Motofumi Kobayashi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kobayashi.

Motofumi Kobayashi 小林源文
Born	(1951-01-28) January 28, 1951 Fukushima Prefecture
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Artist
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Motofumi Kobayashi (小林 源文, Kobayashi Motofumi, 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 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)

References

• Motofumi Kobayashi at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
• Motofumi Kobayashi at the Grand Comics Database
• Motofumi Kobayashi at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)