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  • Published: 15 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781939130013
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $26.99

Princess KnightNew Omnibus Edition




A gem from the fifties when the legendary master was most deeply involved in girls' comics, Twin Knights is more than just a sequel to the shojo manga milestone Princess Knight. More close addressing issue of station as well as gender, this one-volume tale has all the antic innocence of the early Tezuka even as it revises the more famous works' premise, doing away with the conceit of "boy and girl hearts" and invoking the vagaries of chance and power in their place.

  • Published: 15 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781939130013
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly interwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, who authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic.

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