Go! Go! Ackman (1993 Manga)
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 Go! Go! Ackman Chapter 1 Original V-Jump Title Page | |||
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| Author | Akira Toriyama | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | V-Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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V-Jump July 1993 - October 1994 (21 May 1993 - 22 August 1994) | ||
| Chapters | 11 | ||
Go! Go! Ackman an 11-chapter manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama which originally ran in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine from its July 1993 (released 21 May 1993, kicking off its monthly reboot) to October 1994 (released 22 August 1994) issues.
After its seventh chapter in the magazine's January 1994 issue, the series took a brief hiatus and returned for its eighth chapter in the July 1994 issue, at which point it then continued to its conclusion with its eleventh chapter in the October 1994 issue.
The series went on to spawn a moderate multimedia empire consisting of various sequel manga series, a short animated feature, and four video games.
Name
The title Savings Soldier Cashman is comprised of three parts:
- 貯金 (chokin) meaning "savings" (i.e., money put aside)
- 戦士 (senshi) meaning "soldier" or "warrior" or "fighter"
- キャッシュマン (kyasshuman) combining the English words "cash" and "man"
Alternate English translations of the series' title across time and fandoms have included "Savings Warrior Cashman" and "Soldier of Savings Cashman".
The character's name has been written as "CASH MAN" in certain splashes (including V-Jump covers and Weekly Shōnen Jump promotions), but was consistently written as one word within Toriyama's own illustrations.
Characters
- Ackman (アックマン Akkuman)
- Angel (天使 Tenshi)
- TBD
Production
Shueisha launched V-Jump as a special extra publication of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1991 with a three-issue trial run. Akira Toriyama provided three chapters (one per issue) of the original Savings Soldier Cashman for this run. Shueisha rebooted the magazine at a different print size in 1992, this time running for four issues; Toriyama once again contributed an original manga, this time the four-chapter series Dub & Peter-1.
The magazine was rebooted once again in May 1993, this time launching as an independent monthly magazine (a schedule it maintains to this day). Toriyama returned yet again, this time with Go! Go! Ackman, which ran for 11 chapters to completion in 1994.
During its original serialization, a short animated adaptation of early Go! Go! Ackman chapters was produced for the first V-Jump Festival in 1994.
Immediately following the completion of Toriyama's original manga, a Go! Go! Ackman "Cel Comic" began in the November 1994 issue of V-Jump, running for six chapters, written by Takao Koyama and illustrated by Satoru Iriyoshi. While not actually produced by Akira Toriyama himself, he retained the "Original Work" credit (原作 gensaku) as well as the "Editorial Supervisor" (監修 kanshū) credit[a]. The series serves as a sequel to and continuation from the original Go! Go! Ackman manga series, and was serialized in conjunction with and to promote the first Go! Go! Ackman video game released on the Nintendo Super Famicom in December 1994. After a one-month break, the series was followed by a Go! Go! Ackman 2 cel comic starting in the June 1995 issue, and after another one-month break in the October 1995 issue, finally a Go! Go! Ackman 3 cel comic starting in the November 1995 issue -- this final comic is notable for switching up the credits with the dropping of Takao Koyama, and therefore Satoru Iriyoshi being the only non-Toriyama credit (who retains his gensaku and kanshū credits). Each of these were likewise serialized in conjunction with and to promote subsequent Super Famicom games.
Chapters
TBD
| Title Page | Chapter Number | Chapter Title | Pages | V-Jump Issue | Sale Date | Publication Sources |
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1 | アックマン復活 Akkuman Fukkatsu Ackman Revived |
5 | July 1993 | 21 May 1993 | [1] |
Releases
Beyond its original V-Jump serialization, Go! Go! Ackman has been reprinted in various publications:
- Greyscaled in the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 3 compilation, released 04 August 1997
- Greyscaled in the Shueisha Jump Remix re-release of the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 3 compilation, released 21 June 2004
- Greyscaled in the An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama Vol. 1 compilation, released 08 August 2008
Go! Go! Ackman finally saw an English release as part of Viz's "Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater" in December 2021 (a hardcover print and digital release combining all three ____piece Theater volumes), translated by Greg Werner.[2]
External Links
- TBD
Notes
- ↑ This "Editorial Supervisor" (監修 kanshū) credit is generally dished out to a product Akira Toriyama either has some sort of general oversight over or occasionally even directly contributes to, but not necessarily both or even either; in many ways, it is a secondary "honorary" type credit that does not necessitate involvement. The Brief Return of Dr. Slump, a sequel manga series written by Takao Koyama and illustrated by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (which, incidentally, ran alongside Go! Go! Ackman in V-Jump), gives Toriyama this same credit. Meanwhile, Naho Ooishi's three-chapter Episode of Bardock manga gives Toriyama this same credit, and we know that he did actually in fact provide several character designs for that work, including that of the main antagonist, Chilled.