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This is a fantasy story about a sword and the magic of a girl warrior, Emiya, in a fictitious world. A strong country, Guroman, attacks and overtakes the country of Kukurit, though the particulars of when and where this happens are not given. As a means of keeping the peace, the two countries exchange their third prince and princess, respectively. Prime Rose, the third princess of Guroman, is placed in the custody of a noble family of Kukurit under the name of Emiya. She grows up into a self-centered high school student. Although Emiya is favored by Prince Pirar of Guroman, she becomes a girl wanted by the authorities for her aid to the people of Kukurit reacting against the oppressive government. She is saved by the sword master Jimba, and flees to the wilderness. In the meantime, mysterious Tanbara Gai musters the forces of the people of Kukurit in an attempt to overturn Guroman's control. Emiya also decides to cooperate on the scheme. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
*Tezuka's last manga, which was serializing just weeks before his death in 1989.* In the year 1982, the Edo Shoji Corporation is a large Japanese trading company that has created a new branch in the fictional country of Cannibalia (or Kanivaria depending on how you transcribe it). Executive Director Yabushita assigns Hitoshi Himoto to be the head of the new South American office, which is an exceptional promotion for Hitoshi. Having joined the work force after his days of being a sumo wrestler, Hitoshi finds himself rapidly climbing the corporate ladder. However, not long after he is assigned to South America, Director Yabushita suddenly resigns from the company. Apparently he was involved in a scandalous affair with a woman, and forced to leave after news of the affair had leaked out. This severely affects Hitoshi as he is then demoted and transferred to a different location in South America. Can Hitoshi make a name for himself in a dangerous land, working together with the people that know him as the "Gringo"? Political and Corporate intrigue and drama are all around in Tezuka's last manga. (Source: Wikipedia)
Suspicion is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and also the name of one of his books in Kodansha's line of "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" books containing a collection of Tezuka's short stories. The stories included in this book are "Suspicion" (1982), "Insect Collector" (1979), "Insect Collector - The Butterfly Road Smells of Death" (1979), "Volcanic Eruption" (1982), "Peace Concert" (1984), "Activist Student" (1968), and "Old Folk's Home" (1972).
A renegade television producer strikes out on his own to produce a variety show and hires a gifted singer – one who is very ugly but turns beautiful if she fasts. Now add an undead boyfriend (made that way by the television producer) and an international singing star.
One of the original gag manga, this collection of shorts features talking crotches, a comedian’s audience made of robots, a man with a turtle attached to his nose, the Goddess of Defeat, and a religious order that wants to ban clothing… 1. Time Machine no Mikoto (タイムマシンのみこと) 2. Shinagawa Chuushin (品川中心) 3. Suppon Monogatari 4. Sexodus (セクソダス) 5. Make Jorou (負け女郎) 6. Nudian Archipelago (ヌーディアン列島, Nudian Rettou)
It tells the story of Tenka Taihei, a thin little Japanese man, docile but easily manipulable, whose sperm have two flagellums and gives birth to a third human gender: neither male nor female. These “third sex” humans, born inside test tubes and mass-produced, will be used for servile purposes. (Source: FLBLB Edition, translated)
A reboot of Princess Sapphire currently running in Tezucomi, an 18-month special magazine commemorating Osamu Tezuka for his 90th Birthday.
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. (Source: VIZ Media)
"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes. (Source: Anime News Network) *Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.*
Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic volumes on Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention. (Source: Kodansha USA) **Note:** Won the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material for the Eisner Award in 2004 and 2005.