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Fronzel
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Isn’t it innapropriate to refer to Tezuka in the present tense?
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Zac
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No, not in this context. |
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JoshuaStChristopher
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Thank God for some Tezuka love. And thank you guys so much for this review. I really wish more people would read his stuff these days. Heck, I noticed when reading a Tetsuwan Atom book from the 60s, that it seemed totally relevant. Didn't feel dated or anything.
Now everyone, please go out and buy this. |
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GATSU
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Decent manga thus far, but I'll decide at the halfway point. I
will say it has better characterization than Adolf, and it has more consistent art than Phoenix. But anyway, I'm just supporting whatever Tezuka titles I can in hopes that they re-release Black Jack. 
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JoshuaStChristopher
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The whole world needs more Black Jack. It's like crack, only less horrible (as in, not horrible but amazing). |
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Tascar
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Tezuka's work is one of those things that increasingly turn me off from other anime and manga. His ability to tell a fantastic story that is emotionally furfilling and brings in all sorts of philosophical and psychological ideas just continue to assert to me that he remains one of the few geniuses in the world of manga and anime and that even now, nearly 20 years after his death, few have managed to come close to matching the achievements he did.
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Bara_Megami
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I just finished reading Buddha yesterday, so this a nice coincidence. The manga is one of my favourite - every time I had a bad day, reading this manga would calm me down. I put off reading the last volume for so long because I didn't want to be finished with it. Hopefully this review will get more people to read it (although it does kind of suck that it's flipped
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Kagemusha
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Woot. Great review. You've really got to give credit to Vertical for their ability to get great press (out of curiosity, did they send you a copy or was it just a personal pick?) Looking at it from a quality perspective, there's no reason that Buddha should have won the 2004 Eisner over Phoenix, as that year saw the release of Karma which is the best thing I've ever read from Tezuka. Of course, Phoenix didn't have the support that Buddha did and thus it wasn't even nominated. Should be interesting to see how Kirihito does; the 50 pages I've read aren't enough to form too much of an opinion, but if he does establish some interesting themes already.
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GATSU
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Kagemusha: Viz told me they're not really aiming Phoenix for the Eisner, even though the presentation is practically the same as the kind found in Buddha and Astro Boy.
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Someone_II
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Tezuka Titles I Want To Read:
Black Jack Adolf Buddah Tezuka Titles I Read: Buddah Seriously, why is Viz sitting on the rights the other two (and for that matter, other classics that I'd love to see like Galaxy Express 999 (manga and movies)) |
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Toxictetsuo
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I love the review and coincidently finished volume 3 today. It's easily one of my favorites, I love the tales of morality Tezuka tells and the way all the characters are fleshed out by their ordeals. I felt it was easy to sympathize with most of them. The lite art style was a little off putting as was the humor at first but after a while it felt necessary as some of the tales are so dark, it sort of evens it out so you can reflect more about why things happened instead of just feeling sad for all the characters after what they've been through. It also seems educational even though im not sure how much of it is true, it certainly made me think a lot, both about myself and humanity.
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Kagemusha
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What, screw all the great press within the comicbook community because they don't feel like marketing it right? I mean I can understand if it was a year where they released the first volume or something (which was ok but nothing special), but they could have had it in the bag with volume 4. |
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Key
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As a general point of interest, last week at Baltimore Comic-Con Buddha won the 2006 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. (For those not familiar, the Harvey Awards are the comic art industry's top awards, with nominees and winners chosen only by votes of industry professionals.)
Last edited by Key on Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Kagemusha
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WOW, how did it win over Epileptic? I mean as you can tell in my first post I love Buddha, but David B.'s epic memoir was just on another level. Maybe a bit to dark? I also just noticed that they didn't even nominate Ordinary Victories, which justifiably won the Eisner (I still like Epileptic better, but OVs is pretty close in my book). I suppose you can never be satisfied, and the Harveys have had some very odd choices for Foreign Material in the past (Gunsmith Cats anyone?). |
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Imaginary
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Has Viz even given any reason as to why they don't wanna release Black Jack? I would buy that almost instantly, instead of this.
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