Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Volume 1

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Hiroaki Samura’s manga epic ends in this massive deluxe hardcover with over 700 pages of strange sword-fighting action! Readers will be drawn into this epic tale, even when there are moments they would prefer to look away. 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.

Hiroaki Samura’s massive manga series spawned two anime adaptations, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 7 to 9 in the original 7x10 serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon. 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.Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 1 to 3 in the original 7" x 10" serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon. If you read Japanese, invest in the original versions, if not the minor production differences aren’t going to impact in the face of what you’re getting. Samura is a master of movement, and the characters really sweep across the pages during the incredibly choreographed action sequences. The omnibus spines are really cool but it will most likely bend and curve if they are read multiple times. Samura’s stark black-and-white drawings combine precision and a gritty, gestural line in riveting, powerfully expressive illustrations .

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. While Anotsu's strange crew of Itto-ryu are splintered and fatigued, Habaki Kagimura's group of suicidal Rokki-dan soldiers is hot on their heels. 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 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 stark black-and-white drawings combine precision and a gritty, gestural line in riveting, powerfully expressive illustrations . By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

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. Hiroaki Samura's massive manga series spawned two anime adaptations, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 26 to 28 in the original 7" x 10" serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon. It should be noted from the start that Blade of the Immortal features exceptionally bloody violence, and the consequences of it, so it’s not for the weak-stomached. 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.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. While providing the thrilling background, this content only begins to introduce the complexity that so frequently alters what we feel about some characters. Few artists draw samurai manga as well as Hiroaki Samura, whose pages are packed with photorealistic detail while remaining fluid, dynamic, and human.

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. 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. 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 sets Rin on a path that sustains the series, initially spurred by wanting revenge on Ittō-ryū leader Anotsu Kagehisa.

Hiroaki Samura's manga epic ends in this massive deluxe hardcover with over 700 pages of strange sword-fighting action! 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.