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Samura’s stark black-and-white drawings combine precision and a gritty, gestural line in riveting, powerfully expressive illustrations .
Samura's storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. Samura’s storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan’s Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. It’s a rich and complex drama with a strong core relationship between the immortal Manji and the young Rin, and a constantly shifting moral high ground, where shades of grey and immediate practicality predominate.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. It’s set in the late 1700s, a pre-industrial era when Japan was isolated from the remainder of the world, and one in which Samura knew several memorable and long-running Samurai series had already been set, so the ambition on his part was monumental.
Samura's manga epic was made into a complete anime series in 2008 and was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2017. This volume also features the debut of the mysterious Mugai-ryu warriors, who will become major players in this revenge epic from a modern manga master! It’s populated by numerous memorable characters, each given an interesting visual presence and a strong personality, using incredible bladed weapons that have the feel of period accuracy, but like all else have been created by the fertile mind of Hiroaki Samura. Intense and audacious, Blade takes period samurai action and deftly combines it with a modernist street idiom to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction. Manji is a master swordsman whose life is saved by an old woman who introduces bloodworms into him, mystical creatures that can sense when he’s badly wounded and rapidly heal those wounds.Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 1 to 3 in the original 7x10 serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.
Alternatively the same content has already appeared twice in smaller format books, initially as three slimmer paperbacks Blood of a Thousand, Cry of the Worm, and Dreamsong, and then combined as the first Blade of the Immortal Omnibus. Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 29 to 31 in the original 7″ x 10″ serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon. Miike takes the cast on a skim through some primary plots, and while it lacks the philosophical depth, it’s true to the spirit of the series and the major players, with only a single scene really giving away one of Samura’s big surprises. Paths cross, swords clash, and all the pieces begin to fall into place for a ferocious final battle in this penultimate omnibus volume of Hiroaki Samura's spellbinding masterpiece. This volume presents Hiroaki Samura's complete "Demon Lair" story arc--which features a massive prison brawl helmed by young Rin--and the "Footsteps" story arc, which builds up to Blade of the Immortal 's intense, multi-volume final battle!The omnibus spines are really cool but it will most likely bend and curve if they are read multiple times. Dishonoured military leader Kagimura must destroy Anotsu and the hated Itto-ryu school, so he forms the new Rokki-dan gang of odd criminal misfits to help him track Anotsu down. Blade of the Immortal has won numerous awards across the globe, including the Eisner Award in America, the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan, and multiple British Eagle Awards—among many other international accolades.