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Tokyo Zombie is a horror-comedy manga about two blue-collar factory
workers (who happen to be jiu-jitsu experts) dealing with a zombie
uprising in Tokyo. When the story begins, Fujio and Mitsuo are
dreaming of training in martial arts overseas and becoming famous.
When they accidentally kill their overbearing boss, they decide to
cover up the evidence and bury him at a man-made garbage mountain
known as DARK FUJI. Unfortunately for them, the tons of rotting
garbage have been contaminated with industrial waste... Which,
naturally, transforms the bodies of the dead into ravenous,
flesh-eating zombies. Fuji and Mitsuo try their best to survive in
this horrific new landscape, but the hapless pair become separated
after an idiotic mistake involving potato chips and a stray
dog.Skip to a few years later. Post-apocalyptic Tokyo has become a
feudalistic society, in which the rich have enslaved the lower
classes, who toil in the walled city for protection against the
zombies. To alleviate boredom, the rich have created gladiator
death matches, pitting zombies against slaves. Fuji and Mitsuo meet
up under strange circumstances in the ring of one of these death
matches. All hell breaks loose when the two are reunited, and the
sanctuary city of the rich comes under fire from a revolutionary
pig farmer and a motorcycle gang of roving bandits.Tokyo Zombie was
originally serialized in the cutting-edge manga magazine AX from
1998 to 1999. Many years before the film Shaun of the Dead
introduced Western audiences to the zombie comedy genre, Hanakuma's
send up of Romero zombie films and post-apocalyptic survival story
was already a cult classic in Japan. Now English-speaking audiences
will have the chance to check out the genre-mashing tale that
started it all.Hanakuma's "heta uma" (Literally "Bad, but Good")
drawing style punctuates the gory but hilarious depiction of a
Tokyo overrun with zombies. This is mixed with a dynamic and
authentic depiction of actual martial arts, sourced from Hanakuma's
own years of training and competing as a professional martial
artist. In addition to the success of the cult manga, Tokyo Zombie
was also adapted into a hit film directed by Sakichi Sato and
starring cult film stars Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer) and Sho
Aikawa (Dead or Alive), with a cameo from famed horror manga artist
Kazuo Umezu.
General
Imprint: |
Last Gasp,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2008 |
First published: |
September 2008 |
Authors: |
Yusaku Hanakuma
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Translators: |
Ryan Sands
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Dimensions: |
209 x 146 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
164 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86719-701-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-86719-701-3 |
Barcode: |
9780867197013 |
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