Kobayashi Motofumi

Kobayashi Motofumi (小林源文,born January 28,1951 in Fukushima Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. His works include anime comics 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). These comics depict WWII Germans in a positive, often heroic manner.

Works

"Works about WWII:"
*"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 Waffen-SS.' It's a comedy.
*"Unternehmen Barbarossa" (バルバロッサ作戦), 2001. - Operation Barbarossa
*"Unternehmen Taifun" (タイフーン作戦), 2002. - Operation Typhoon
*"Unternehmen Blau" (ブラウ作戦), 2003. - Operation Blue
*"Unternehmen Zitadelle" (ツィタデル作戦), 2005. - Operation Zitadelle
*"Deutschland Afrika Korps" (アフリカ軍団), 2006. - Afrika Korps and the biography of Erwin Rommel.
*"Samland 1945" (ザームラント1945), 2007. - Battle of sambia.

"Works about Vietnam War:"
*"Apocalypse Meow" (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:"
*"Battle over Hokkaidō" (バトルオーバー北海道), 1989 - This is the story that JSDF fights against the Soviet army in Hokkaidō.
*"Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo wars" (トウキョウウォーズ), 1991 - This is the story that JSDF fights against the Soviet army in Tokyo 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

External links

* [http://www.genbun.net/ GENBUN-WORLD (Official website,Japanese language)]
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kobayashi_motofumi.htm Motofumi Kobayashi]