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Thursday, 19 September 2013
Manga in the 80's Pt. 4
Mai, the Psychic Girl. Written by
Kazuya Kudo and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami (His later art can be
seen in Crying Freeman & Sanctuary). Ran for 28 Biweekly Issues
from May 1987 to July 1988 by
Eclipse International\Viz Comics completing
the story arc.
This beautifully illustrated style from
Ryoichi Ikegami that has a very realistic look and feel to it unlike
the Bambi eyes and angular chins of other later manga artists, was
most welcome to the fledgeling manga audience in telling the plight
of this 14 year old heroin Mai Kuju.
whose Psychic powers are bringing
unwanted attention from the secret organisations of “The Wisdom
Alliance”, and its rival the “ Kaieda Agency” as she maybe the
Worlds strongest Esper! She fights with the speed of thought with enough Psychic energy to explode
your organs in protecting her father and friends from others with Psychic powers!

[Note: Akira Issue Number 1 was not until August 1st. 1988, on month after Mai had finished.]
[reprints of the first few issues showed
its popularity and in the UK, Titan books Ltd in1989 had permission
to print the 4 volumes that combined all the material in to a digest
format (this did include a previously omitted nude scene).]
[Mai, has been reprinted in a range
numbered volumes by Viz over the years.]
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