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Death Note, Vol. 2
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tsugumi Ohba
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; illustrated edition edition (2005, Nov 1st).
Pages: 200
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light thinks he's put an end to his troubles with the FBI - by using the Death Note to kill off the FBI agents working the case in Japan! But one of the agents has a fiancee who used to work in the Bureau, and now she's uncovered information that could lead to Light's capture. more
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Death Note, Vol. 4
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tsugumi Ohba
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (2006, Mar 7th).
Pages: 208
Author: Tsugumi OhbaBorn in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.Artist: Takeshi ObataTakeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei New Hope award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash hit manga Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. more
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Death Note, Vol. 4
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tsugumi Ohba
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (2006, Mar 7th).
Pages: 208
Author: Tsugumi OhbaBorn in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.Artist: Takeshi ObataTakeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei New Hope award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash hit manga Death Note. His current series Bakuman is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. more
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Death Note, Vol. 2
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tsugumi Ohba
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; illustrated edition edition (2005, Nov 1st).
Pages: 200
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Light thinks he's put an end to his troubles with the FBI - by using the Death Note to kill off the FBI agents working the case in Japan! But one of the agents has a fiancee who used to work in the Bureau, and now she's uncovered information that could lead to Light's capture. more
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Death Note, Vol. 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tsugumi Ohba
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; illustrated edition edition (2005, Oct 10th).
Pages: 200
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and bored out of his mind! But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, and notebook dropped by a rougue shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life? more
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Flight Volume Eight
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kazu Kibuishi
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Villard (2011, Jun 28th).
Pages: 288
STORIES BYJP AhonenMatthew ArmstrongBannister Jason CaffoeScott Campbell Tony CliffCory GodbeyGrimaldiDer-shing HelmerKostas KiriakakisNicholas KoleSonny LiewLeland MyrickJake ParkerKatie ShanahanSteven ShanahanKean SooKyla VanderklugtDermot Walshe more
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Gandhi: A Manga Biography
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kazuki Ebine
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (2000, Jan 1st).
Pages: 192
The life of a true twentieth-century hero told in a vibrant graphic novel format. Through his quietly powerful leadership and influential use of nonviolent resistance in India's struggle against the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi became one of the most revered figures of the modern era. While history has recorded Gandhi's words and deeds, the man himself has been eclipsed by maxims of virtuosity that seem to have little resonance in our everyday lives. In Gandhi, the third volume in our exciting new manga biography series, created in conjunction with Emotional Content, Kazuki Ebine combines a gripping narrative with stunning illustrations to share Gandhi's inspiring and deeply human story with a whole new generation of readers.Developed in conjunction with Emotional Content. more
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Wandering Son, Book 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Matt Thorn
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (2011, Jul 5th).
Pages: 192
A sensitive masterprice from Japan’s most prominent creator of LGBT manga.The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy. Written and drawn by one of today’s most critically acclaimed creators of manga, Shimura portrays Shuishi and Yoshino’s very private journey with affection, sensitivity, gentle humor, and unmistakable flair and grace. Book One introduces our two protagonists and the friends and family whose lives intersect with their own. more
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A Bride's Story, Vol. 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kaoru Mori
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Yen Press (2011, May 31st).
Pages: 192
Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectations from both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her. more
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