Asadora!, Vol. 7
By (Author) Naoki Urasawa
7
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
29th November 2023
23rd November 2023
United States
General
Fiction
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Horror / supernatural
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers
741.5
Paperback
184
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 25mm
268g
A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who wont quit.
In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransomand not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But theres more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.
The mysterious creatureappears in Tokyo Bay and takes a chunk out of a self-defense forces vessel. Asa is called into action, but she has trouble reaching the airfield due to the Olympic crowds. Meanwhile, Shota arrives at the same beach asthe creature.Asa and Kasuga finally get up in the air and do a fly by, but the creature damages their plane, causing them to lose altitude. Will Asa be able to regain control
"...[a] juggernaut of the manga world..."
If youre itching for adventure, and are craving something to instill your waning faith in humanity, I implore you. Let these works transport you. Fly Urasawa Air.
Itll get you where you need to go."
Urasawas works possess such a singular ability to transport readers halfway across the world almost effortlessly... -- Polygon * Manga legend Naoki Urasawa: A victory through violence is not a victory *
Naoki Urasawas career as a manga artist spans more than thirty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA!! in 1983 and hasnt stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawas oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), an art heist thriller (Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys.
No stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialAsia, and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, and also received the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world of academia, and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he teaches courses in, of course, manga.