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'''Ban Magami''' (まがみばん ''Magami Ban'') is a Japanese manga artist, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1957. He was one of [[Wikipedia:Leiji Matsumoto|Leiji Matsumoto]]'s assistants in his early career. His first work was the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga]] in ''TV Magazine''. He also worked as a character designer for the Japanese Generation 1 anime. He designed several character models such as the new characters for ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', [[Minerva]], [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Victory Leo]], [[Megatron (G1)|Super Megatron]] and several others.
[[Image:BanMagamiSelfPortrait01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Why would we want to ban Magami?]]


He also works on children's books such as "The Secret of Tutankhamen" from [[Wikipedia:Kodansha|Kodansha]].
'''Ban Magami''' (まがみばん ''Magami Ban'') is a Japanese manga artist, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in [[1957]]. Early in his career, he was one of the assistants of legendary manga creator {{w|Leiji Matsumoto}}, author of such works as ''{{w|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' and ''{{w|Space Pirate Captain Harlock}}''.
 
Magami was a prolific creator on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|original Japanese Generation 1 franchise]] and a frequent collaborator of series head writer [[Masumi Kaneda]]. He contributed character design work for all four Japanese-exclusive season of the Generation 1 cartoon, including characters such as [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]], [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Victory Leo]], and many more.
 
Outside of cartoons, Magami illustrated the entirety of the franchise defining run of [[List of Generation 1 comics#TV Magazine|manga]] and [[List of Generation 1 story pages|story pages]] in [[TV Magazine]] alongside Kaneda from [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Season 1]] all the way through [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination |''Operation Combination'']].
 
He also works on children's books such as "The Secret of Tutankhamen" from [[Kodansha]].
 
==Major works in ''Transformers'' brand==
===Cartoons===
====Character design====
*[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
*[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]


==Major works==
===Manga===
===Manga===
====TV magazine====
====TV magazine====
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]  
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''
*[[The Transformers (manga)|The Story of Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers]]
*''[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|The Story of Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers]]''
*[[Big War|Transformer Big War]]
*''[[The Great Transformer War]]''
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]''
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]''
*[[Victory (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]''
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone]]''
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' (graphic novel collection of all the manga from ''[[TV Magazine]]'')
*''[[Transformers: The Manga]]'' (English translated graphic novel series of all the manga from ''TV Magazine'')
 
====Million Publishing====
====Million Publishing====
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics (a reissue of all the manga from ''TV Magazine'')
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]] ''(a reissue of all the manga from "TV Magazine")''
*[[Headmasters VS Masterforce]]
 
====TakaraTomy====
*[[Generations Selects Special Comic]] "[[Abominus comic 2]]" (Guest Artist)
 
===Story pages===
====TV Magazine====
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (story page)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]''
*''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (story page)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination]]''
*''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics'' (includes a curated collection of story pages from ''TV Magazine'')
*''Transformers: The Manga'' (includes a curated collection of English translated story pages from ''TV Magazine'')


===Illustration===
===Illustration===
====TV magazine====
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010
*Transformers: The Headmasters
*Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory
*Transformers: Zone
*[[Battlestars: The Return of Convoy|Transformers: The Return of Convoy]]
*[[Operation Combination|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination]]
====DVD box package arts====
====DVD box package arts====
* [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
* [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
* [[Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
* [[Zone (animation)|Transformers: Zone]]
*[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]
 
===Known design works===
====''Super-God Masterforce''====
*[[Ginrai (human)#GodGinrai|God Ginrai]]
*[[Minerva (human)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Minerva]]
 
====''Victory''====
*[[Star Saber (G1)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Star Saber]]
*[[Victory Leo#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Victory Leo]]
 
====''Return of Convoy''====
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron/Ultra Megatron]]
 
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:FightSuperRobotLifeTransformersManga.JPG|The [[Autobot]]s and [[Kenji]] from [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #1]].
Image:Megatron super robot life.jpg|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is super happy from [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #3]].
Image:Zone12FinalPage.jpg|The [[Powered Master]]s in the anime end credits dimension from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'']] story pages.
Image:Battlestars super megatron born.jpg|The birth of [[Megatron (G1)|Super Megatron]] in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]]'' story pages.
</gallery>
 
''[[:Category:Images by Ban Magami|Extended Ban Magami gallery]]''</center>


===Character design===
==External links==
* [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
* [http://twitter.com/ban_magami0099 Magami's Twitter feed]
* [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
* [[Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
* [[Zone (animation)|Transformers: Zone]]
* Transformers: The Return of Convoy


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[[Category:Generation 1 designers]]
[[Category:Inkers]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy designers]]
[[Category:Pencillers]]

Latest revision as of 19:23, 20 October 2025

Why would we want to ban Magami?

Ban Magami (まがみばん Magami Ban) is a Japanese manga artist, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1957. Early in his career, he was one of the assistants of legendary manga creator Leiji Matsumoto, author of such works as Space Battleship Yamato and Space Pirate Captain Harlock.

Magami was a prolific creator on the original Japanese Generation 1 franchise and a frequent collaborator of series head writer Masumi Kaneda. He contributed character design work for all four Japanese-exclusive season of the Generation 1 cartoon, including characters such as Minerva, God Ginrai, Star Saber, Victory Leo, and many more.

Outside of cartoons, Magami illustrated the entirety of the franchise defining run of manga and story pages in TV Magazine alongside Kaneda from Season 1 all the way through Operation Combination.

He also works on children's books such as "The Secret of Tutankhamen" from Kodansha.

Major works in Transformers brand

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Cartoons

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Character design

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Manga

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TV magazine

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Million Publishing

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TakaraTomy

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Story pages

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TV Magazine

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Illustration

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DVD box package arts

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Known design works

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Super-God Masterforce

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Victory

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Return of Convoy

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Extended Ban Magami gallery
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