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●MANGA● ZENSHŪ-KUN GA IKU (全集くんが行く) part 2



ZENSHŪ-KUN GA IKU (全集くんが行く) part 2
Published in otomo-complete website
2022-V-1 | 1 strip | B&W

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●ILLUSTRATION● PAIR GO MANGA EXHIBITION



Katsuhiro Otomo participated, together with other 19 manga artists, with an illustration in the PAIR GO MANGA EXHIBITION (ペア碁 漫画展), event co-sponsored by "Pair Go World Cup 2022 Japan". The exhibition took place in the Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel (セルリアンタワー東急ホテル) in Shibuya, Tokyo. The many illustration and short stories were on display for two days on March 20 and 21, the entrance was free and the visitors were gifted with a postcard with Otomo's illustration.



PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Tetsuya Chiba (ちばてつや), Baron Yoshimoto (バロン吉元), Seiji Iwami (いわみせいじ), Machiko Satonaka (里中満智子), Naomi Kimura (木村直巳), Goro Yamada (山田ゴロ), Chanyatsu (ちゃんやつ), mizo_re2, Chinyo (ちーにょ), Yoshimi Kurata (倉田よしみ), Mitsuru Miura (三浦みつる), Hinomoto Meguru (ひのもとめぐる), Akiko Nemoto (ねもと章子), Atsushi Sasaki (佐佐木あつし), Usako Yamada (山田うさこ), Reiko Kitagawa (北川玲子), Kino Sakura (喜乃さくら), Tochi Ueyama (うえやまとち), Yuna Takagi (高木ユーナ) and Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)



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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 2: BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ


This second volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects 15 short manga works created by Katsuhiro Otomo from 1974 to 1976 when he was 20 to 22 years old. Most of the stories were previously collected in a book under the same title: BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ published by Kitansha in 1982. This books as well as GOOD WEATHER were distributed only by mail order at that time, and were rarely available at bookstores, so it was difficult to obtain them for a long time.

In this new edition however, the works ONE DOWN and KAGAMI JIGOKU (鏡地獄), a short story of Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川 乱歩) drawn by Otomo in the fore-mentioned period and that were not collected in the original book have been included in this one. In addition, a phantom last page of MEZAMEYO TO YOBU KOE ARI (目覚めよと呼ぶ声あり) that was omitted in both the original publication and the book was published for the first time in this book.

COLLECTED STORIES
●BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-IV-25
23 pages | B&W

●BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-V-23
23 pages | B&W

Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-VII-4
23 pages | B&W

●MEZAMEYO TO YOBU KOE ARI (目覚めよと呼ぶ声あり)
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-VIII-15
23 pages | B&W

●SHINJŪ - 74 AKI - (心中――'74秋──)
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-X-3
23 pages | B&W

●ANYA KŌRO [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 1] (暗夜行路 [傷だらけの天使・1])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-X-31
23 pages | B&W

●PAKKU KUSO OMOSHIROKU MO NAKATTA KYŌ NO OWARI NI [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 2] (パック　糞面白くもなかった今日の終わりに [傷だらけの天使・2])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1974-XII-5
23 pages | B&W

●TANKYORI SŌSHA NO RENTAI [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 3](短距離走者の連帯 [傷だらけの天使・3])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1975-II-6
23 pages | B&W

●SHŪAKU NO KISHIMI [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 4] (醜悪の軋み [傷だらけの天使・4])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1975-III-6
23 pages | B&W

●CHUNPARABUGIUGICHUNPARABUGI [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 5] (チュンパラブギウギチュンパラブギ [傷だらけの天使・5])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1975-VI-5
21 pages | B&W

Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1975-VIII-7
22pages | B&W

●TSUJIGIRI (辻斬り)
Published in Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊) in 1975-VIII-23
24 pages | B&W

●ROCK [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI 7] (ROCK [傷だらけの天使・7])
Published in Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション) in 1975-XI-27
22 pages | B&W

●KAGAMI (鏡)
Published in Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊) in 1976-I-3
20 pages | B&W

●KAGAMI JIGOKU (鏡地獄)
Published in Bessatsu Manga Action (別冊漫画アクション) in 1976-III-12
20 pages | B&W


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-III-16
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 364
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,190
ISBN-10: ‎ 406527320X
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-4065273203

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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 22: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 2



This book is the second volume out of two, of a huge amount of storyboards drawn by Otomo himself during the production process of the anime version of AKIRA. Originally published also as two separate volumes by the editorial department of Young Magazine in 1988, both volumes AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1) and AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2) have been out of print for a long time and are difficult to obtain these days.

Divided in four parts A, B C and D, This volume 22 of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects the parts C and D of the storyboards of the animation film AKIRA as well as new elements such as previously unpublished cuts and commentary pages by Otomo himself.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-III-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 408
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,400
ISBN-10: ‎ 4065273102
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-4065273104

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●MANGA● ZENSHŪ-KUN GA IKU (全集くんが行く) part 1



ZENSHŪ-KUN GA IKU (全集くんが行く) part 1
Published in otomo-complete website
2022-III-11 | 1 strip | B&W

Read the 4 panel manga strip here:
http://otomo-complete.com/news/details/2022-03-11.html

●SIGNATURE● DRAWING IN A BOTTLE "Zenshū-kun ga iku"



Katsuhiro Otomo has posted a new drawing in a bottle, this time in the OTOMO ZENSHU twitter account announcing that the serialization of ZENSHŪ-KUN GA IKU (全集くんが行く) will start in the OTOMO COMPLETE home page.

●VIDEO REPORT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Making DŌMU 1st Distribution


This video showcasing the process of binding, covering, and bagging of the book OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 8: DŌMU (童夢) is the first video  shared in the the new official YouTube channel KATSUHIRO OTOMO COMPLETE WORKS TEAM (大友克洋全集チーム).

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 21: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 1



Kodansha has published today the first two volumes of Katsuhiro Otomo's Complete works collection. One of the two titles selected to inaugurate OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS is Animation AKIRA Storyboards 1 with the number 21 in the collection. 

This book is the first volume out of two, of a huge amount of storyboards drawn by Otomo himself during the production process of the anime version of AKIRA. Originally published also as two separate volumes by the editorial department of Young Magazine in 1988, both volumes AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1) and AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2) have been out of print for a long time and are difficult to obtain these days.

Storyboards are often thought of as rough blueprints, but the precision of the AKIRA storyboards is something else. Otomo drew them around 1987 when he was in the middle of the serialization of the fifth volume of the manga AKIRA. Work that he had to interrupt for 17 months to fully focus on the production of the movie version.

AKIRA storyboards are drawn with the tension of the serialization period and the dynamic feeling of the characters are at a level comparable to the main story of the manga. This book collects the first half, parts A and B out of the four parts, A, B, C, and D that the movie is formed of. This large volume of nearly 500 pages is like reading the movie, the animation will be reproduced in the readers brain just by looking at it providing a unique insight to Otomo's animation production techniques.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-19
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 488
Size: 248 x 172mm
Retail price: ¥4,400
ISBN-10: ‎406526264X
ISBN-13: ‎978-4065262641

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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 8: DŌMU (童夢)



Kodansha has published today the first two volumes of Katsuhiro Otomo's Complete works collection. The title selected to inaugurate OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS is DŌMU (童夢) with the number 8 in the collection.

Dōmu was first published in four parts in magazine format and later collected as a book that after 60 editions has been discontinued for over 20 years now. In this new edition, the image quality has been improved by the newly created version from the original artwork and the print quality has been significantly improved by the quality of the paper that has been carefully selected. In addition, the title page covers, which were not collected in the book, and the bi-tonal original images have been recovered. The illustrations that Otomo had envisioned for the book covers have also been reproduced and a new commentary by Otomo closes the book.

EPISODES
Published in Action Deluxe (アクションデラックス No.3) in 1980-I-19
45 pages | B&W

●DŌMU (童夢) PART 2
Published in Action Deluxe (アクションデラックス No.4) in 1980-X-5
31 pages | B&W

●DŌMU (童夢) PART 3 
Published in Action Deluxe (アクションデラックス No.5) in 1981-II-1
30 pages | B&W

●DŌMU (童夢) PART 4 
Published in Weekly Manga Action Special Edition Super Fiction
(週刊漫画アクション増刊 スーパー・フィクション) in 1981-VII-6
30 pages | B&W 


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-19
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 252
Size: 248 x 172mm
Retail price: ¥2,970
ISBN-10: 4065262631
ISBN-13: 978-4065262634

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●ADVERTISEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS main visual


The main visual to promote THE COMPLETE WORKS of Katsuhiro Otomo, a collage made with multiple illustrations done by Otomo throughout the years,  was first published as a full page advertisement on the January 3rd issue of the Japanese newspaper ASASHI SHINBUM (朝日新聞). The official tweeter account @Otomo_Zenshu tweeted that the following manga magazines published during the first weeks of the year 2022 would also feature a full page advertisement with the main visual:


WEEKLY SHONEN MAGAZINE (週刊少年マガジン)
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-5
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥410

AVAILABILITY:
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/3td0OHe


MORNING (モーニング)
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-6
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥400

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YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン)
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-8
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥450

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BIG COMIC (ビッグコミック)
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Shogakukan (小学館)
Release date: 2022-I-8
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥440

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MORNING (モーニング)
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-13
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥400

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