Miyazaki Hayao's Zassou Note
Unofficial Studio Ghibli Information Pages
[ Main ] [ Messages ] [ Films ] [ Search ] [ Ghiblink ] [ Mail Us ]


Miyazaki Hayao no Zassou Note | Miyazaki Hayao's Daydream Data Notes / Miscellaneous Memorandum

Manga by Hayao Miyazaki

  click below for sample pages
Miyazaki no Zassou Note Cover This is a series of manga (or rather, "Graphic Essays") which Miyazaki has (very) sporadically been writing in a Japanese scale model magazine, Model Graphix.

They are totally independent manga stories, mecha ideas, or movie ideas about tanks, planes, or battle ships from the era before World War II - the "favorites" of Miyazaki.

THE STORY

The book Miyazaki Hayao no Zassou Note contains 12 episodes in total. They are:

  1. Shirarezaru Kyojin no Mattei (The Unknown Youngest Brother of the Giants)
    A king of a Vulcan country orders a huge airplane to be made.

  2. Koutetsu no Ikuji (The Pride of Steel)
    A story about Monitor and Merrimack, two ironclad ships during the Civil War.

  3. Tahoutou no Deban (Enter the Multigun Tower)
    A pig makes a huge tank, and kidnaps a girl. Her boyfriend comes after them, and he and the girl finally destroy the tank. Miyazaki wanted to make an anime out of this. He even said "I want to make the tank go at full speed with 'Country Road' as BGM" (!) There was a plan to make it into an OVA, but the project never materialized.

  4. Noufu no Me (The Eyes of a Farmer)
    Based on Andre Malreaux's semi-autobiographical novel "L'Espoir", this is a story about a farmer who found an enemy base during the Spanish Civil War. It features a Potez540 bomber.

  5. Ryuu no Koutetsu (Steel of the Dragon)
    A story about a battelship with two dragons on its stem.

  6. Kyuushuu Joukuu no Juugousakuki (The Heavy Bomber over Kyuushu)

  7. Koushahoutou (The Antiaircraft Guntower)

  8. Q ship
    A story about a "Q Ship" during World War I. "Q Ship" was a U-boat which disguised itself as a civilian ship by putting sails on its radio mast. With its disguise, it sneaked up on enemy ships, and then, attacked them.

  9. Yasumatsumaru Monogatari (The story of Yasumatsumaru)
    A story about Yasumatsumaru, a Japanese aircraft carrier.

  10. London Joukuu 1918 nen (Over London, 1918)

  11. Saihin Zensen (The Poorest Front)

  12. Buta to Tora (A pig and the Tiger)
    A story about Hans, a German mechanic and a Tiger tank.

In addition to these 12 stories, Hikoutei Jidai, the manga Porco Rosso, is availabe as a separate book. Also, "Return of Hans" was published in Model Graphix #113,114,120 (Mar, Apr, Oct of 1994), and has not been included in a book (yet).

Serialized in:
Model Graphix, a Japanese scale model magazine, from 1984 (November issue).

Published as:
"Miyazaki Hayao no Zassou Note"
(Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes)
1992, Dainippon Kaiga, ISBN4-499-20602-2
2233yen

It compiles 13 episodes from the series, except Hikoutei Jidai ("Porco Rosso"), and "Return of Hans", (published in Model Graphix in the issues of March, April, and October of 1994).

English Translation:
None.

Related Media:
Radio Drama: Aired on Nippon Housou in 1995. Available as CDs.

CDs: See the CD list
          There are 12 CDs in total, but the CD list is missing some of them.
Index
Index		 Previous Next

The manga shown here are Copyrighted by Nibariki/Tokuma Shoten/Viz Communications/and other respective right holders.
The artwork and translations of published material are reproduced here only for the purpose of encouraging interest in, and discussion about, the works of Miyazaki.
All text in Manga by Hayao Miyazaki pages by Ryoko Toyama.
Graphics-retouching, web layout and webmaster task by Jorge Hernández Valiñani.

These pages brought to you by Team Ghiblink.