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Juusei (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS)

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

This is a collection of 11 short manga by Otomo Katsuhiro, who was 17-19 years old between 1971 and 1974, from the period when he was a student contributor to his professional debut. Otomo made his debut at the age of just 19 with Juusei in the August 4th,1973 extra issue of Manga Action, and none of his first seven short stories have been collected in any previous book. You may have seen them listed in Short Peace, but this will be the first time you can read them. The stories in this book are literally "phantom early works." This book includes all of these works for the first time, as well as four completely unpublished works, and drafts and submissions made before the artist's debut. It is a miracle that the manuscripts of these works still exist, but the author's permission to include these unpublished works was also a special measure taken for the "complete works" project, and the realization of this book is truly a once in a half-century miracle. It is up to the reader to decide whether to dismiss it as a collection of crude, poor, immature works or to be astounded by this "formidable child's" simultaneously youthful and mature sense of expression that is hard to believe came from a teenage boy. The value of this book is immeasurable as a one-of-a-kind document that records the moment when a creator who would later make a name for himself in the world was born, as well as the moments before and after. Only 10 years after his debut, in 1983, the still unknown "monster" began to draw AKIRA. Finally, his work is resurrected here!

Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Tragedy

Highway Star (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS)

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

1-2. Ame Ringo (Zengo-hen) (アメリンゴ (前後編))
Sakai Sanchi no Yukie-chan (酒井さんちのユキエちゃん)
犯す (Okasu)
Highway Star (ハイウェイスター)
CHUCK CHECK CHICKEN School-boy on good time 夢の蒼穹 (Yume no Soukyuu)
Uchuu Patroll Shigema (宇宙パトロール・シゲマ)
'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT
NOTHING WILL BE AS IT WAS
WHISKY-GO-GO
Seisou (星霜)

Tags: Anthology

Sayonara Nippon (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS)

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Suzume ga Naka (雀が中)
Tenmou Kaikai So ni Shite Morasazu (天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず)
3-7. Sayonara Nippon I-V (さよならにっぽん I-V)
MINOR SWING
GOOD WEATHER
GOOD WEATHER
Sayonara no Omiyage (さよならのおみやげ)
Tokyo Chanpon (トウキョウ　チャンポン)
SO WHAT

Note: Chapters 9 and 10 are different but share the same title.

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Fire-Ball (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS)

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Tsuya no Atosaki (つやのあとさき)
Ai no Machikado 2-choume 3-banchi (愛の街角２丁目３番地)
Tooi Matsuri (遠い祭り)
Hansel to Gretel (ヘンゼルとグレーテル)
Taimakyou (大麻境)
Kazoku (家族)
Ninkyou Cinema Club (任侠シネマクラブ)
Ashita no Yakusoku (あしたの約束)
Katsudon (カツ丼)
Nobunaga Senki (信長戦記)
Fire-Ball
Hair


Tags: Anthology

NASA: Urasawa Naoki Tanpenshuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

A collection of 12 short stories published in one volume by Shogakukan in 1988. A fantasy about a middle-aged office worker who trains every day in order to become Japan's first astronaut. This work also includes other earlier short stories, such as Beta!!.



N・A・S・A PART1
N・A・S・A PART2
Scenario (シナリオ)
Crash Dance (クラッシュ・ダンス)
Children Children (チルドレン・チルドレン)
Return
Tsutome Hito Hashiru!! (勤め人走る!!)
Street Corner Gangs (ストリート・コーナー・ギャングズ)
BETA!!
Old Western Mama (オールド・ウエスタン・ママ)
Mighty Boy Part 1 (マイティ・ボーイ PART1)
Mighty Boy Part 2 (マイティ・ボーイ PART2)

Tags: Fitness , Male Protagonist , Anthology , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Robots