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Abandon the Old in Tokyo (manga)

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Alternative title:
Tokyo Ubasuteyama (Japanese)
東京うばすて山 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, psychological
Plot Summary: The second in a series of short story anthologies by the seminal gekiga mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi - this volume contains eight stories originally published in 1970. Thematically, Abandon The Old In Tokyo is a continuation of The Push Man: working class male protagonists in gritty urban settings dealing with poverty, alienation, sexual dysfunction and a general disconnection from society.
User Ratings: 35 ratings have been given [details]
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Seen in part or in whole by 65 users, rank: #1226 (of 7118)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.229 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.2441, rank: #612 (of 8047)
Weighted mean: 8.100 (Very good), rank: #914 (of 8047) (seen all: 8.10)
Bayesian estimate: 8.057 (Very good), rank: #347 (of 3567)
Number of tankoubon: 1
Number of pages: 224
Vintage: 1970-09-13 (single chapter in Weekly Shonen Magazine)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 8-14 (Apr 10, 2012)
Tatsumi Film Wins at Dubai International Film Festival (Dec 15, 2011)
Drawn & Quarterly Adds Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Fallen Words Manga (Dec 12, 2011)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi Nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame (Feb 9, 2010)
Tatsumi's Black Blizzard Listed by Drawn & Quarterly (Dec 1, 2009)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi to Attend NYC's PEN Fest This Spring (Mar 30, 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)
Manga Shut Out at Harvey Awards (Sep 30, 2008)
D&Q, Go! Comi, Tokyopop Schedule Titles (Jun 3, 2008)
Drawn and Quarterly Publishes More Tatsumi Works (Dec 4, 2007)
Abandon the Old in Tokyo Manga Wins Harvey Award (Sep 11, 2007)
Manga by Tezuka, Tatsumi Vie for Harvey, Quill Awards (Jun 5, 2007)
Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards (Apr 19, 2007)
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The Mike Toole Show - Tatsumi's Testament (Jun 30, 2013)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Freshly Baked (Aug 22, 2006)
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Graphic novel
    Abandon the Old in Tokyo (GN) 2012-03-14 (from $16.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Yuji Oniki

Editing: Adrian Tomine
Introduction: Kōji Suzuki
Lettering: Adrian Tomine
Production:
Bernie Mireault
Chris Oliveros
David Bernstein
Rebecca Rosen
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Drawn & Quarterly
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