Justy (manga)

Justy
LaserDisc cover of Justy.
ジャスティ
(Jasuti)
GenreScience fiction
Manga
Written byTsuguo Okazaki
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineShōnen Sunday Zōkan
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1981 – November 1984
Volumes5 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Cosmo Police Justy
Directed byMotosuke Takahashi
Produced byYūji Nunokawa
Written byHiroyuki Hoshiyama
Music byHiroya Watanabe
StudioPierrot
ReleasedJuly 20, 1985
Runtime44 minutes

Justy (ジャスティ, Jasuti) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsuguo Okazaki which ran in Shōnen Sunday Zōkan.[1] It was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) released on July 20, 1985.[2][3] The OVA was released as a double feature with the Area 88 film.[1][4]

The story follows Justy Kaizard, a police officer who chases down criminal espers; his tactics might be similar to those of a bounty hunter but he is a salary-drawing officer. Justy is also an esper with remarkable powers. He is able to moderate his psychic forces by the use of the headband that he wears. With this device, which acts only as a psychic damper, he can finely attenuate his powers to prevent collateral damage.

Viz translated part of the manga into English and released nine out-of-order issues[5] in North America between December 6, 1988 and April 4, 1989.

  1. ^ a b ｢ジャスティ｣ [Justy] (in Japanese). SF Movie Data Bank. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "映画 アニメ COSMO POLICE ジャスティ" [Theatrical Anime: Cosmo Police Justy] (in Japanese). AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  3. ^ ジャスティ [Justy] (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  4. ^ 映画 アニメ エリア88 [Theatrical Anime: Area 88] (in Japanese). AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference manga-complete was invoked but never defined (see the help page).