Awards

• Winner of Eisner Awards 2009

Overview

Dororo's unique story set in a swashbuckling environment made it a shoe-in for live action film adaptation, and its potential for providing such story content in the U.S. is only natural. Previously published in three installments, the entire run of comic master Osamu Tezuka's enduring classic is herewith available in one volume at a new affordable price. The lauded adventures of a young swordsman and his rogue sidekick that also inspired the cult video game Blood Will Tell have never been as accessible. A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics - lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan. Like an unforgettable road movie, Dororo reaches deeper than its swashbuckling surface and offers a thoughtful allegory of becoming what one is, for nobody is born whole.

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2009 Eisner Award Winner<br><p> By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended. -- Publishers Weekly <p> The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling. -- The Onion A.V. Club It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world. -- Aint't It Cool News <p> Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. -- Jog-The Blog

Tezuka's work is about as essential and far-reaching as manga gets, and Apollo's Song only adds that much more weight to an already massive reputation. Start here, and if you're intrigued, Ode to Kirihito and Buddha also await you. There's never been anything like Tezuka's body of work, and there probably never will be again. - Serdar Yegulalp <br> Osamu Tezuka invented a whole new grammar of comics storytelling and his place in the history of Japanese comics is about as central as Siddhartha's place in the history of Buddhism. - Art Spiegelman <br> Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. --Jog-The Blog <br> Tezuka's masterwork is an enlightening demonstration of the limitless potential of the comics medium. - Gordon Flagg <br> It's the pioneer of the manga tradition w

2009 Eisner Award Winner-By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended.- --Publishers Weekly-The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling.- --The Onion A.V. Club-It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world.---Aint't It Cool News-Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles.- --Jog-The Blog 2009 Eisner Award Winner By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended. --Publishers Weekly The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling. --The Onion A.V. Club It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world. --Aint't It Cool News Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. --Jog-The Blog 2009 Eisner Award Winner By far Tezuka s edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka s signature cute style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended. Publishers Weekly The premise and Tezuka s eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling. The Onion A.V. Club It s the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka s unique approach to manga and to the world. Aint t It Cool News Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story s blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. Jog-The Blog 2009 Eisner Award Winner By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended. -- Publishers Weekly The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling. -- The Onion A.V. Club It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world. -- Aint't It Cool News Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. -- Jog-The Blog Tezuka's work is about as essential and far-reaching as manga gets, and Apollo's Song only adds that much more weight to an already massive reputation. Start here, and if you're intrigued, Ode to Kirihito and Buddha also await you. There's never been anything like Tezuka's body of work, and there probably never will be again. - Serdar Yegulalp Osamu Tezuka invented a whole new grammar of comics storytelling and his place in the history of Japanese comics is about as central as Siddhartha's place in the history of Buddhism. - Art Spiegelman Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. --Jog-The Blog Tezuka's masterwork is an enlightening demonstration of the limitless potential of the comics medium. - Gordon Flagg It's the pioneer of the manga tradition w

2009 Eisner Award Winner-By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended.- --Publishers Weekly-The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling.- --The Onion A.V. Club-It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world.---Aint't It Cool News-Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles.- --Jog-The Blog

2009 Eisner Award Winner “By far Tezuka’s edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka’s signature ‘cute’ style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended.” —Publishers Weekly “The premise and Tezuka’s eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling.” —The Onion A.V. Club “It’s the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero… Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka’s unique approach to manga and to the world.”—Aint’t It Cool News“Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story’s blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world… The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles.” —Jog-The Blog

2009 Eisner Award Winner By far Tezuka's edgiest work at that point in his career, this series is riveting and, frankly, creepy as hell, with Tezuka's signature 'cute' style offering a welcome counterpoint to the visceral horrors depicted. Highly recommended. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> The premise and Tezuka's eerie renditions of larval Hyakkimaru and the monsters that come after him is unusually effective and chilling. --<i>The Onion A.V. Club</i></p> It's the pioneer of the manga tradition wading neck deep into the mire of freakish swordsmen, ghouls and historical messiness: Kurosawa and Leone meets Romero... Dororo stands as a classic that showcases Osamu Tezuka's unique approach to manga and to the world. --<i>Aint't It Cool News</i> Sleek in design and swift in pacing, the story's blend of mayhem and laffs and depression creates a uniquely chaotic world... The monster designs are excellent, ranging from detailed etchings to gargantuan masses of doomy scribbles. --<i>Jog-The Blog</i></p>

Author Information

Osamu Tezuka was born on November 3rd, 1928, in Osaka. He grew up in a liberal family exposed to manga and Walt Disney. As a boy he also had a love for insects; as a grown-up he would incorporate the ideogram for ""insect"" into his pen name. Having developed an intense understanding of the preciousness of life from his wartime experience, Osamu Tezuka aimed to become a physician and later earned his license, but ultimately chose the profession he loved best- manga artist and animated film writer.

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