Now mention Aoyama Gangchang old thief, ah, is the respected Aoyama Gangchang teacher, everyone immediately remembered his old man's masterpiece: "Detective Conan", at most by the way to think of the next "Magic Quick Fight" what, but as a well-known cartoonist in the industry, in fact, Aoyama Gangchang also has a work is also particularly famous, and I estimate that many readers also saw it when they were young, that is, the work he created in 1989: "The Legend of Sword Courage" (Nine Dragon Ball).
Aoyama's three protagonists: Kidd, Conan, and Iron Sword
"Legend of Sword and Courage" is the first feature-length work of Tsuyoshi Aoyama after his publicity debut, and the more familiar name for domestic audiences should be the name "Nine Dragon Ball", also known as "City Storm". This work, like Conan, is serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, and tells the story of the swordsmanship genius Iron Sword who traveled from the countryside to the city and lived in the home of the beautiful girl Lelia. Iron Sword defeats Onimaru Maru, who came to challenge, but the latter finds the Wind God Sword at home and turns into a ghost, in order to deal with him, Iron Sword finds the Thunder God Sword and embarks on the road of thwarting Onimaru Meng's ambition to unify the world...
In the animated version of "Dragon Ball" that we watched when we were children, the plot of the story probably ended with the defeat of Onimaru, but in fact, the original manga later had many plots such as the invasion of the underground people and the resurrection of the Great Snake of Yagi, and the manga began to be serialized in 1989 and ended in 1993, with a total of 24 volumes published. In this cartoon, Iron Sword and Lelia, we can also see some shadows of the characters in "Conan".
In addition to the protagonist, the supporting roles of this work are also quite brilliant, such as the lustful Sasaki Kojiro, the strange old man Miyamoto Musashi, the cute frog man who does not look like a bad person, the spider man, the sea cucumber man, the shadow tiger who wanted to eat people but was beaten up, and then became a companion... Each has its own characteristics, both flesh and blood.
Although the work ended early, in the later works of Tsuyoshi Aoyama, the characters in "Dragon Ball" still occasionally appear to play soy sauce. In 2000, Weekly Shonen Sunday released a special anime: Conan vs Kidd VS Yaiba Sword Battle, in which Conan, Kidd, and Iron Sword all appeared, which was quite interesting.