Some of them cost over a million yen.
Denei Shoujo” is considered a milestone in science fiction romance manga. It is the story of an unattractive high school boy who plays a VHS tape, and a mysterious girl named “Video Girl” appears on the TV screen. The 15-volume comic has sold a total of 14 million copies. The original drawings of such a popular work are being sold on the auction site Yahoo! Auction (Yahoo! Auction) in rapid succession, with prices ranging from 100,000 to several hundred thousand yen per piece, with some exceeding one million yen. When I moved out of my studio last October, they were taken away in the confusion of the moment,” said Katsura, the artist himself, shaking with anger.
There was no way they could have destroyed it by mistake.
There is no way that the original drawings of “Denei Shoujo,” which I devoted my life to painting, could have been disposed of by mistake. In the first place, even before I started moving, I had put the entire volume in an envelope and kept it in a locker under tight security. I was lucky enough to have deposited the original drawings of other major works such as “Wing Man” in a different location, but other valuable items were kept in the locker,” Katsura said. When Katsura moved, he spent about a month sorting through a large amount of his personal belongings, but he kept a thorough eye on the handling of the original drawings. I checked every single item I sold to the buyers, and I also told the waste disposal company, “Never throw away watches, cameras, and other personal belongings, especially original paintings. I even gave detailed instructions to the moving company, telling them to open the locker and take the original artwork to the appropriate place in the warehouse. Of course, I never gave permission to sell the discarded items to a recycling company. The original drawings of the “Denshigami Shoujo” were still in good condition.