21st Century Boys: The Perfect Edition Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa
From Naoki Urasawa - this award winning Mystery Manga epic of doomsday cults and a group of friends trying to save the world is a great read for any Seinen Manga lover.
The war is over. The Friend is dead. Finally free from the threat of extinction, peace has come to the people of Tokyo once again. But the mystery surrounding the Friend still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was or where he came from, and the only clue is hidden deep in Kenji's memories. The time has come to open Pandora's box and see what was left behind.
Gifts on the Bloc Recommends you read 20th Century Boys before 21st Century Boys. This is a direct sequel that won't make sense without reading the prior series
20th Century Boys, the prequel to 21st Century Boys has received critical acclaim and has 36 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
- Publisher : VIZ Media LLC (June 15, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 408 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1421599724
- ISBN-13 : 978-1421599724
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 1.2 x 8.25 inches
Naoki
Urasawa’s career as a manga artist spans more than thirty years and has
firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born
in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA!!
in 1983 and hasn’t stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a
variety of genres, Urasawa’s oeuvre encompasses a multitude of
different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), an intriguing detective series taking place around the world (Master Keaton; story by Hokusei Katsushika, Takashi Nagasaki), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka;
co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with
the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned
popular animated and live-action TV programs and sci-fi films, and 2008
saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese
films based on 20th Century Boys.
No
stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013
Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, as
well as an award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and is a
three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a
two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, and also received
the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world
of academia, and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei
University, where he teaches courses in, of course, manga.
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