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Monkey Punch (????ˇ??? Monki Panchi) is the pen name of mangaka
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 Kazuhiko Kato (???? Kato Kazuhiko, born May 26 1937), creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III
Lupin III

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
. He was born in Hamanakacho
Hamanaka, Hokkaido

is a Towns of Japan located in Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Kushiro Subprefecture Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Hokkaido. As of December 31, 2007 it has an estimated population of 6,974 and an area of 427.68 km?....
, Hokkaido
Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
.

Kato first started to work as a mangaka
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 under the pen name Kazuhiko Kato (???? Kato Kazuhiko, pronounced the same as his real name, but written with different characters) for a publisher that specialized in rental books and magazines.






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Monkey Punch (????ˇ??? Monki Panchi) is the pen name of mangaka
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 Kazuhiko Kato (???? Kato Kazuhiko, born May 26 1937), creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III
Lupin III

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
. He was born in Hamanakacho
Hamanaka, Hokkaido

is a Towns of Japan located in Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Kushiro Subprefecture Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Hokkaido. As of December 31, 2007 it has an estimated population of 6,974 and an area of 427.68 km?....
, Hokkaido
Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
.

Kato first started to work as a mangaka
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 under the pen name Kazuhiko Kato (???? Kato Kazuhiko, pronounced the same as his real name, but written with different characters) for a publisher that specialized in rental books and magazines. In 1965, he made his debut with "Playboy School" (????????, Pureboi nyumon), writing under the name of Eiji Gamuta (????? Gamuta Eiji). Subsequently, he changed his pen name to Monkey Punch, which he intended only as a throwaway name, but it stuck.

His manga series Lupin III
Lupin III

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
 made its debut in 1967 in the first issue of the Japanese magazine Weekly Manga Action
Weekly Manga Action

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha since 7 July 1967....
 (WEEKLY???????). It became extremely popular and successful, being turned later into an animated series and yielding several movies by various directors (including Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki

is a prominent filmmaker of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company....
.)

Monkey Punch has acknowledged the influence of Mad Magazine artists Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker

Mortimer "Mort" Drucker is a cartoonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Drucker is a skilled caricaturist, whose work has been a centerpiece of Mad Magazine for decades....
 and Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés

Sergio Aragon?s Domenech is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer....
 on his work.

List of works

  • 1962
    • Number 5 + a
    • GUN hustler
    • Rebellious child
    • List the criminal
    • Open homicide
    • Clandestine work
    • The man who does not have the shadow
    • The person whom it utilizes
    • Vengeance (Kazuhiko Kato)
    • Ghost story guy (Kazuhiko Kato)
  • 1965
    • Playboy school (Eiji Gamuta)
    • Needless axle of wilderness
    • The pink guard... necessary blues of shooting
    • Out soda pop (Monkey Punch)
  • 1967
    • The Ginza whirlwind child
    • Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
  • 1968
    • Western samurai
  • 1969
    • Pandora
  • 1970
    • Spy nobility
    • Document mania
    • Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
       Transmission outside       (???????)
    • TAC TICS
  • 1971
    • Multiple
    • Mysterious human jaguar man
    • Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
       new adventure       (?????ˇ???)
  • 1972
    • The Siamese Cat
    • Mahaa man
    • Monsieur Koga
    • KEY
  • 1973
    • Sufficiently Motivated
    • Decoy house Slug
    • Venus of diamond
  • 1974
    • I am Casanova Ha
    • Color girl
    • Isshuku Ippan
    • Lupin
      Lupin

      Lupin, often spelled lupine in North America, is the common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the legume family . The genus comprises between 200-600 species, with major centers of diversity in South America and western North America - ) and - in the Mediterranean region and Africa....
       the Kid
  • 1976
    • Little Dracula
    • UP-UP balloon
  • 1977
    • New Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
    • The Reverse Aesop's Fables (???????)
    • Transparent gentleman
  • 1978
    • Time agent
    • Kaiketsu Zero
  • 1980
    • Cinderella Boy
      Cinderella Boy

      Cinderella Boy is an anime created by Monkey Punch that follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town"....
       (????????)
    • Boy
  • 1981
    • Hauler Holmes
  • 1982
    • Space venture party Mechavenjure
    • Another work from Cinderella Boy
      Cinderella Boy

      Cinderella Boy is an anime created by Monkey Punch that follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town"....
       & description above (????????)
  • 1983
    • Roller boy
    • Lucky monkey
  • 1984
    • SEXY Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
       (SEXY???ˇ3)
    • The English conversation maneuvers of Lupin III
      Lupin III

      is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
       (???????????)
  • 1986
    • Pinky Punky (???? ????)
    • Dirty Joke(???? ????)
    • Robot Baseball Team Scrappers (????????????/???????????)
  • 1991
    • Scramble saber kids
  • 1997
    • Thousand night one night story
    • Mankatsu
    • MUSASHI -Way of the GUN-
      Musashi Gundoh

      is a Japanese anime television series, based on the story by Monkey Punch. It premiered in Japan on the satellite station BS-i on April 9, 2006, and is also set to be broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network Animax from October 2006....
       (MUSASHI -GUN?-)


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