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Hiroshi Motomiya Launches New Manga About Politician Korekiyo Takahashi in December
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The first 2023 issue of Takeki Ōgon no Kuni: Takahashi Korekiyo, in the magazine's second 2023 issue on December 21.
The historical manga will focus on politician Korekiyo Takahashi, who is credited for pulling Japan out of the great economic depression with his controversial financial policies. The manga's tagline teased, "How is the life of the man who saved Japan from economic crisis many times like!?"
Motomiya's Takeki Ōgon no Kuni manga series was serialized in Shueisha's launched in Grand Jump in October 2021.
Previous manga in this series have centered on Yatarō Iwasaki in 1990, Dōsan in 2000, Munenori Yagyū in 2010, and Tadataka Inō from November 2020 to July 2021.
Motomiya debuted as a manga artist in 1965. Many of his other manga — such as inspired a live-action film that opened in November 2019.
Motomiya's popular Arts Magic released in North America.
Source: Grand Jump 2023 issue 1 and website
