Motofumi Kobayashi
- Name
- Motofumi Kobayashi 小林源文
- Birthplace
- Fukushima Prefecture
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Born
- 28 January 1951 born January 28, 1951 in Fukushima Prefecture is a Japanese manga artist.
- Occupation
- mangaka · illustrator
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• Name — Motofumi Kobayashi 小林源文 • Birthplace — Fukushima Prefecture • Nationality — Japanese • Art — y • Website — http: www.genbun.net • Born — 28 January 1951 born January 28, 1951 in Fukushima Prefecture is a Japanese manga 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
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 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 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 Mikhail Gorbachev and launch a war against NATO and Japan. In the Far East, the Soviet military fights the JSDF in a battle over control of Hokkaidō. • 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 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 American comic books: • Psychonauts (with writer Alan Grant, 4-issue mini series, Epic Comics, 1993–1994) Video games: • Accele Brid (Character Designer)
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1951
Motofumi Kobayashi was born in 1951 at Fukushima Prefecture.
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