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Who is your favorite manga?

Personally, I'm torn between Matsushita Yoko Otomo Katsuhiro y. What are your views? Yes Yuu Watase is quite prolific in the shoujo genre. I have collected many of their series and one-shots. Frankly, I've never found an affinity CLAMP. Ah, yes. Miyazaki-sensei is very admirable. I've never found an affinity for Arina Tanemura. His artistic style is unique, but uses it too and variety screentone. It's exhausting to read, even Bisco Hatori.

Eiichiro Oda <3 and Hayao Miyazaki!

katsuhiro otomo: memories Magnetic Rose Part 1

Memories: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack $5.44 …

Katsuhiro Otomo Presents 4 Pieces of Memories $69.99 Japanese Import. The Four pieces are: 1. Chorale by Yoko Kanno 2. Nobuo’s Groove I by Jun Miyake 3. The Cannon’s Fanfare by Hiroyuki Nagashima 4. In Yer Memory by Takkyu Ishino Packaged in slimcase. Insert is crammed with pictures from Memories film….

AKIRA – Neo-Tokyo Is About to Explode A landmark film that introduced much of the Western world to modern animé, AKIRA is a marvel of modern animation. Based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s 2,000 page manga, AKIRA begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII. Thirty-one years later, Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the ruins of the old city …

Akira $28.50 dopo la terza guerra mondiale, tokio e’ una citta’ devastata dal conflitto. la polizia, decisamente ottusa e brutale, conduce una lotta senza quartiere contro bande di adolescenti che seminano violenza nelle strade. tetsuo, un violento motociclista, viene catturato ed usato dai politici per la conquista del pianeta….

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Metropolis $1.75 In this anime feature based on cartoonist Osamu Tezuka’s “reinvention” of Fritz Lang’s sci-fi classic, Tima, an artificial lifeform designed to control the Earth, is accidentally set loose in a giant future city before her programming is finished. Now, Tima’s only ally is Kenichi, a young man who must help her as her insidious creator sets out to bring the android back. 109 min. on two discs. Wide…

Steamboy: Director’s Cut $4.86 Co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo (“Akira”), this fascinating animated adventure set in Victorian England follows a young boy as his inventor grandfather entrusts him with the protection of a steam-based power source he created. After learning that various parties–including his own father–plan on using the object for nefarious purposes, he embarks on a wondrous mission to keep it from f…

Memories $4.83 Although these three shorts were made to be shown together, they have little in common beside lavish production values. In “Magnetic Rose,” a two-bit salvage rig answers an SOS in deep space from the palatial ship of a former opera diva. Koji Morimoto (Fly Peek!) blends shimmering visuals and snatches of Puccini, turning the derelict vessel into a lovely, fatal siren’s song. Nerdy researcher N…

Akira Trading Figure Series 1 – Akira on Throne – Japan Import $7.99 From Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark sci-fi anime comes this first series of trading figures depicting major characters in detailed and faithful dioramic recreations of scenes from the film that you build. Figure measures approximately 3″ tall and comes blind-packaged in illustrated boxes. This figure from the 1998 anime film adaptation based off of the cyber punk serial manga by Katsuhiro Otomo is gre…

The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga $7.18 Osamu Tezuka has often been called “the god of manga” and “the Walt Disney of Japan,” but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Tim Burton, and Carl Sagan all rolled into one incredibly prolific creator, changing the face of Japanese culture forever. Best known for Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, Tezuka was instrumental in developing Japan…