Motofumi Kobayashi

Motofumi Kobayashi (小林 源文, Kobayashi Motofumi, born January 28, 1951 in Fukushima Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. His works include military comics 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:

Apocalypse Meow (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)