Two years later, he released his hit series Lupin III and adopted his pen name Monkey Punch.
It was announced on Wednesday that the mangaka behind the Lupin III series, Monkey Punch, died from pneumonia last Thursday.
Born in Hokkaido on May 26, 1937, as Katou Kazuhiko, his first serialization was Playboy Nyuumon in Futabasha’s Manga Story magazine, published under the pen name Eiji Gamuta.
The manga was serialized in the first issue of Futabasha’s Weekly Manga Act…