The (un)holy trinity of action, violence and erotica is a tried and true combo when it comes to manga. Few have perfected the delicate balance of all three, but Rei Mikamoto surely comes close.

Debuting in the magazine Horror M in 1995, Mikamoto began his career by creating horror one shots. But the problem with one shots is that they make it difficult to establish memorable characters and a universe that draws readers in. So in 1999, he released Zombie-ya Reiko.

In this series, the titular Reiko is a big breasted schoolgirl/necromancer who runs a business where she resurrects a customer's chosen deceased for a fee. The hijinks ensuing from this eventually lead her into a plot involving groups of other necromancers, and her path crossing with an equally large boobed serial killer.

Reiko went on for 11 volumes, eventually ending in 2004. Soon after, Mikamoto followed up with Kyonyuu Dragon in 2005, which follows a group of curvy strippers as they wind up in a zombie apocalypse caused by their insane coworker, and Satanister in 2006, where a buxom nun murders serial killers to collect souls for Satan.

If you haven't guessed yet, Mikamoto's favourite tropes include psychotic villains and powerful big tiddy female leads. This is no exception for what is probably his best work in my opinion: Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw, which chronicles chain smoking, geta wearing, huge oppai having highschool delinquent Geeko as she battles an army of reanimated corpses (not zombies, think something more along the lines of Frankenstein) created from her former classmates by the deranged (and well endowed) nerd Nero, using her trusty custom chainsaw.

Like most of his longer works, Chainsaw features plenty of fanservice, gore, plot twists and awesome fight scenes, all complimented by his signature, sexy art style, which definitely has more of a western comic influence than most manga artists.

While he isn't among the most mainstream mangaka, two of his works have been blessed with live action movies, namely Kyonyuu Dragon (known as the appropriate Big Tits Zombie) and Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw (AKA Bloody Chainsaw Girl). Of course, neither of these are perfect adaptations, but they're both fun in their own right.



He's also released compilations of his horror one shots under the titles Bijo Amanda and Majonna: Mikamoto Rei Extra Works, the latter of which includes stories from across his career. More recently, he began Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: Reflesh, a sequel to his most popular series. I'm hoping the future will bring a good anime adaptation that will do a good job of getting more recognition toward his crazy, lewd and OTT stories.