Comments on: Fanime 2007 Day 3 http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2007/05/27/fanime-2007-day-3/ This is a Production web log for Broccoli Books. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Shizuki http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2007/05/27/fanime-2007-day-3/#comment-14350 Shizuki Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:21:24 +0000 http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2007/05/27/fanime-2007-day-3/#comment-14350 Luigi> Inui-sensei's new series Ratman is a complete original. From what I remember from the panels: It's about a boy who dreams about being a hero, but he doesn't think he'll make a cool hero because he's only 152cm. One day he gets kidnapped by an evil organization & is forced to become a villain. He wanted to use all the nuances of the word "rat" in English, and that's how he came up w/ the title. Luigi>
Inui-sensei’s new series Ratman is a complete original.

From what I remember from the panels:
It’s about a boy who dreams about being a hero, but he doesn’t think he’ll make a cool hero because he’s only 152cm. One day he gets kidnapped by an evil organization & is forced to become a villain.

He wanted to use all the nuances of the word “rat” in English, and that’s how he came up w/ the title.

]]> By: Luigi Siviero http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2007/05/27/fanime-2007-day-3/#comment-13695 Luigi Siviero Wed, 30 May 2007 12:21:18 +0000 http://www.bro-usa.com/bb_blog/2007/05/27/fanime-2007-day-3/#comment-13695 "Inui-sensei showed a color promo image of Ratman, a new manga series that will be running in Shounen Ace magazine starting in the August 2007 issue (June 26 release). He also had a copy of the 4-page preview manga that ran in the July 2007 issue, so we showed that as well." In Italy there is a comic book entitled Rat-Man. Could you say if the Ratman manga by Inui is a japan version of the italian Rat-Man? This is Rat-Man by Leo Ortolani: http://www.imd.it/Rat-Man/Indice.htm http://www.fumettidicarta.it/Garage_Ermetico/rat-man/leo_ortolani.htm “Inui-sensei showed a color promo image of Ratman, a new manga series that will be running in Shounen Ace magazine starting in the August 2007 issue (June 26 release). He also had a copy of the 4-page preview manga that ran in the July 2007 issue, so we showed that as well.”

In Italy there is a comic book entitled Rat-Man. Could you say if the Ratman manga by Inui is a japan version of the italian Rat-Man?

This is Rat-Man by Leo Ortolani:
http://www.imd.it/Rat-Man/Indice.htm
http://www.fumettidicarta.it/Garage_Ermetico/rat-man/leo_ortolani.htm

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