Kick no Oni

Kick no Oni
キックの鬼
Manga
Written by Ikki Kajiwara
Illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou
Published by Shōnen Gahosha
Micchi Shuppan
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Shōnen Gahou
Published 1969
Volumes 6
Anime television series
Directed by Yoshifumi Hatano
Produced by Masaharu Eto
Written by Ikki Kajiwara
Studio Toei Animation
Network Tokyo Broadcasting System (Japan)
Rede Record (Brazil)[1]
Original run October 2, 1970[2] – March 26, 1971
Episodes 26

Kick no Oni (キックの鬼ー Kikku no Oni), lit. The Demon of Kickboxing is a manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou. It was based on the life of the kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura.[3]

History

Written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou , the manga was published in 1969 in the magazine Shonen Gaho. It received an anime television series in 1970 that ran until 1971 by Toei Animation.[1] Ikki Kajiwara is known for his other sports manga, one of them, Ashita no Joe, is illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba and was published between 1968 and 1973 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[4] The staff at Toei found it easier to animate Oni after gaining experience with physical contact sports anime Tiger Mask (also written by Kajiwara).[5]

Plot

The series chronicled the true story of Tadashi Sawamura, a former karate fighter who after being defeated by a kickboxer, decides to learn kickboxing.[1]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eduardo Torelli (October 2000). "Anos 70". Revista Henshin!. São Paulo: Editora JBC (21). ISSN 1518-3785.
  2. ↑ キックの鬼. Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (2015). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
  4. ↑ Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2010. ISBN 9781441155696.
  5. ↑ "キックの鬼 - Toei Animation". Toei-anim.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


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