Created by Natsumi Ito My Dear Detective (subtitle: "Mitsuko's Case Files"), the manga series featuring Japan's first female private eye, MITSUKO "MIMI" HOSHINO, is a far cry from the more hard-boiled, violent manga and anime antics of, say, City Hunter or Cowboy Bebop. In fact, the concept here is more often described as "light-hearted," "sweet" … Continue reading Mitsuko Hoshino (My Dear Detective)
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Keiichiro Nagumo (Detectives These Days Are Crazy!)
Created by Masakuni Igarashi KEIICHIRO NAGUMO used to be a somebody. He was once everybody's hero, a genius boy detective; a high school kid who could crack any problem that came his way. But that was then. Now he's just another grumpy, chain-smoking private eye, another professional struggling to scratch out a living. He's falling … Continue reading Keiichiro Nagumo (Detectives These Days Are Crazy!)
Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
Created by Tsukasa Hojo "Mokkori!" I stumbled across City Hunter, a 1993 Jackie Chan action flick out of Hong King late one night on some streaming channel, turned my brain off, and settled in to watch Chan — as a private eye, no less! — kick the bejesus out of a bunch of bad guys. … Continue reading Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
Spike Spiegel, Jet Black & Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Created by Yutaka Nanten SPIKE SPIEGAL and JET BLACK were bounty hunters of the future on the hit TV show Cowboy Bebop, who were found on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim time slot back in the early naughties. There's a difference between them and most bounty hunters, though--these guys are animated. But don't make the mistake … Continue reading Spike Spiegel, Jet Black & Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Kimitsuka Kimihiko & Siesta (The Detective is Already Dead)
Created by Nigojū (text) and Umibōzu (art) “Is there a detective on this plane?" Four years ago, during an attempted airplane hijacking, Japanese high school student and trouble magnet KIMITSUKA KIMIHIKO became, at her insistence, the assistant to the beautiful and enigmatic girl detective SIESTA (which wasn't even her real name). They ended up traveling the world … Continue reading Kimitsuka Kimihiko & Siesta (The Detective is Already Dead)
Mosaku Anchu
Created by Matsunaga Anshindo "Glabble"? For those of you out there (or maybe just Jan) who just can't get enough of P.I.'s and hippos, you might want to check out the online manga adventures of MOSAKU ACHU, wherein the Japanese private eye confronts the nefarious (and politically incorrect) "The Case of the Oriental Hippo." It was … Continue reading Mosaku Anchu
Gai Kurusawa
Created by Tensai Okamura "I hate this season. The weather sucks up all the slime and filth in the streets and pours it back down on ya. But then, that's what this city's all about. Name's Gai Kurasawa, private eye. I've spent my life in this concrete merry-go-round watching the same crimes play out year … Continue reading Gai Kurusawa