Style
The attractions of Yokoyama's works are calculated story deployment and an elaborate setting. On the other hand, Yokoyama liked light characterizations and didn't let characters show their feelings too much. He was better at a serious story manga rather than with comedy, but he drew some also.
Yokoyama is one of the originators of present day Japanese comics. While Tezuka established the technique to draw Japanese comics, it was Yokoyama who established the format of various genres of current Japanese comics and anime. Whereas many comic artists prefer their original stories not to be changed when adapted, Yokoyama was realistic and tolerant, so many of his works were made into animation or Tokusatsu.
- "Tetsujin 28-go" & "Giant Robo" began the Mecha Anime & Manga genre.
- "Iga no Kagemaru (伊賀の影丸, Kagemaru of Iga?)" & "Akakage" are ninja manga which started a ninja boom. These comics present stories in which ninjas are endowed with superhuman fighting capabilities.
- "Yami no Doki (闇の土鬼, Doki (soil ogre) of the darkness?) " is a Jidaigeki in which people of the real world appear.
- "Sally the Witch", one of the first magical girl manga/anime & "Princess Comet" are shōjo manga.
- "Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi" is a historical story based on historical facts and historical novels.
- "Babel II" is a supernatural power science fiction comic.
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