Reboot Manga of Leiji Matsumoto's Gun Frontier Manga Launches

Manga creator Yuzuru Shimazaki launched a reboot of Leiji Matsumoto’s 1972 Gun Frontier manga in the December issue of Akita Shoten’s Monthly Champion RED magazine on Wednesday titled Gun Frontier ~Harlock & Tochirō Seishun no Tabi~ (Gun Frontier ~Harlock & Tochirō’s Youthful Journey).

The manga is notable for introducing the character of Tochirō, who would be a recurring character in Matsumoto’s stories surrounding the Captain Harlock character.

Matsumoto serialized the original manga in Akita Shoten’s Play Comic magazine from 1972 to 1975.