Masaichi Mukaide, who worked as the editor-in-chief of the MANGA anthology magazine, was born in 1952 in Tokyo. A student movement was on the rise in Tokyo in the early 1970s while he was a university student. He spent lots of time on his hobby as classes were canceled quite often. He was familiar with Japanese manga magazines like the COM and GARO monthly manga anthology magazines. Later, he showed an interest in American comics. He spent his time with his friends, including ones at other universities, as they their shared the same hobby.

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