Astro Boy, Vol. 1
Created by the godfather of Japanese comics and animation, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and become a worldwide success, making Astro Boy a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing international phenomenon.
Created by the godfather of Japanese comics and animation, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and become a worldwide success, making Astro Boy a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing international phenomenon.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781569716762 (1569716765)
Publish date: March 15th 2002
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Manga,
Shonen,
Japanese Literature
Series: Astro Boy (#1)
Astro Boy is the most famous, and one of the earlier, works by Osamu Tezuka, who basically created Japanese comics. Formative it may be, but also extremely competent. While the series may not quite have the level of character development that we expect from our comics these days (or, indeed, from Te...