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A Drifting Life (manga)

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Alternative title:
Gekiga Hyōryū (Japanese)
Una Vida errante (Spanish)
Una vita tra i margini (Italian)
Życie. Powieść graficzna (Polish)
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.
User Ratings: 21 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Excellent: 10 votes (Eng:10)
 Very good: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
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 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 35 users, rank: #1913 (of 7024)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.048 (Very good), std. dev.: 2.7164, rank: #801 (of 7891)
Weighted mean: 8.892 (Excellent), rank: #305 (of 7891) (seen all: 8.89)
Bayesian estimate: 8.699 (Excellent−), rank: #31 (of 3554)
Number of tankoubon: 2
Number of pages: 420
Chapter titles: We have 49
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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Yoshihiro Tatsumi's A Drifting Life Wins 2 Eisners (Jul 24, 2010)
Urasawa, Tatsumi, Taniguchi Nominated for 2010 Eisners (Apr 8, 2010)
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13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (Apr 19, 2009)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi to Attend NYC's PEN Fest This Spring (Mar 30, 2009)
13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (Mar 5, 2009)
Tatsumi's A Drifting Life Manga Preview Posted Online (Feb 5, 2009)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi to Attend Toronto Comic Fest in May (Jan 23, 2009)
D&Q, Go! Comi, Tokyopop Schedule Titles (Jun 3, 2008)
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    A Drifting Life (GN) 2009-04-14 (from $20.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Seirinkogeisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Taro Nettleton

Design: Adrian Tomine
Editing: Adrian Tomine
Lettering: Adrian Tomine
Special Thanks To:
Alison Naturale
Andrew Wilmot
John Kuramoto
Mitsuhiro Asakawa
Taro Nettleton
(none)
English companies
Distributor:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (USA and abroad)
Raincoast Books (Canada)
Licensed by: Drawn & Quarterly
Production Cooperation: The Japan Foundation
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)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: BAO Publishing
Italian cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
(none)
Polish companies

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