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Heliogenoms is an 11 issue doujinshi series by Denki Akiba (秋葉デンキ) and the Zanzibar circle that ran from late 1998 to late 2003. Akiba also did work for the Aquarian Age TCG and a bunch of doujinshi for non-Guilty Gear series too, such as Trigun, Psychic Force, Final Fantasy 8, and Kamen Rider Gaim. Under the Yoshisada Tsutsumi (堤芳貞; sometimes "Tsu2mi") name, Akiba illustrated the manga Tokyo Mikaeru and both wrote and illustrated Tale of the Crescent Moon Dragon and Ignite Wedge.

Akiba also did three comics for official Guilty Gear manga volumes:

MEET AGAIN - Guilty Gear Comic Anthology (Sept. 1998 — Broccoli)

夜を征く者へ (Those Who Conquer The Night) - Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol. 1 (Jan. 2003 — Bros. Comics)

LANDMINE - Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol. 2 (Mar. 2003 — Bros. Comics)

I first fell in love with Akiba's art when I did the '98 Anthology scans and saw MEET AGAIN, and while googling to see what other art she made, I found her Heliogenoms series. These mostly focus on Sol, but a lot of them feature Johnny too (some even kind of romantically!!), while a few others are ensemble casts. There is at least one non-Heliogenoms Guilty Gear doujinshi Akiba worked on in 2009 that I don't have: 聖☆オヤジさん (St.☆Old Man) with POWERSKILL (Sumihei), set during the Overture era.

Gobanjima's and 神田's website: x-game.cool.ne.jp/brcb/# (BRCB: Bloody Red Criminal Black)

Akiba's other site (under Tsu2mi): http://t-2.vis.ne.jp/#.

Both of these are listed in the back of various Heliogenoms issues at different points.

Akiba mentions using a Zebra G-pen nib, drafting ink, IC Inc. manuscript paper, and screentone sheets for her art on the t-2.vis.ne.jp site's "about" page.

Zanzibar circle: Denki Akiba (秋葉デンキ)/Yoshisada Tsutsumi (堤芳貞; "Tsu2mi"), Gobanjima (ゴバンジマ; ゴバン次). Names that show up in Heliogenoms issues that I don't know anything about: 走床木千, 神田.

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• HELIOGENOMS
1998, November 03
• HELIOGENOMS VER. 2.0
2000, December 29
• HELIOGENOMS A•D
2001, February 11
• HELIOGENOMS VER. 3.0
2001, August 10
• HELIOGENOMS LIMITED
2001, December 29
• HELIOGENOMS INSPIRE
2002, August 10
• HELIOGENOMS VER. 4.0
2002, December 29
• HELIOGENOMS IRREGULAR BOUND
2003, February 04
• HELIOGENOMS/SPLINTER
2003, June 15
• HELIOGENOMS 5.0
2003, August 15
• HELIOGENOMS AWAY
2003, December 28

Date: YYYY/MM/DD

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══════ HELIOGENOMS ══════

1998/11/03

JP Raws: Download PDF (24 MB)

Page count: 30

・ The very first Heliogenoms.

・ I sometimes call this one "Heliogenoms '98."

・ First story by Gobanjima is kind of a comedic recap of the very end of Missing Link.

・ Second story and all other text/sketches by Denki Akiba.

・ This issue also elaborates on what a "Heliogenoms" is by giving us the kanji for it, 太陽遺伝情報体; "Solar genetic information body." About what you'd expect if you could parse the Greek etymology of the Latin character spelling.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS VER. 2.0══════

2000/12/29

JP Raws: Download PDF (18 MB)

Page count: 34

・ Subtitle: WE WILL ROCK YOU!.

・ Referred to in the back of HELIOGENOMS '98 as "HELIOGENOMS II."

・ Has a really nice recycled paper cover and thick pages, making this one pretty hefty.

・ Opens with a brief Gobanjima Sol/Johnny chapter, followed by a Akiba one.

・ Has some sketch pages featuring Dizzy, Testament, and smaller sketches of the rest of the GGX roster.

・ Shout out to Tillman for kindly sending me this issue!!.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS A•D ══════

2001/02/11

JP Raws: Download PDF (14 MB)

Page count: 27

・ The cover for this one is used on the GG Masterpost layout.

・ Starts with a Jellyfish Pirates and Dizzy story by Gobanjima and then a short story with Sol and Axl, and the rest is a Ky and Order Sol Crusades story, both by Akiba.

・ The doujinshi supplier I bought this book from included what seems to be a convention flyer by Akiba, dated 2001, May 05th, for Comiket, featuring a sketch of Mystina (Meltina in Japanese) from Valkyrie Profile.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS VER. 3.0 ══════

2001/08/10

JP Raws: Download PDF (9 MB)

Page count: 24

・ Some light Sol/Johnny, a few cameos of other characters.

・ First story is signed by 走床木千, who I don't recognize. The style doesn't match Gobanjima's either so idk who that is.

・ Second chapter by Denki Akiba.

・ Nothing too wild in this one, except for the last chapter ending with Johnny saying 「俺はパーフェクトだぜ?」to Sol.

・ Special thanks to Shottie for sending me this one!!

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══════ HELIOGENOMS LIMITED ══════

2001/12/29

JP Raws: Download PDF (16 MB)

Page count: 32

・ Subtitle: SMOKE & ALCOHOL.

・ Denki Akiba the whole way through.

・ Johnny and Sol swap spit on like page 1 in this volume. Very nice.

・ Really awesome gay moment later where Johnny has Sol pinned down and Sol notices the color of his eyes.

・ The cover of this one has a really satisfying texture to it, almost like a thin pleather feel.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS INSPIRE ══════

2002/08/10

JP Raws: Download PDF (17 MB)

Page count: 38

・ Starts with a chapter by Gobanjima featuring Sol and Johnny, then two chapters by Denki Akiba — one with I-No and Sol, the other with Sol and Johnny.

・ I-No gets her tits out.

・ The second longest issue behind AWAY.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS VER. 4.0 ══════

2002/12/29

JP Raws: Download PDF (14 MB)

English translation: Download PDF (13 MB) — Mangadex (webview)

Page count: 30

・ Denki Akiba only issue.

・ English translation by ya boy, Sol Radguy.

・ First story has Ky and Axl discuss the application of laws on a time traveller.

・ Second story has Sol and Johnny and Sol licks Johnny's throat before ripping a chunk out of it. Really good.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS IRREGULAR BOUND ══════

2003/02/04

JP Raws: Download PDF (18 MB)

Page count: 30

・ Subtitle: STAND ALONE CALLING.

・ It's horizontal but the art is still vertical.

・ The pages of this one are off-white, they aren't sun damaged.

・ Issue opens with a one page Johnny and S-Ko story by someone that's named something that might be コルニラ or みすこう (if you can read wtf that says, email me: junkyarddogmkii@gmail.com).

・ Next is a longer chapter with some funny stuff with Sol, Axl, Johnny, May, Anji and Chipp with some Ky.

・ The remaining pages are a pretty heavy Missing Link recap with Sol, Justice, That Man, and some Raven.

・ Ends with some character sketches.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS/SPLINTER ══════

2003/06/15

JP Raws: Download PDF (11 MB)

Page count: 22

・ Denki Akiba only issue.

・ Awesome Sol and Johnny fight scene in a church.

・ Sketch gallery in the back.

・ Kind of a tame issue, but the expressions are really great in this one.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS 5.0 ══════

2003/08/15

JP Raws: Download PDF (15 MB)

Page count: 30

・ Denki Akiba only issue.

・ First chapter has some I-No, Anji, May, Axl, Johnny, Testament, and Bridget. Johnny hits poor Testament with an 「おまえさん」.

・ Second chapter's bit longer and is your usual homoerotic sword fight between our favorite sweaty men, Sol and Johnny.

・ Lots of cool sketches in this one.

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══════ HELIOGENOMS AWAY ══════

2003/12/28

JP Raws: Download PDF (38 MB)

Page count: 46

・ Another weird horizontal cover issue (art is vertical though).

・ This issue collects officially published stories, so the text is printed instead of written and the art is tighter, with screentone shading.

・ The first story is 夜を征く者へ (Those Who Conquer The Night) from Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol. 1 (Bros. Comics).

・ Second story is the multi-part LANDMINE from Guilty Gear XX Anthology Comics Vol. 2 (Bros. Comics).

・ The art is pretty much the same as in the official volumes but some handwritten parts have been replaced to have typed text and bigger chapter titles were added with an artist credit.

・ Does not have MEET AGAIN from the 1998 Guilty Gear Comic Anthology.

・ The biggest Heliogenoms issue by far.

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