Kerberos & Tachiguishi

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Kerberos & Tachiguishi


caption = Compilation volume cover
ja_name = ケルベロスＸ立喰師 腹腹時計の少女
ja_name_trans = Keruberosu Ekusu Tachiguishi: Harahara-dokei No Shoujo
genre = Science Fiction, ActionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Sugiura
publisher = flagicon|Japan Tokuma Shoten
magazine = Monthly Comic Ryu
demographic = Seinen
first = 2006
last = 2007
volumes = 1Infobox animanga/Other
title = Related
content = "The Red Spectacles"
"Tachiguishi-Retsuden"

nihongo|"Kerberos & Tachiguishi"|ケルベロスＸ立喰師 腹腹時計の少女|Keruberosu Ekusu Tachiguishi Harahara-dokei No Shoujo|Kerberos and Tachiguishi: Young Lady's Abdomen Biological Clock is a "Kerberos saga" manga written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Mamoru Sugiura.

Plot

The story focuses on Foxy Croquette O-Gin, the legendary female Fast Food Grifter ("tachiguishi") also known as Young Lady (少女, "shōjo") in "The Red Spectacles".
*Act.1: 鉄の服
*Act.2 ﾋﾟﾝの道と針の道
*Act.3 大きな猫と母さんの肉 Pt.1
*Act.4 大きな猫と母さんの肉 Pt.2
*Act.5 小鳥と母さんの血
*Act.6 狼の家 Pt.1
*Act.7 狼の家 Pt.2

Overview

The Kerberos saga manga sidestories were unveiled in "Monthly Comic Ryu vol.1", issued in September 2006. The Kerberos and Tachiguishi joint universe first appeared in "While Waiting For The Red Spectacles", the 1987 radio drama that launched the Kerberos saga.

Two independent arcs based on these character groups were created with shared reference and characters such as Moongaze Ginji featured in "The Red Spectacles" live action movie. Later, the "old time gone of tachigui" is referred by Hayashi in the movie's 1991 sequel "StrayDog". "Jin-Roh", the last episode of the feature trilogy, features a scene referring to the January 1st, 1960 Zengakuren-Bund joint communist militants and sympathisans protest in front of the National Diet Building. The same scene is portrayed in the prologue of "Kerberos Panzer Cop vol.1"s 1999 renewed edition, and is referred in "Tachiguishi-retsuden"s Foxy Croquette O-Gin chapter.

Related works

"" is the 1-volume manga following "Kerberos Panzer Cop" which was itself the comic book adaptation and story extension of the 1987, black and white, live-action film "Akai Megane". This movie was directed by Mamoru Oshii and released in Japanese theaters. In 2003, the DVD edition was licensed and subtitled in English for a North American release as "The Red Spectacles".

Releases

erialization

The first chapter was published in Japan in the December 2006 issue of Monthly Comic Ryu (月刊 Comic リュウ, #2) monthly comics magazine (26 x 19cm) owned by Tokuma Shoten.
*2006~2007: "Monthly Comic Ryu" (Tokuma Shoten):2006.12: #2 "Kerberos & Tachiguishi" (ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女) (color):2007.01: #3 "Kerberos & Tachiguishi" (ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女) (color):2007.02: #4 "Kerberos & Tachiguishi" (ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女):2007.03: #5 "Kerberos & Tachiguishi" (ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女):2007.04: #6 "Kerberos & Tachiguishi" (ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女)

Volume compilation (A5)

The compilation volume was published by Tokuma Shoten.
*2007.10.20: "ケルベロス×立喰師　腹腹時計の少女"
("Keruberosu ekusu tachiguishi harahara-dokei no shoujo"?, Kerberos and Tachiguishi: Young Lady's Abdomen Biological Clock):A5, ISBN 4-19-950059-6

ources

* [http://comicryu.com/ Gekkan Comic Ryu official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.kerberos-saga.jp/ Kerberos saga official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.oshiimamoru.com/ Mamoru Oshii's official website] ("Japanese")

External links

* [http://www.tokuma.jp/comics/ryu-comics/30b130eb30ed30b9x7acb55b05e2b8179817966428a08306e5c115973 Official webpage]
* [http://comicryu.com/lineup.html Monthly Comic Ryu line up]