is a

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manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

artist. His works include military manga such as ''Panzergrenadier'' (装甲擲弾兵), ''Warrior in Flames -Jochen Peiper'' (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記) & ''Unternehmen Blau'' (ブラウ作戦).

Works

''Works about World War II:'' *''The Black Knight Story'' (黒騎士物語), 1985 *''Panzer Vor!'' (パンツァーフォー！), 1986 *''Panzergrenadier'' (装甲擲弾兵), 1987 *''Panzer Krieg'' (パンツァークリーク), 1988 *''Death of the Steel'' (鋼鉄の死神), 1989 - The biography of Michael Wittmann. *''Warrior in Flames - Jochen Peiper'' (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記), 1990 - The biography of Jochen Peiper. *''Kampfgruppe Zbv'' (カンプグルッペZbv), 1993 *''Happy Tiger'' (ハッピータイガー), 1993 *''Japanisch Frw. Bataillon der Waffen SS'' (東亜総統特務隊), 1995. - 'Japanese foreign legion of the

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.' It's a comedy. *''Unternehmen Barbarossa'' (バルバロッサ作戦), 2001. -

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*''Unternehmen Taifun'' (タイフーン作戦), 2002. -

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*''Unternehmen Blau'' (ブラウ作戦), 2003. -

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*''Unternehmen Zitadelle'' (ツィタデル作戦), 2005. - Operation Zitadelle *''Deutschland Afrika Korps'' (アフリカ軍団), 2006. -

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and the biography of

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. *''Samland 1945'' (ザームラント1945), 2007. - Battle of

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. ''Works about the Vietnam War:'' * Cat Shit One (キャットシットワン), 1998 *''Vietnam War'' (ヴェトナムウォー), 1999 ''Alternate history:'' *''World War III'' (第3次世界大戦), 1988 *''Battle over Hokkaidō'' (バトルオーバー北海道), 1989 - Set in 1995, Soviet hardliners assassinate

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and launch a war against

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and Japan. In the Far East, the Soviet military fights the

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in a battle over control of

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. *''Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo Wars'' (トウキョウウォーズ), 1991 - This is a story of the JSDF fighting against the Soviet Army in

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and Niigata. *''Korean War II'' (第2次朝鮮戦争ユギオII), 1996 *''Samurai Soldier'' (サムライ・ソルジャー), 1999 *''Omega 7'' (オメガ7), 2002 *''Omega J'' (オメガJ), 2003 ''Science Fiction:'' *''Gatse'' (ワンマン・アーミー　ゲイツ), 1987 *''The Time Troopers'' (タイム・トルーパー), 1989 *''HYDT'' (士官候補生ハイト), 1989 American comic books: *''Psychonauts'' (with writer Alan Grant, 4-issue mini series,

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, 1993–1994) ''Video games:'' *'' Accele Brid'' (Character Designer)

References

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's Comiclopedia * *

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