Go!Go!Ackman
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is a Japanese shōnen manga
series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama
.
A short manga that was published irregularly by V-Jump
from 1993 to 1994, Go! Go! Ackman is a humorous series about a 200 year old demon child named Ackman who harvests souls for the Dark Devil Lord. The manga is eleven chapters long, with each chapter being five pages long. When printed in V-Jump, all of the pages were in color. The reprinted version found in the third Toriyama Theater collection was printed in black and white. The series would receive another reprint in "Akira Toriyama Man-Kan Zenseki 1" August 8, 2008.
from Dragon Ball Z without a nose, wakes up after a fifty-year nap. Ackman's parents and sisters are introduced in this chapter. They have no major importance in the rest of the series. The only significant thing they do is explain to the reader that the family kills people and sells their souls to the devil. The only major character in this chapter is Godon, a red bat-winged creature that serves Ackman. His main purpose is to gather the souls of people Ackman kills in a jar.
In the third chapter, the introduction to Ackman's main nemesis, Tenshi, a Cherub
type angel (who looks very similar to Krillin). Having thought that Ackman was dead he is shocked to find him out and killing again. Tenshi tries to kill Ackman throughout the rest of the chapter but fails miserably. One example is Tenshi tries to hit Ackman with a missile, but misses and hits a school bus full of school children.
The rest of the series revolves around Ackman killing more people, Tenshi hiring various agents to do his job for him, sexual jokes, etc.
video games for the Super Famicom
. The first of these was more closesly based on the comics. The second pitted Ackman against an angelic rock group called the Metal Angels. The last saw Ackman face a flamboyantly gay pedophile police officer, and saw Ackman teaming up with his longtime rival Tenshi-kun. Both characters were playable and could be switched between. These games were action platformers like most licensed games of the day, with gameplay vaguely similar to Mega Man
. There was also a handheld game for the Game Boy
that was a maze chase game like Pac-man
.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama
is a Japanese manga artist and game artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. Toriyama admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art...
.
A short manga that was published irregularly by V-Jump
V-Jump
is a Japanese magazine about new manga and video games based on popular manga. The magazine's first debut was in 1993 by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines.- History :...
from 1993 to 1994, Go! Go! Ackman is a humorous series about a 200 year old demon child named Ackman who harvests souls for the Dark Devil Lord. The manga is eleven chapters long, with each chapter being five pages long. When printed in V-Jump, all of the pages were in color. The reprinted version found in the third Toriyama Theater collection was printed in black and white. The series would receive another reprint in "Akira Toriyama Man-Kan Zenseki 1" August 8, 2008.
Story
The first chapter begins when Ackman, a short demonic child who looks similar to TrunksTrunks (Dragon Ball)
is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise by Akira Toriyama. Trunks is the half-Saiyan son of Vegeta, the prince of the dying race of fictional aliens called the Saiyans, and Bulma, the heiress of a massive company called Capsule Corporation...
from Dragon Ball Z without a nose, wakes up after a fifty-year nap. Ackman's parents and sisters are introduced in this chapter. They have no major importance in the rest of the series. The only significant thing they do is explain to the reader that the family kills people and sells their souls to the devil. The only major character in this chapter is Godon, a red bat-winged creature that serves Ackman. His main purpose is to gather the souls of people Ackman kills in a jar.
In the third chapter, the introduction to Ackman's main nemesis, Tenshi, a Cherub
Cherub
A cherub is a type of spiritual being mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and cited later on in the Christian biblical canons, usually associated with the presence of God...
type angel (who looks very similar to Krillin). Having thought that Ackman was dead he is shocked to find him out and killing again. Tenshi tries to kill Ackman throughout the rest of the chapter but fails miserably. One example is Tenshi tries to hit Ackman with a missile, but misses and hits a school bus full of school children.
The rest of the series revolves around Ackman killing more people, Tenshi hiring various agents to do his job for him, sexual jokes, etc.
Anime adaptation
In 1994 the series was adapted into a fifteen minute mini movie and premiered at V Jump Festa. The film managed to retell the first few chapters involving Ackman's bouts with Tenshi and the first two hired thugs. A few frames from the later chapter were used during the closing credits.Video game adaptions
The manga has been adapted into a series of three console based platformPlatform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
video games for the Super Famicom
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
. The first of these was more closesly based on the comics. The second pitted Ackman against an angelic rock group called the Metal Angels. The last saw Ackman face a flamboyantly gay pedophile police officer, and saw Ackman teaming up with his longtime rival Tenshi-kun. Both characters were playable and could be switched between. These games were action platformers like most licensed games of the day, with gameplay vaguely similar to Mega Man
Mega Man
Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...
. There was also a handheld game for the Game Boy
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
that was a maze chase game like Pac-man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
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External links
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