List of Special Focuses

In order of appearance in the book.

Manga: A Brief History

Astro Boy (Various by Osamu Tezuka)

Goku, Gohan, and Goten (Dragonball by Akira Toriyama)

Briareos Hecatonchires (Appleseed by Masamune Shirow)

Astro Boy's Father: Osamu Tezuka

Spiderman a.k.a. Yu Komori (Spiderman by Ryoichi Ikegumi)

It's a Girl Thing: A Brief History of Girls' Manga

Sapphire (Princess Knight or Ribon no Kishi a.k.a. Knight of the Ribbon by Osamu Tezuka)

Ayako Tenge (Ayako by Osamu Tezuka)

Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats by Kenichi Sonoda)

Alexael (Angel Sanctuary or Tenshi Kinryoko by Kaori Yuki)

Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam or Gundam: The Origin by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Kazuhisa Kondo, and Yoshikozu Yashkiko)

Ken Kurosawa (Shadows of Spawn by Juzo Tokoro)

Reinhart von Lohengrimm (Legend of Galactic Heroes or Ginga Eiya Densetsu by Yoshiki Tanaka and Katsumi Michihara)

Lupin III (Lupin III by Kazuhiko Kato a.k.a. Monkey Punch)

Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken by Sho Fumimura a.k.a. Buronson and Tetsuo Hara)

Rock Holmes (Various by Osamu Tezuka)

Seishiro Sakarazuka (X:1999 and Tokyo Babylon by CLAMP)

Section Chief Utsumi a.k.a. Richard Wong (Mobile Police Patlobor or Kido Keisatsu Patlabor by Masami Yuki)

Michio Yuki (MW by Osamu Tezuka)

Kahm, Crown Princess of Santovasku (Outlanders by Johji Manabe)

Go Nagai and his Gorgeous Fighting Girls

Goldie Muso (Gunsmth Cats by Kenichi Sonoda)

Godzilla

Kiba (Wolf's Rain by Bones and Keiko Nobumoto)

Kimba a.k.a. Leo (Jungle Emperor or Jungle Taitei by Osamu Tezuka)

Big Shiny Robots Kick Ass

Futako Tamagawa High School Baseball Team (Rookies by Masanori Morita)

The Wacky World of Akira Toriyama

Special Vehicle Section 2, Tokyo Police (Moblie Police Patlabor or Kido Keisatsu Patlabor by Masami Yuki)

Louis de Pointe du Lac (Daybreak's Vampire or Yoake no Vampire by Anne Rice and Udoh Shinohara)

What a Man's Gotta Do: The Universe According to Leiji Matsumoto