Showing posts with label The Complete Works. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Complete Works. Show all posts

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 32: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 2

  


The 32nd volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS  published by Kodansha features the second out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by Katsuhiro Otomo for his 2004 feature-length animation film STEAMBOY, a work conceived, written, and directed by himself, whose production, from planning to release took a full ten years and marked Otomo's first such work since AKIRA.

At the time of the film’s release, STEAMBOY: THE STORYBOARD BOOK was published by Kodansha as a single, massive hardcover volume of 780 pages. This new edition divides the material into two separate volumes and enlarges the page size from A5 to the larger format used in THE COMPLETE WORKS collection.

This second volume contains the entirety of parts D, E1 and E2 (out of the six total parts: A, B, C, D, E, and E2) and it also includes storyboards from alternate versions and the pilot film. Additionally, approximately 60 pages of previously unreleased and never-before-published storyboard sketches have been added as well as Otomo's latest commentary at the end of the book. This two-volume set offers readers both a guide to unraveling the film’s structure and a new way to experience it through the medium of print.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-XI-26
Release date: 2025-XI-28
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 480
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,950
ISBN-10: 4065416590
ISBN-13: 978-4065416594

AVAILABILITY
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.
Ad by AA&NN Ltd.

●ADVERTISEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS vol. 32

   

Advertisements for the  publication of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol.32: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 2 started to appear in the latest issues of various magazines published by Kodansha. 

Here a list of the magazines in which the advertisement  is printed:

YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.50  | 11・24
MAGAZINE DETAILS 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-XI-10
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/4hUG2Do
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.


YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.51  | 12・1
MAGAZINE DETAILS 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-XI-17
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/3K7aZrD
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.52  | 12・8
MAGAZINE DETAILS 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-XI-25
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/43OALHN
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.
Ad by AA&NN Ltd.

●ADVERTISEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS vol.14+31

  

Advertisements for the  publication of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol.14: AKIRA 3 and OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol.31: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 1 started to appear in the latest issues of various magazines published by Kodansha. 

Here a list of the magazines in which the advertisement  is printed:

YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.41 | 9・22
MAGAZINE DETAILS:
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-IX-8
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY:
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/4mPEWug
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.


YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.42 | 9・29
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-IX-16
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY:
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/4gn7l8C
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.


YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.43 | 10・6
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-IX-22
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY:
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/3Is
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.
Ad by AA&NN Ltd.

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 31: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 1

 


The 31st volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS  published by Kodansha features the first out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by Katsuhiro Otomo for his 2004 feature-length animation film STEAMBOY, a work conceived, written, and directed by himself, whose production, from planning to release took a full ten years and marked Otomo's first such work since AKIRA.

At the time of the film’s release, STEAMBOY: THE STORYBOARD BOOK was published by Kodansha as a single, massive hardcover volume of 780 pages. This new edition divides the material into two separate volumes and enlarges the page size from A5 to the larger format used in THE COMPLETE WORKS collection.

This first volume contains the entirety of parts A, B, and C (out of the six total parts: A, B, C, D, E, and E2) and it also includes nearly 100 pages of “rough draft storyboards” published here for the very first time.  This two-volume set offers readers both a guide to unraveling the film’s structure and a new way to experience it through the medium of print.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-VIII-29
Release date: 2025-IX-2
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 480
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,950
ISBN-10: 4065408466
ISBN-13: 978-4065408469

AVAILABILITY
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

 


The fourteeth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS features the third volume (out of eight) that will collect the manga AKIRA. This third volume includes episodes 29 to 42 (covering pages 201 of AKIRA vol. 2 through page 167 of  AKIRA vol. 3 )   when  Katsuhiro Otomo was 29-30 years old back in 1984.

When AKIRA was collected in book format for the first time, Otomo gave it a lot of polish; he completed it through additions, corrections, deletions, replacements, rearrangements of pages and frames, he also added finishing touches, new drawings and illustrations. In addition to all that, the title pages of each episodes were also deleted from the book version and they were all collected in the 1995 published book AKIRA CLUB.

This new edition presents AKIRA in the closest way to its original serialization in Kodansha's YOUNG MAGAZINE . In accordance with the purpose of "arranging all of Otomo's works by era and tracing how he has changed as an author," everything, including the title pages, has been restored as much as possible to the way it was when it was serialized for the first time. However, There are some parts where the original illustrations no longer exist, and some parts cannot be restored to the way they were when they were serialized in the magazine because the manuscript was directly edited, but the goal of this new edition is to restore AKIRA to their original state as much as possible, including the original color pages from the serialization, which are all reprinted the same way they were first published in Young Magazine but this time with a pristine printing quality.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-VIII-29
Release date: 2025-IX-2
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 290
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,740
ISBN-10: 4065404673
ISBN-13: 978-4065404676

AVAILABILITY
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4eZghT8
※We earn a  commission from your purchases through these links.

EPISODES
●AKIRA part 29
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.5
1984-III-5 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 30
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.6
1984-III-19 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 31
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.7
1984-IV-2 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 32
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.8
1984-IV-16 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 33
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.9
1984-V-7 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 34
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.10
1984-V-21 | 26 pages | B&W 

●AKIRA part 35 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.11
1984-VI-04 | 14 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 36 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.12
1984-VI-18 | 21 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 37 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.13
1984-VII-02 | 20 pages | B&W 

●AKIRA part 38 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.14
1984-VII-16 | 17 pages | B&W 

●AKIRA part 39 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.16
1984-VIII-20 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 40 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.17
1984-IX-03 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 41 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.18
1984-IX-17 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 42 
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン)No.19
1984-X-01 | 17 pages | B&W

●DESIGN● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 1st TERM BONUS ITEM: T-SHIRT

  

Katsuhiro Otomo has posted in his official X account: @OTOMO_ZENSHU, the final image of the T-shirt that will be shipped around June 2025 to everyone that purchased the eleven books of the first season of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collection and submitted the coupons on time.

TWEETS by OTOMO (May 9, 2025)
■We’ve kept you waiting. The packaging for the T-shirt, a bonus for those who purchased all volumes of the first season, has finally been revealed. The vinyl case for the T-shirt has a nice feel to it. We got a bit too caught up in perfecting the details, which caused the delay. We will inform you of the shipping date as soon as it’s confirmed.

■(Regarding if it's for display or wearing) T-shirts tend to yellow with age, but this one has been treated to resist discoloration. However, a T-shirt is a living thing, so please wear it. There’s nothing sadder than an unworn T-shirt.

■Wear that sense of superiority

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

   


The thirteenth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS features the second volume (out of eight) that will collect the manga AKIRA. This second volume includes episodes 15 to 28 (up to page 200 of AKIRA vol. 2) covering the period  when  Katsuhiro Otomo was 29 years old in 1983 and 1984.

When AKIRA was collected in book format for the first time, Otomo gave it a lot of polish; he completed it through additions, corrections, deletions, replacements, rearrangements of pages and frames, he also added finishing touches, new drawings and illustrations. In addition to all that, the title pages of each episodes were also deleted from the book version and they were all collected in the 1995 published book AKIRA CLUB.

This new edition presents AKIRA in the closest way to its original serialization in Kodansha's YOUNG MAGAZINE . In accordance with the purpose of "arranging all of Otomo's works by era and tracing how he has changed as an author," everything, including the title pages, has been restored as much as possible to the way it was when it was serialized for the first time. However, There are some parts where the original illustrations no longer exist, and some parts cannot be restored to the way they were when they were serialized in the magazine because the manuscript was directly edited, but the goal of this new edition is to restore AKIRA to their original state as much as possible, including the original color pages from the serialization, which are all reprinted the same way they were first published in Young Magazine but this time with a pristine printing quality.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-IV-16
Release date: 2025-IV-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 290
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065384338
ISBN-13: 978-4065384336

AVAILABILITY
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4ipUbHc
※We earn a  commission from your purchases through these links.

EPISODES
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.14
1983-VII-18 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.15
1983-VIII-1 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.16
1983-VIII-15 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.17
1983-IX-5 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.18
1983-IX-19 | 26 pages | Color & B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.19
1983-X-3 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.20
1983-X-17 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.21
1983-XI-7 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.22
1983-XI-21 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.23
1983-XII-5 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.24
1983-XII-19 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.1
1984-I-2 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.2
1984-I-16 | 20 pages | B&W

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4
1984-II-20 | 20 pages | B&W

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 7: APPLE PARADISE

 


The seventh volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects a variety of shorst stories and episodic manga works created by  Katsuhiro Otomo  between 1980 and 1981 when he was 26-27 years old.

This volume collects in book format for the first time the work, APPLE PARADISE, the unfinished  six chapter manga that was only published  in magazine format in the early 80's. This volume also includes the twelve fairy tale and literature inspired short story series THAT'S AMAZING WORLD previously collected in HANSEL AND GRETEL (seven of them) and  KANOJO NO OMOIDE (彼女の想いで…) (five of them). Aditionally five other short stories are also collected in this book, two of them from the fore-mentioned books another two from  SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI (SOS 大東京探検隊) and one from GOOD WEATHER.

The manga I・N・R・I  has been published this time in the original manuscript format, with the story opening from the end of the book to be read from left to right; when it was  collected in a book for the first time, the left and right frames were swapped and it was altered to open from the right.

As in the previous volumes, the manuscripts that had colors are reproduced in color, the same way they were first published in magazines but this time with a pristine printing quality.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-IV-16
Release date: 2025-IV-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 288
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065384346
ISBN-13: 978-4065384343

AVAILABILITY
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4jfBVBD
Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/4eZH29U
Amazon UK: 
Amazon DE: 
Amazon FR: 
Amazon IT: 
Amazon ES: https://amzn.to/4nDQoKG
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

COLLECTED STORIES
Monthly Manga Shonen (月刊マンガ少年) No.4
1980-III-6 | 32 pages | B&W

Pop Corn (ポップコーン) No.1
1980-IV-10 | 5 pages | B&W

Pop Corn (ポップコーン) No.2
1980-V-10 | 5 pages | B&W

Pop Corn (ポップコーン) No.3
8・10 | 1980-VII-10 | 5 pages | B&W

Pop Corn (ポップコーン) No.4
10・10 | 1980-IX-10 | 2 pages | B&W

Pop Corn (ポップコーン) No.6
2・10 | 1981-I-10 | 5 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
3・7 | 1981-II-20 | 5 pages | B&W

Just Comic (ジャストコミック) May issue
1981-IV-2 | 5 pages | B&W

Just Comic (ジャストコミッ) June issue
1981-V-2 | 5 pages | B&W

 Just Comic (ジャストコミック) July issue
1981-VI-5 | 5 pages | B&W

 Just Comic (ジャストコミッ) August issue
1981-VII-5 | 5 pages | B&W

Just Comic (ジャストコミッ) September issue
1981-VIII-5 | 5 pages | B&W

Just Comic (ジャストコミッ) November issue
1981-X-5 | 5 pages | B&W

Makinchoo (漫金超) Vol.1
1980-IV-1 | 32 pages | Color + B&W

●ELECTRIC BIRD LAND
SF Adventure (SFアドベンチャー) No.7
1980-V-25 | 16 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第一話「帰還前夜」1)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) vol.2
7・15 | 1980-VI-5 | 29 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第一話「帰還前夜」2)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) vol.3
11・15 | 1980-IX-15 | 24 pages | B&W

●APPLE PARADISE ep.1「KIKAN ZEN'YA」part 3
(APPLE PARADISE 第一話「帰還前夜」3)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) Vol.4
1・15 | 1980-XII-25 | 12 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第一話「帰還前夜」4)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) Vol.5
3・15 | 1981-II-25 | 17 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第二話「帰路」1)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) vol.5
3・15 | 1981-II-25 | 8 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第二話「帰路」2)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) Vol.6
6・15 | 1981-IV-25 | 16 pages | B&W

(APPLE PARADISE 第二話「帰路」3)
Manga Kisōtengai (マンガ奇想天外) vol.8
11・15 | 1981-IX-25 | 16 pages | B&W

Shōnen shōjo SF manga kyōsaku dai zenshū hachi (少年少女SFマンガ競作大全集８)
11・1 | 1980-X-5 | 4 pages | B&W

Monthly Starlog (月刊スターログ) No.10
1980-IX-1 | 12 pages | B&W

●ADVERTISEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS vol.7+13

  

Advertisements for the upcoming publication of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol.7: APPLE PARADISE and OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol.13: AKIRA 2 started to appear in the latest issues of various magazines published by Kodansha. 

Here a list of the magazines in which the advertisement  is printed:

YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) No.17 | 4・7
MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2025-III-24
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 25.8x18 cm
Retail price: ¥510

AVAILABILITY:
Amazon Japan: https://amzn.to/3EkmWY5
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 25: Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 3

 

Kodansha has published today the third and final volume that collects a huge amount of layouts, original drawings, and  corrections from Otomo's personal collection used in the production of the anime version of AKIRA. 

The layout is a drawing that has the information (such as art setting, background and character movement) of each scene of the film and serves as a blueprint to draw the animation. The animation director, the art director and the director Otomo, were involved in the creation of this layouts. The selected ones included in this book are mostly drawn by Otomo himself. In addition to those original drawings, replicas of the cels and background art that made into the final photography of the film are also collected in this book.

The film AKIRA was divided in four parts during production: A, B C and D. Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 3 (Volume 25 of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS) collects the material selected by Otomo from his personal collection of parts C (continued from previous volume 24) and the final part D. 

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2024-X-30
Release date: 2024-XI-1
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 675
Size: 248×172mm 
Retail price: ¥9,900
ISBN-10: 4065360544
ISBN-13: 978-4065360545

AVAILABILITY
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 12: AKIRA 1

  


The twelfth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS features the first volume (out of eight) that will collect the manga AKIRA. This first volume includes episodes 1-14 (up to page 279 of AKIRA vol. 1) covering the period  when  Katsuhiro Otomo was 28-29 years old in 1982-1983.

When AKIRA was collected in book format for the first time, Otomo gave it a lot of polish; he completed it through additions, corrections, deletions, replacements, rearrangements of pages and frames, he also added finishing touches, new drawings and illustrations. In addition to all that, the title pages of each episodes were also deleted from the book version and they were all collected in the 1995 published book AKIRA CLUB.

This new edition presents AKIRA in the closest way to its original serialization in Kodansha's YOUNG MAGAZINE . In accordance with the purpose of "arranging all of Otomo's works by era and tracing how he has changed as an author," everything, including the title pages, has been restored as much as possible to the way it was when it was serialized for the first time. However, There are some parts where the original illustrations no longer exist, and some parts cannot be restored to the way they were when they were serialized in the magazine because the manuscript was directly edited, but the goal of this new edition is to restore AKIRA to their original state as much as possible.

The original color spread of the first issue, which is different from the book version, and the color pages from the serialization are all reprinted the same way they were first published in magazines but this time with a pristine printing quality.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2024-VIII-28
Release date: 2024-VIII-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 320
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065367859
ISBN-13: 978-4065367858

AVAILABILITY
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4hQftyN
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

EPISODES
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.24
12・20 | 1982-XII-6 | 26 pages | B&W + Color

●AKIRA part 2
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.1
1・3 | 1982-XII-20 | 20 pages | B&W + Color

●AKIRA part 3
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.2
1983-I-17 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 4
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.3
1983-II-7 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 5
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4
1983-II-21 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 6
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.5
1983-III-7 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 7
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.6
1983-III-21 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 8
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.7
1983-IV-4 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 9
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.8
1983-IV-18 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 10
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.9
1983-V-2 | 20 pages | Color + B&W

●AKIRA part 11
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.10
1983-V-16 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 12
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.11
1983-VI-6 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 13
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.12
1983-VI-20 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 14
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.13
1983-VII-4 | 20 pages | B&W

●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 6: G.....

 


The sixth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects two seven short manga works and a series of short manga spreads, centered around two medium-length series that Katsuhiro Otomo created between 1979 and 1980 when he was 25-26 years old.

This volume collects in book format for the first time the work, "G...."  illustrated by Otomo and written by Nobuyuki Shirayama (白山宣之). This unfinished  four chapter manga was only published  in magazine format in the late 70's. This volume also includes the four part manga SEIJAGA MACHINI YATTEKIRU  (聖者が街にやって来る) from the same period that was later collected in the book SAYONARA NIPPON as well as the thirteen episodes of the two-page spread comics titled OTOMO KATSUHIRO NO EIYOO MANTEN (大友克洋の栄養満点) only published in Rockin' On  Magazine back in the day and never collected in a book before.

The other short stories included are EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON（原案/狩撫麻礼) and A GYAKUSATSUNIN JINKEN (Ａ荘殺人事件) collected in the book SAYONARA NIPPON in the past,   SOUND OF SAND and FLOWER  originally collected in Kodansha's book OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY vol.1: KANOJO NO OMOIDE (彼女の想いで…), and RUN and ABUNAI! SEITO KAICHOO (危ない！生徒会長) collected in the second volume: SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI (SOS 大東京探検隊)

Finally the manga DON QUIJOTE collected in the book HANSEL & GRETEL (ヘンゼルとグレーテル) has been published this time in the original manuscript format, with the story opening from the end of the book to be read from left to right, because when it was  collected in a book for the first time, the left and right frames were swapped and it was altered to open from the right.

As in the previous volumes, the manuscripts that had colors are reproduced in color, the same way they were first published in magazines but this time with a pristine printing quality.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2024-VIII-28
Release date: 2024-VIII-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 320
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065367867
ISBN-13: 978-4065367865

AVAILABILITY
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3AOUziR
※We earn a commission from your purchases through these links.

COLLECTED STORIES
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
3・8 | 1979-II-22 | 24 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！１：腸の陰干)
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 4
1979-III-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！2) 
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 5
1979-V-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点３ - 赤頭巾)
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 6
1979-V-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点４- 狼と七匹の子やぎ)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 7
1979-VI-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点５ - オオカミ少年 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 8
1979-VII-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点６ - ３匹の子ぶた )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 9
1979-VIII-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点７ - ジャックと豆の木)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.10
1979-IX-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点８ - 金の斧、銀の斧 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 11
1979-X-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点９ - 牛とカエル )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 12
1979-XI-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点10 - マッチ売りの少女 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 2
1979-XII-26 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点11 - 白雪姫)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.3
1980-II-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！12：ガリバー)
Rocking On (ロッキング・オン) No.4
1980-III-1 | 2 pages | B&W

●OTOMO KATSUHIRO NO EIYOO MANTEN 13 - ROBINSON KURUSOO HYOORYUU SHIRU (大友克洋の栄養満点13 - ロビンソン・クルーソー漂流記 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.5
1980-IV-1 | 2 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・10 | 1979-IV-26 | 26 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・17 | 1979-V-2 | 12 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・24 | 1979-V-9 | 20 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・31 | 1979-V-16 | 20 pages | B&W

●RUN
GORO（ゴロー）
6・28 | 1979-VI-14 | 24 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
8・8 | 1979-VII-25 | 25 pages | B&W and color

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
8・22 | 1979-VIII-8 | 17 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
9・12 | 1979-XIII-22 | 12 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
9・26 | 1979-IX-12 | 25 pages | B&W

SF Hōseki (SF宝石) No. 10
1979-X-25 | 6 pages | Color

Kisōtengai (奇想天外) No. 11
1979-IX-25 | 8 pages | B&W

Comic Again (コミックアゲイン) No. 11
1979-X-7 | 24 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
2・28 | 1980-II-14 | 20 pages | B&W + Limited Color

Vampirella (月刊スターログ別冊 バンピレラ) No. 1
1979-IX-15 | 12 pages | B&W

●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 2nd period

 

The poster announcing OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS second period was revealed today in Otomo Zenshu X account and the OTOMO-COMPLETE Official website accompanied by some announcements.

The first is that the publication date  of the seventh batch of the first period consisting in the book   "Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 3" has been moved from June 2024 to November 2024 due to complications in the production process.

The second announcement is that the start of publication of the second period will start on August 30, before the end of the first period and will consist in these two books with a price tag of ¥3,500 (tax included) each:

★Vol.6:  G..... (short manga works from the late 70's and early 80's that follow Vol.5)
Available in Amazon JP: http://amzn.to/3VRvc6u

★Vol.12: AKIRA 1 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
Available in Amazon JP:  http://amzn.to/45T5OSG

AKIRA was originally published in 120 parts of about 20 pages from 1982 to 1990  in Kodansha's Young Magazine. During that same period it was also collected in six books in which the chapters were lost and the story could be read as a continuum. The chapter title pages were later collected in the art book AKIRA CLUB published in 1995. Otomo also made many substantial changes, corrections and redraws for the final version collected in the books, this versions have been used for every international version ever since. Finally, AKIRA will be available in the same fashion in which it was published when serialized in Young Magazine for the first time, but this time with pristine print quality.

The poster also revealed the rest of the books that will complete the second period:

★Vol.20: Animation AKIRA
★Vol.7: APPLE PARADISE (short manga works from the early 80's that follow Vol.6 )
★Vol.13: AKIRA 2 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
★Vol.31: STEAMBOY Storyboards 1
★Vol.14: AKIRA 3 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
★Vol.32: STEAMBOY Storyboards 2
★Vol.28: MEMORIES
★Vol.33: STEAMBOY Layouts & Key Frames 1

TWEETS by OTOMO (June 26, 2024)
■A poster announcing the start of pre-orders for the second series of the complete collection has been made. Pre-orders will probably start next month. This image is my own pre-order. Please don't criticize me.

■These are some of the things I was influenced by when I was a high school freshman in 1970, until I was around 20 years old. Even though I only drew pictures, the rights issues were a real pain... 

■(On the meaning of ELSINORE that it's written in the back of his shirt) This is a Honda off-road bike. This is the series that became a hot topic because it was the first time Steven McQueen appeared in a commercial. I wanted this T-shirt so I went to a motorcycle shop in Ueno to buy one. 

■(Regarding the poster of BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA) It is amazing! I remember being deeply influenced by this film that I saw in Sendai when I was a high school student.

■(Regarding the third image starting from the bottom left) This is THE RITE OF SPRING conducted by Leonard Bernstein. This is the record version.

■(On the mention made to THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT  in the afterword of the complete collection) Michael. Cacoyannis was great in ZORBA.  And the music by Mikis Theodorakis, who did the music for Z  is also great. 

■ (On filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida  (吉田喜重)) I didn't really understand Yoshishige Yoshida's EROS+ MASSACRE (エロス+虐殺), but I found the TV Man Union's (テレビマンユニオン) THE EMPEROR'S CENTURY (天皇の世紀) interesting.

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)