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Zeni Geba (銭ゲバ) is a Japanese manga story written by George Akiyama. The series was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1970 to 1971. Shōnen Sunday was once specified as "harmful" in some prefectures when the series has started, because of its violent and drastic depiction.[1]
| Zeni Geba | |
| 銭ゲバ | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | George Akiyama |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | 1970 – 1971 |
| Anime | |
| Written by | Yoshikazu Okada |
| Released | 17 January 2009 – 14 March 2009 |
The series was dramitized into a TV series in 2009, and was aired from January to March by the NNN TVs in Japan, starring Ken'ichi Matsuyama. The original story was released shortly after when Student activism was on in Japan and thus reflected such historical backgrounds as represented in its use of the word ゲバ (geba) in the title. The background of the TV series, on the other hand, was adjusted to reflect the 2009 world, including positioning of the main character as a temp worker (派遣社員, haken shain) working at a factory.[2]
General description
Zeni means money in Japanese and Geba means die Gewalt (power) in German. The gekiga comic strip was serialized from No. 13 in 1970 to No. 6 in 1971 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
The story was that by extreme poverty, a boy named Fūtarō Gamagōri (蒲郡風太郎) repeated murders and grasped money and honor.
Story
(Note that the story below describes the plot of the original manga series by Akiyama, and not that of the TV series.)
Fūtarō Gamagōri was a Japanese person born in Matsumoto, Nagano, and he was injured on skin of right eyelid. His father was good-for-nothing father, and mother had poor health but good woman. Then his family was desperate poverty, sometimes there was only five yen money. He was poor but lived hard, but he surrounded by beloved mother and a young man lived hood. But he could pay doctor's bill then his mother was dead, the he became desperate and murdered the young man who knew his crime and hold culpable to him. After it, Futaro rushes out of the birthplace and marries the daughter of CEO of the shipbuilding company. Then he committed murders for money, and finally he laid low the president, and succeeded to the takeover of the company. However he performed suicide last.
Notes
- ^ Template:Ja icon article from nikkansports.com 松ケン今度は「銭ゲバ」個性的キャラ怪演, viewed on March 28th, 2009.
- ^ Template:Ja icon Interview with George Akiyama:From "Zeni Geba" to "Seisho" (the Bible) - George Akiyama talks about life (『銭ゲバ』から『聖書』まで、ジョージ秋山が語る人生の極意), on nikkei Trendy.net, viewed March 28th, 2009.
References
- 『銭ゲバ 上 (1) 』(幻冬舎文庫 し 20-4) ジョージ秋山 (文庫 - 2007/10)
- 『銭ゲバ 下 (2) 』(幻冬舎文庫 し 20-5) ジョージ秋山 (文庫 - 2007/10)