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Asadora!, Vol. 5

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By (author): Naoki Urasawa

A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who wont quit.

In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransomand not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But theres more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.

Asa and Nakaido fly out to take a closer look at the mysterious creature that has appeared off the coast of Japan. As the creature threatens them with its sharp teeth and spiky tail, Nakaido works to decipher his mentors notes and find its weakness. But their attempts to take down the beast are in vain when it makes its way for land! See more
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  • Weight: 277g
  • Dimensions: 146 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 26 May 2022
  • Publisher: Viz Media Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781974727902

About Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawas career as a manga artist spans more than thirty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960 Urasawa debuted with BETA!! in 1983 and hasnt stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres Urasawas oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl) a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo) a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster) a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys) an art heist thriller (Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams) and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki supervised by Macoto Tezka and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys.No stranger to accolades and awards Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialAsia and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize and also received the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world of academia and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University where he teaches courses in of course manga.

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