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A Drifting Life (manga)

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Alternative title:
Gekiga Hyōryū (Japanese)
Una Vida errante (Spanish)
劇画漂流 (Japanese)
Themes: art, historical
Plot Summary: Spanning fifteen years from August of 1945 to June of 1960, Tatsumi's stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, manga artist Osamu Tezuka - with whom Tatsumi eventually became peers and, at times, stylistic rivals.
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Seen in part or in whole by 15 users, rank: #2589 (of 4132)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 9.000 (Excellent), std. dev.: 0.5345, rank: #89 (of 4135)
Weighted mean: 8.934 (Excellent), rank: #250 (of 4135) (seen all: 8.93)
Bayesian estimate: 8.528 (Excellent−), rank: #72 (of 2591)
Number of tankoubon: 2
Number of pages: 420
Vintage: 1995 to 2006 (serialized in Mandarake's catalog)
Release dates: We have 4
Review:
A Drifting Life GN (Jul 4, 2009)
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Graphic novel
    A Drifting Life (GN) 2009-04-14 (from $23.32)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Seirinkogeisha
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Drawn & Quarterly
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Alberto Sakai (Spain ed.)

Graphic Design: Manuel Bartual (Spain ed.)
Lettering: Ana González De la Peña (Spain ed.)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Astiberri (Spain)
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