke Fleed is more similiar to the one of the anime, than the OAV.

Merci