Mai

In the mid-1990s, German publisher Egmont Ehapa brought the cyberpunk manga Mai to Western audiences, a six-issue series written by Kazuya Kudo and Georg Tempel, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami and Bill Pearson. This tense, futuristic thriller follows a young woman with extraordinary psychic abilities who becomes a target for both corporate and criminal forces. A key European release of a classic Japanese property, it showcases Ikegami's signature gritty, detailed style and stands as a notable early translation of mature manga for the German market.