Go Nagai
September 6th, 1945, Go Nagai (永井 豪; Nagai Go) is a Japanese mangaka and an important innovator of the genre.
When he was 20 he created 'Kuro No Shishi' ('Black Lion').
In his series Harenchi Gakuen (ハレンチ学園, Shameless School, 1968-1972, Shônen Jump magazine) Nagai used eroticism in children's comics for first time in Japan thus breaking taboos and becoming quite controversial. Its violence and gross humour were also widely loathed in many corners of Japan's society. The series ended dramatically: all the characters died during a massacre.
In 1970, Go Nagai started a company, Dynamic Productions, to fund his manga and anime ventures. The first titles of DP were Getter Robo and Abashiri Ikka (あばしり一家, Abashiri Family).
After Harenchi Gakuen Nagai created the Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ, as well Majinga Z) series, later expanded to Great Mazinger and God Mazinger, where he developed the concept of giant mecha. This idea happened to be amazingly productive in many television programmes in his country.
Simultaneously to 'Mazinger', he created one of his most popular series, Debiruman (デビルマン, Devilman), about a hero having spectacular fights against awesome hordes of demons. 'Debiruman' is a cult event in Japan. Go Nagai later revamped this popular series by introducing the main character as a female and altering the storyline. This series is called Devilman Lady (デビルマンレディー, Devil Lady in the U.S.). It was first released as a manga and then later as an anime just as Devilman. Go Nagai considers the Devilman series, as well as the Mazinger series, as being his life's work due to their massive popularity all over the world.
Nagai has worked with Ishimori Shotaro and Getter Robo G (ゲッタロボG)
- UFO Robo Grendizer (UFOロボグレンダイザー)
- Kotetsu Jeeg (鋼鉄ジーグ)
- Gaiking
- Cutey Honey (キューティーハニー)
