The Sportsman

The manga titled “Monster Hunter Orage” was published jointly by the Japanese publisher Kodansha and the Japanes video game company Capcom in April 2008. The author of this manga is artist Hiro Mashima know for his first serial, the 1999 to 2005 “Rave Master”, and his best selling work, the 2003 to 2017 “Fairy Tail”. Mashima’s “Monster Hunter Orage” was based on the video game franchise “Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター, Monsutā Hantā)”, a successful franchise that was released for PlayStation 2 in 2004.

There are four volumes total in “Monster Hunter Orage” with the last volume published on May 4, 2009. An English release of the series first took place on June 28, 2011. Elements from “Monster Hunter” were later included in the World Unite comic crossover from Archie Comics which featured several other Capcomand Sega franchises making guest appearances in the previously running “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Mega Man” comic lines.

The image above is based on the Japanese series “Monster Hunter, illustrated by a group of artists among whom is the artist known as Hisroshi Yorsoï (aka KFutaba and Tachigumi).