CATDOLL: A 71-year-old Japanese manga artist insists on creating fan fiction of Girls und Panzer

As the saying goes, "Live and learn, work and live", which means that people should live, learn and work until they are old. Recently, an old Japanese cartoonist who is 71 years old is still creating comics, but his works are fan works of the currently popular "Girls und Panzer" series.

This old cartoonist is called Ryoichi Ikegami. He was born in 1944 and is now 71 years old. He has been a professional cartoonist since 1961. His comic genre is gagga, which is simply a comic with a more realistic and serious plot. You can understand it as a comic strip. This old cartoonist started creating fan fiction of "Girls und Panzer" in 2014 on his 70th birthday. The old cartoonist was also invited to draw congratulatory pictures in the animation and official comics. Although the subject matter is Girls und Panzer, Ryoichi Ikegami's style is still gagga, which is quite retro.

Paintings by Ryoichi Ikegami

Introduction to Girls und Panzer:

The story of "Girls und Panzer" is set in a fictional world where the martial arts of using chariots "Tankō" is listed as one of the three major skills that Yamato Nadeshiko must master, along with "ikebana" and "tea ceremony".

Miho transferred to Oshin Girls' School, which did not have a tank road, because she hated the tank road. Unexpectedly, she was called over by the student council president right after transferring. The president asked Miho to choose the tank road training and to participate in the national conference.

Moreover, all the members gathered in the team are very individual - Isuzu Hana, the eldest daughter of the flower arrangement family, Takebe Saori who is passionate about love, Akiyama Yukari who is extremely crazy about tanks, and Reizumi Asako, an excellent student who can't get up in the morning.

Can Miho, who hopes to spend her high school life happily with her friends, achieve her wish?

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