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 VOSHITOH ASARI,
BORN IN HOKKAIPO, 1962.
AFT6R SRAPUATIN6 FROM
TAKIKAWA HISH SCHOOL,
TAXATION BUR6AU
OFFICE ANP TH6N B6CAM6
A MAN6A ARTIST. HIS
MOST R6COSNIZ6P WORK
IS ""SPAC6 FAMILY-KARL
R6APIN6 ""KOROSUK6'S
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IN 6L6M6NTARy SCHOOL
4TH SRAP6 H6 THOUGHT
H6 WANT6P TO TRy
WRITINS A SCI6NC6
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HOBBI6S SPAN A PIV6RS6
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SAM65, MOP6L CARS, ANP
COMPUT6RS.
MAN0A SCIZHCZ

YOSHTTOH ASARl
 CONTENTS

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A MICROBE IS A SUPERMAN.
SHININO KILLIFISH ANR TO LIKE..
MAKINO PRESSES FROM MILK..
which 15 a sweet watermelon?..
PAPER RIAPERS WILL SAVE TO EARTH?/.
MEPKINE TO MAKE you SMARTER?/,.
COLORLESS, BUT COLORFUL?/.
A MIRACULOUS MERICINE WHICH PREVENTS CAVITIES?/.
IN 2001 ROBOTS WILL EECOA/IE SNAKES?/.
SQUIP CALCULATORS, ANR CUTLASS FISH NAIL POLISH?/..
THE THINNER, TO MORE AMAZINO/.
IRON POWPER TEACHES US ABOLfT HIRPEN COPES.
ATTACK OF TO COMPUTER VIRUS/..
YOUR HANRS CAN MAKE you SMARTER/?..
CIT/ RATS LOVE COMPUTERS?..
OOINO TO SPACE /MAKES YOU GO TO THE TOILET?..
666 RAyS ON /MARS: A SPACE JOURNEY.
THE T70 THOUSANP-YEAR-OLP STORY OF A SUPERNOVA..
YOUR BOPY IS AAAPE OF STARPUST/?.
IS THERE A TOTH PLANET IN TO SOLAR 5YSTEM?..
WHEN IS MT. FUJI OOINO TO ERUPT?..
RETRIEVE THE AIR FROM 300 MILLION YEARS AGO!.
505 SPACESHIP EARTH/
RIP RINOSAUROIPS EXIST?..
PO ALIENS EXIST?..
THE COMICS CONTAINER IN THIS VOLUME WERE FEATURE? IN "5 YEAR SCIENCE*
FROM 1987T01989. THE RESEARCH ANR FRORUCTSINTRCRUCER IN THESE COMICS
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VASOPRESSIN: MAKtS
YOU SMARTER!?
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MORPHOLOGICAL COLOR
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MAGNETIC CARD
MYSTERIOUS LINES BROUGHT
UP BY IRON POWRER
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MASTERS OP PIS0UIS£'

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NEURAL NETWORK
THfc PIVISION OP FUNCTIONS
FOR BRAIN FXFRCISFS, HANPS RUL-F/
somTHING HAPP£N6 TO YOUR
BRAIN AT ASfc 10/
ULTRASONIC WAVE
 RATS CAN PARALVZS CITIES

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WHATS A SUPERSONIC WAVE?
LET'S CATCH RATS WITH
SUPERSONIC WAVES/
BIOSPHERE IN SPACESHIP
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Wfc'Rfc O?? TO MARS!
 TRAVELLING TO MARS TAKES
A TIGHT BUPGET!

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YZAR'OU? STORY OF A
SUPERNOVA
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 ST4RLI6HT FROM T7 THOUS/M?
LI0HT-Y&AR5 4W/AY

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ORIGIN OF ELEMENTS
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194 THANKS TO: MASAAKI hKIMURA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE P/UKYUS.
mil FUJI £RUPT!?
 CARBON DIOXIDE

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NOT BRfc/VTHfc ON fcARTH
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MUST BP STOPPPP/
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 WHAT IF PIN06AURS HAP
CONTINUE EVOLVING?

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IF PINOSAUPOIPS HAP PZAUY ZXISTZP...
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LIST OF COLLABORATORS,
FIRST APPEARANCES
All OF THESE VOLUMES ARE PART OF "S YEAR SCIENCE"

"LETTUCE IN CAPSULE FORM/?" COLLABORATION: KIRIN 8EER

CO.,LTP PHOTOS8 SHOICHIRO
HATTORI VOL. 4/1989
"CRAB SHELLS WILL SAVE MANKINP/?" CCUABCRATON: TOITCRIDIVERSITY
PR3FESSCR SHICEHIRP HIRANO NIPPON
CHEMICALS CO.,LIP, K/OWAREIZO CO.,LIP
FIN5CARE CO.,LIP, KANEBO CO., LIP PANASONIC
CO.,LTPTANMI FOCPS VOU SteB6
"A MICROBE IS A SUPERMAN" COLLABORATION: TOKYO INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

BICHI TAMT/A VOL. 2/1990
CO.,LIP ISETAN CO.,LIP PHOTOS=KEISUKE

"S0U1P CALCOATCRS, AM? CUTLASS COLLABORATION: NISSUI CO., LTP

FISH NAIL POLISH?/" VOL. 12/1989
"THE THINNER, THE MORE AMAZING/*

"ATTACK OF THE COMPUTER VIRUS / COLLABORATION = WAMU

PRCPUCTIONS, HIROSHI PUKUTSU
PINPAPFLE 68000 PHOTOS =
yuKir/iKA kosuoi vol. 2/1980
'YOUR HANPS cm MAKE YOU SMARTER/?'
YOSHIYA SHINAOAWA va. S'

U COLLABORATION = NATIONAL-
* AEROSPACELABORATOR/OP JA
KOJIOTSUBO, va. 3/1988
= SCIENTIPIC CRITIC, IWAO ETO

"THE 170 THOUSANP-YEAR-OLP COLLABORATION = <_.

STORY OF A SUPERNOVA" PLANETARIUM S- ASTRONOMY
MUSEUM, N/--
PHOTOS s N
'YOUR BOP/ IS MAPE OP STARPUST/?' CaLABORATTON = NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OP RAPIOLOOICAL
SCIENCES, YASUTOIOARASHI

"WHEN IS MI PUJI COINS TO ERUPT?' ! UNIVERSITY OP

"RETRIEVE THE AIR PROM 300 CaLABORATTON = SUOIYAMA

"SOS SPACESHIP EARTH/" VOL. 7/1989

"PIP PINOSAUROIPS EXIST?" CaLABORATTON = YOKOHAMA

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
PROPESSOR YOSHIKAZU
HASECAWA NATIONAL MUSEUMS
OF CANAPA VOL. 12/1988
"PO ALIENS EXIST?' VOL. 3/1990
A/1ANGA SCIENCE 1 E-VERSION
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AUTHOR: YOSHITOH A5ARI

PUBLISHER: KATSUTOSHI CHIYONOBU

EPITOR: TETSURO ITO

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 SYNTHETIC SEED
CHITIN-CHITOSAN
MICROORGANISMS
GENE RECOMBINATION
KASEIN
SOUND WAVE
SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER
MEMORY & BRAIN
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOR
PALATINOSE
ROBOTICS
LIQUID CRYSTAL
AMORPHOUS METAL
MAGNETIC CARD
COMPUTER VIRUS
NEURAL NETWORK
ULTRASONIC WAVE
BIOSPHERE IN SPACESHII
SPACE TOUR
SUPERNOVA
ORIGIN OP ELEMENTS
SOLAR SYSTEM
VOLCANOLOGY
CARBON DIOXIDE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
DINOSAUROID
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL