Mining through various Japanese fan blogs brings about two things in me:
1.) I soooo wish I could read kanji…
and
2.) I find amazing scans of vintage manga covers, like the below!
I believe these are all by the godfather of ninja manga Shirato Sanpei. Absolutely awesome.
Any Japanese readers wanting to send translations of these covers, especially if an artist is listed, we’ll reward you handsomely.
Daeva
OH, SHIRATO-SENSEI–!
I wanna help with the cover titles!
1. “Futari Kozo” (“A couple/pair of Kozo”)
2. “Ninja Senpuu” (“Ninja Whirlwind”)
3. “Kaze no Ishimaru” (“Ishimaru of the Wind”) [the original version of “Kaze no Fujimaru”– Actually, the two stories are pretty different]
4. “Okite” (“Law”)
5. “Sanada Kenjutsu” (“Sanada Swordmanship”)
krainville
Awesome! Thanks so much for the input Daeva.
Daeva
You’re welcome, I’m always glad to share some knowledge with other Shirato fans ^^
daitora
for 5 it ‘s sanada kenryu
the last kanji is ryu and not jutsu
David Lai
I am a late comer. Still I was enthrall by Sanpei Shirato sensei