Tokyo These Days, Vol. 3
By (Author) Taiyo Matsumoto
3
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
13th November 2024
24th October 2024
United States
General
Fiction
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction
741.5952
Hardback
240
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
454g
The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days.
After 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels early retirement is the only way to atone for his failures as an editor, the manga world isnt done with him.
Believing in the future of manga whilenever forgettingits past, Shiozawa accompanies manga creators once again through their agony to create an ultimate manga project. Is there ever joy in creation
Taiyo Matsumoto is best known to English-reading audiences as the creator of the Eisner Award-winning Tekkonkinkreet, which in 2006 was made into an animated feature film of the same name directed by Michael Arias. In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded a Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2020 he won his second Eisner Award for the English publication of Cats of the Louvre.