Motofumi Kobayashi

is a Japanese manga artist. His works include military manga such as Panzergrenadier (装甲擲弾兵), Warrior in Flames -Jochen Peiper (炎の騎士 ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記) & Unternehmen Blau (ブラウ作戦).

Works Works about World War II: The Black Knight Story (黒騎士物語), 1985 Panzer Vor! (パンツァーフォー！), 1986 Panzergrenadier (装甲擲弾兵), 1987 Panzer Krieg (パンツァークリーク), 1988 Death of the Steel (鋼鉄の死神), 1989 - The biography of Michael Wittmann. Warrior in Flames - Jochen Peiper (炎の騎士 ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記), 1990 - The biography of Jochen Peiper. Kampfgruppe Zbv (カンプグルッペZbv), 1993 Happy Tiger (ハッピータイガー), 1993 Japanisch Frw. Bataillon der Waffen SS (東亜総統特務隊), 1995. - 'Japanese foreign legion of the Waffen-SS.' It's a comedy. Unternehmen Barbarossa (バルバロッサ作戦), 2001. - Operation Barbarossa Unternehmen Taifun (タイフーン作戦), 2002. - Operation Typhoon Unternehmen Blau (ブラウ作戦), 2003. - Operation Blue Unternehmen Zitadelle (ツィタデル作戦), 2005. - Operation Zitadelle Deutschland Afrika Korps (アフリカ軍団), 2006. - Afrika Korps and the biography of Erwin Rommel. Samland 1945 (ザームラント1945), 2007. - Battle of Sambia.

Works about the Vietnam War: Cat Shit One (キャットシットワン), 1998 Vietnam War (ヴェトナムウォー), 1999

Alternate history: World War III (第3次世界大戦), 1988 Battle over Hokkaidō (バトルオーバー北海道), 1989 - Set in 1995, Soviet hardliners assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev and launch a war against NATO and Japan. In the Far East, the Soviet military fights the JSDF in a battle over control of Hokkaidō. Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo Wars (トウキョウウォーズ), 1991 - This is a story of the JSDF fighting against the Soviet Army in Tokyo and Niigata. Korean War II (第2次朝鮮戦争 ユギオII), 1996 Samurai Soldier (サムライ・ソルジャー), 1999 Omega 7 (オメガ7), 2002 Omega J (オメガJ), 2003

Science Fiction: Gatse (ワンマン・アーミー ゲイツ), 1987 The Time Troopers (タイム・トルーパー), 1989 HYDT (士官候補生ハイト), 1989

American comic books: Psychonauts (with writer Alan Grant, 4-issue mini series, Epic Comics, 1993–1994)

Video games: Accele Brid (Character Designer)