![]() ![]() Check this Corvette and Trans Am.Īnother female character drives this Ferrari Testarossa. There's even American cars, or Ame-sha as the Japanese call them. It's not all Japanese cars either, there's Hajime and Koji trying to chase down a girl in a Mini Cooper. Here's a TE27 Levin and a Supra.Ī 510 Bluebird being chased by an R32 GT-R through the snow. The Z is driven by Akira, who's pretty mad in this scene when he finds his stolen SSR MkIII's for sale in a second hand parts shop! Scenes like this are why I love Shakotan Boogie.īesides the main character's vehicles, all sorts of cars pop up through the course of the story. One of the most iconic cars from the series is the "Yanky Mate!" Fairlady Z, also powered by a fully built L28. Thus the Shakotan in Shakotan Boogie.Īs you can see, Jun-chan is kind of the badass hero of the story. Instead of going for an ultra-realistic look, Michiharu draws all of his cars with slightly exaggerated features, wheels and tires poking out of the fenders, and ground-scraping ride heights. Some of the other main characters include Jun, who drives this Hakosuka Skyline with a fully-tuned L28. Here's Hajime's famous #67 Soarer, there's even been a full replica of this car built in Japan, complete with an RB26 swap! I suppose you can call it a Japanese version of American Graffiti. Although cars are featured heavily in the story, it's about more about the adventures of being young than just racing – picking up girls, dealing with bosozoku and chinpira, running from police, etc. The story follows two high school classmates, Hajime (right) and Koji (left), who cruise around in Hajime's MZ11 Soarer getting in to all sorts of trouble. If the artwork looks familiar, that's because Michiharu later went on to do the famous Wangan Midnight comic series. ![]() Written by Kusunoki Michiharu, Shakotan Boogie includes 32 manga volumes published between the late '80s and the mid '90s, n short animation series, and even a 1987 live action film. With this month's theme, it's a perfect time to take a quick look through the pages of Shakotan Boogie. ![]() In the time since I've managed to collect about half the series from bookstores all over Japan, and even some here in LA. I had heard the comic mentioned before, so I was really excited getting a chance to pick up a few volumes of this cult-favorite of Japan's car enthusiasts. The first time I came across Shakotan Boogie was in a small used bookstore in Japan a few years ago. ![]()
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