(from ebookjapan): A blue kaleidoscope held by a boy next to me on the express train to Sendai. What he saw when he looked through it was the nostalgic world of his youth. In addition to the title story, \"My Norakuro,\" \"Tokiwa-so Charamera,\" \"The Day Osamu Tezuka Died,\" \"Ogawa\'s Medaka,\" which describes a summer vacation with his sons, and other autobiographies are included in this short story collection. Also of note is \"Like the Wind... Insects That Ran Too Far Back\", a retrospective of his relationship with Osamu Tezuka, including the \"Help with Workd...\" telegram and the feud over \"Jun\"!
20 views The Blue Hue Of Manga Vol.1 Chapter 9.2A series of 5 \'picture book\' manga for very young children, Ishinomori crafts his own tales that fit right at home with well-known Japanese folklore, gracing them with dozens and dozens of gorgeously done two-page spreads. - **Child of the Stars** - Hikaru is a boy of mysterious parentage, said to have come down from the stars. One day, Hikaru comes to face an oni with his own reason for attacking Hikaru, one connected to Hikaru\'s past. - **The Dragon\'s Whiskers** - Taro\'s mother is ill, but legend has it that if she drinks a boiled dragon\'s whisker, her illness will be cured. Taro goes on his quest to obtain this whisker. - **Tale of the 1000 Year-Old Cedar** - A tengu father suddenly finds himself responsible for several human children. A yamauba offers to care for the children by becoming their mother, but he refuses. Frustrated, the yamauba is set on making him suffer... - **Aim For It! Saburota** - Saburota\'s father was killed by a whale (\'the white monster\'), and his mother dies from the shock. Now orphaned, Saburota aims to become a great harpooner to avenge his parent\'s deaths. - **Kon Kon Kon** - A young boy who doubts kitsune ends up crossing paths with one, as he suddenly ends up in different worlds, much to his confusion...
6 views Folklore Series 2A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell\'s Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major\'s dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...
24 views Shotaro Ishinomori's Animal Farm 10.1(from ebookjapan): What\'s the matter with being kidnapped!? Girls are strong! In addition to the title story \"Tomboy Banzai,\" \"Ga-tunk Classroom\" depicts a no-good art teacher who boldly challenges what she wants to do when she is told that she has only one month to live. Manga School\" and \"MY Friend,\" in which Mr. Ishimori teaches how to draw manga. In Ishimori-style, \"Won\'t You Come to the Swan Lake Together?\" \"Azukin-chan\" and \"Shin Masterpiece Fairy Tale Akazukin-chan\". It contains a total of 13 stories, including the horror manga \"The Silver Eyes\". *Note: CDJapan link only for MY Friend, which is bundled with other Ishinomori shojo oneshots from different one-shot compilations.*
6 views Tomboy Banzai 11(from ebookjapan): Kaijo Tsuyoshi is the son of a Shorinji Kempo dojo owner. One day, he is ordered to wear a costume that was delivered to his father. He is told to put on the costume, which gives him superhuman strength, and fight with his friends, and his father is killed! The enemy are the Black Crusaders, international merchants of death. A shadowy army of nations around the world has joined forces to form the EGL (Eagle) , the Kanto Branch of the EGL Japan Bloc works with Goranger to combat them! What released by Seven Seas Entertainment as part of their *Classics Collection* lineup only contained a portion of the total four volume Goranger. What was brought was written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori, and composed 1 1/2 volumes worth of content. The remaining volumes contain Goranger serials written and illustrated by Ishinomori\'s assistants. The contents in them are highly suggestive, and comparable to the tone one would find in a Go Nagai manga. [Official English](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/super-sentai-himitsu-sentai-gorenger-the-classic-manga-collection/)
10 views Himitsu Sentai Gorenger 5Remi Tachibana is a girl who adores mysterious phenomena like UFOs - as well as the works of Shotaro Ishimori (Ishinomori). One day, while she gushes over UFOs to Ishimori, a young man named Shun Kuroki comes in, wishing to become Ishimori's assistant. Remi and Shun take an immediate liking to each other, and Shun gets accepted. However, a series of strange phenomena begin to occur. Shun also appears to be hiding something as well... Soon, Remi will find herself in a bizarre tale straight from the SF manga she loves!Ishinomori's attempt at an authentic long-form shojo manga, an SF romance set within the lush mountains of Akita.
27 views Legend of the Stars - Agartha Vol.1 Ch.7Seinen One-shot compilation containing 15 one-shots, published between 1968 and 1976, with an emphasis on themes of eroticism and SF.Published through Gekiga magazines belonging to Tokuma Shoten.
9 views Otona na Ishi no Mori Vol.1 Ch.2Jun of Ishinomori\'s Fantasy World Jun returns, this time as a younger boy. While he may be younger, the sights he sees are as fantastic as ever, taking one on trips throughout different worlds as he tries to make sense of things. Serialized in two magazines, including Sanrio\'s shojo magazine Lyrica.
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