I some time ago able to acquire volumes 1 - 10 of the original Crusher Joe light novels from a private seller. The original Crusher Joe light novels were written by Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙) from 1977 to 2005. These novels were published by Asahi Sonorama (now Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc.). A light novel is a short story more or less that is catered to a male demographic, primarily high school age boys, and are very much akin to SF pulp novels. The interiors of these novels were illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和) who was the original character designer for the series and an artist I am very fond of.I am mainly archiving the artwork inside each book as they are not online and no one has attempted to archive.

Crusher Joe Extra 2: The Doruroi Storm is written from the perspective of Crusher Dan, Crusher Joe's father, versus that of the Lovely Angels Kei and Yuri. Kei and Yuri's perspective on the narrative was given 2 years prior in Haruka Takachiho's 'Dirty Pair's Rough and Tumble'. Its a pretty sordid story with a lot of action, and when time allows, I hope to translate the entire book. This book got a re-release in 2005 with an updated cover, with redone interior illustrations.

Interesting fact about this text:

-Doruroi is actually a direct translation of the JP for 'Dolroy', where the Mabot Dongo comes from within the Crusher Joe universe. The planet of Dolroy within both novel series creates advanced humanoid robots and autonomatons, most of which are sex toys. Dongo's preoccupation with nudie magazines and hentai within the Crusher Joe novels as well as the 83' film are a nod to that.

-Crusher Dan is implied to be intimate with Yuri, and its implied that she is in fact Joe's mother. This is never brought back up again in the series proper.

-ISBN and publishing information is available on the last page as well as a quick summary and the spine of the book.

This book was heavily yellowed, but I am working on different processes to handle that as I do this more and more. These books are over 40+ years old, but this one is fairly recent due to the release date and was in great enough shape to bend without ruining it. I don't do this professionally, but I am trying to archive the best that I can. Its better that anything becomes public on the web just as it should.

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A quick translation of page 14:

At the request of Kanek, the second governor-general of the oceanic planet Dolroy, the Crusher Dan team will undertake the remodelling of/terraforming the sensational planetoid. However, Kanek's true aim was to increase the production of the 'Acmeroid', which would make him rich, all while trying to remove Kraken (the president of Dolroy), who is steadily pushing for marine development, by all costs. Soon, the Dirty Pair from the WWWA appear before Dan, who'd previously been confused about the real facts behind Kanek's plans.

Last edited on 21 July 2022, 22:45.

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Hmm, I recognize the ladies on the cover (Obviously!!).

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Yep! Its the lovely angels 👌

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