Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 161655861X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 674

Book Description
Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that's who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, "the Walt Disney of Japan," Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 is 680 pages of Tezuka's classic manga, value priced and ready to rock the 21st Century! Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller. "Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post-World War II Japanese animation." -The New York Times "Comics are a bridge between all cultures." -Osamu Tezuka "The Astro Boy stories always end with peace and human supremacy restored, but usually not before both sides, human and robot, have committed great wrongs." -ANIMERICA

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 8

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 197474552X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Final Volume! Atom is back, and the fate of the earth is in his hands! Now that Atom has all the answers to the unsolved mysteries around Pluto, Bora and more, he's prepared to put everything on the line. With the memory of his fallen brethren--Gesicht, Mont Blanc, North No. 2, Brando, Hercules and Epsilon--etched deeply into his heart, Atom is headed for one last battle to save the world! -- VIZ Media

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka

Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421533438
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
A new vision based on Astroboy - "The greatest robot on earth". R to L (Japanese Style). A new vision based on Astroboy - "The greatest robot on earth". Final Volume!

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974745473
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
In this daring reinvention of "The Greatest Robot on Earth" story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy series, the world is a place where humans and robots coexist. The lives of the seven great robots of the world--Atom, Mont Blanc, North No. 2, Brando, Hercules, Epsilon and Gesicht--are turned upside down into a virtual garden of terror filled with carnage and destruction. A killer is after them, but what exactly is his motive? The story intensifies when Pluto, the namesake of the lord of the underworld, makes his appearance in this finely crafted work of science fiction and suspense. -- VIZ Media

Graphic Novels

Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440851360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 758

Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 7

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974745511
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Pluto has destroyed six out of the seven great robots of the world, and the pacifist robot Epsilon is the only one that remains. Will Epsilon, who refused to participate in the 39th Central Asian War, leave behind his war-orphaned charges to step onto the battlefield? It just might be that kindly Epsilon, who wields the limitless power of photon energy, will be Pluto's greatest opponent of all! -- VIZ Media

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974745457
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. -- VIZ Media

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 4

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974745481
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
The seven great robots of the world are being destroyed one after the other, and the former members of the politically charged Bora Survey Group are also being targeted. Could Professor Tenma, the man who created the Japanese boy robot Atom, hold the key to finding the killer and his motive? The latest developments in the investigation send shock waves throughout the world in this masterful work of science fiction and suspense. -- VIZ Media

Mostly Manga

Author: Elizabeth F.S. Kalen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610692349
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Appropriate for any public library collection, this book provides a comprehensive readers' advisory guide for Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua. Japanese manga and anime, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua are Asian graphic novels and animated films that have gained great popularity in the last ten years and now are found in most public library collections. Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, and Anime is the first readers' advisory guide to focus on this important body of literature. This guide provides information on all of the major manga and anime formats and genres, covering publications from the early 1990s to the present. It identifies important titles historically and provides a broad representation of what is available in each format. Selected major titles are described in detail, covering the general plot as well as grade level and pertinent awards. The author also discusses common issues related to manga and anime, such as terminology, content and ratings, and censorship.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2

Author: Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki,Takahashi Nagasaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974745465
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
An advocate for robot rights and a renowned European robot have been murdered. Gesicht, the detective assigned to the case, has deduced that the killer is targeting the great robots of the world--which means that he too is one of the targets. Gesicht takes it upon himself to warn the potential targets, and Atom, the famous boy robot from Japan, is next on his list. Elsewhere, the Turkish robot hero Brando sets out on his own to take on a mysterious challenger. As the robots traverse a labyrinthine path edging toward their own souls, the question remains: Who is the killer and what is his motive? -- VIZ Media