- Ishii Hisaichi's CNN
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Ishii Hisaichi's CNN
caption =
ja_name = いしいひさいちのCNN
ja_name_trans = Ishii Hisaichi no Shīen'en
genre =Humor ,Slice of life story Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =Hisaichi Ishii
publisher =Bunshun
publisher_other =
demographic =
magazine =
first = 1990
last = 1995
volumes = 1
OEM =nihongo|"Ishii Hisaichi's CNN"|いしいひさいちのCNN|Ishii Hisaichi no Shīen'en is a
yonkoma manga series byHisaichi Ishii which ran from 1990 to 1995 inJapan . The "CNN" in the title stands for "Comical News Network". The focus of the series was commentary on various international situations during the period it ran.Characters
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Bill Clinton :The 42nd president of theUnited States . In the manga, his wife Hillary is seen constantly dominating him.;
George H. W. Bush :The 41st president of the United States. In the manga, he is constantly pestering Clinton to bombIraq .;
Boris Yeltsin :The president ofRussia at the time. He is shown frequently drinkingvodka . After being hospitalized due to problems caused by drinking, he is told he must stop drinking vodka. The manga blames the weakness of the Russian economy on the impact of Yeltsin's sudden lack of drinking.;
Jiang Zemin :FormerPresident of the People's Republic of China . He spends his time in the manga going from sorrow to joy over the illness ofDeng Xiaoping , leader of theCommunist Party of China until 1997 when he died. He's also always repeating the last request ofMao Zedong as given toHua Guofeng , as well as saying other strange things.;
Saddam Hussein :The president ofIraq at the time. He spends his time in the manga threatening to invadeKuwait unless he's made a permanent member of theUnited Nations Security Council .;
Kim Jong-il :The leader ofNorth Korea andfilm fanatic in the manga. He has a bronze statue of himself made which is the same height as the one of his father,Kim Il-sung , though he has the pedestal on which his statue sits made twice as tall.Collections
*ISBN 4163617000,
1995-08-01 , ¥600,Bunshun References
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