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Skull Man

Skull Man
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Logo for the 2007 anime series
スカルマン
(Sukaru Man)
Genre Action, Mystery
Manga
Written by Shotaro Ishinomori
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Published January 1970
Manga
Written by Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Published by Media Factory
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Monthly Comic Alive
Original run April 7, 1998May 2001
Volumes 7
Live-action television film
Directed by Makoto Yokoyama
Original network Fuji TV
Released April 21, 2007
Anime television series
Directed by Takeshi Mori
Produced by Kōji Yamamoto
Written by Hiroshi Ohnogi (ep. 3–4, 8, 11)
Seishi Minakami (ep. 2, 5, 7, 12)
Shingo Takeba (ep. 10)
Yutaka Izubuchi (ep. 1, 6, 9, 13)
Music by Shirō Sagisu
Studio Bones
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network
Original run April 28, 2007July 22, 2007
Episodes 13
Manga
Written by Shotaro Ishinomori
Illustrated by Meimu
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Magazine Z
Original run May 2, 2007October 24, 2007
Volumes 2
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Skull Man (Japanese: スカルマン, Hepburn: Sukaru Man?) is a shōnen manga series created by Shotaro Ishinomori which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1970 and immediately caused a sensation. The hero of the story, whose parents have been murdered, grows up to use his peculiar powers to take revenge. The original Skull Man was one of the first antiheroes to be seen in manga, someone who would sacrifice the lives of innocents in his quest for vengeance. This darkness was what made the Skull Man so magnetic and successful.

While developing the Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) TV series along with producer Toru Hirayama, Ishinomori created this manga as his own personal version, which the producers at Toei Company Ltd. used as the basis for the show. They made several changes to the content, as Ishinomori's original 100-page one-shot story was too dark and gruesome (even cerebral) for a children's show.

In the late 1990s, after he had fallen ill, Ishinomori contacted manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto to do a remake (ambiguously a continuation) of his original one-shot manga. This remake boasted an extensive, continuing storyline and more complex artwork (along with a tribute to Ishinomori in the final issue, with several of his famous characters gathered together). This was the manga that was presented in the US by Tokyopop. The original 1970 version was digitally released in English by Ishimori productions in 2012. An animated TV series adaptation, produced by Bones and directed by Takeshi Mori, was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 28, 2007 to July 22, 2007.


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