Osamu Tezuka 90th Anniversary Commemorative Edition - Limited First Edition Special Publication
The main event has arrived! The wait is over!!
Osamu Tezuka's immensely popular masterpiece, "The Three-Eyed One," is being published for the first time in its original magazine serialization style, including a large number of previously uncollected pages (over 200 pages in total)! Discover the original charm of Sharaku & Wato-san!
◆Serialized for a long period in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" from 1974-78, it was a huge hit that, along with "Black Jack" from the same period, marked Tezuka-sensei's complete comeback in the late 1970s. Later adapted into a TV anime, it's a masterpiece of adventure entertainment.
◆This work, in which Sharaku Hosuke, the prince of the Three-Eyed Tribe, and his beautiful classmate Wato-san, challenge various supernatural phenomena and mysteries, underwent significant revisions by Tezuka-sensei himself when it was compiled into a single volume. Furthermore, the rearrangement of the publication order resulted in the inclusion of uncollected short stories, making the bibliography complex. The original version of this work had long been shrouded in mystery since its initial publication in the magazine. And now—all chapters of the work are included for the first time in a large B5 format, with all color pages and title pages included, and the episode order and page layout are reproduced with extreme fidelity to the original magazine publication. Furthermore, over 200 pages of extremely rare, previously uncollected "phantom" pages are included for the first time across all 8 volumes!! The massive 3200-page original magazine version cannot be read anywhere else but in this series!!
◆This time, from the perspective of maintaining image quality, instead of mainly reprinting from the magazine, the original manuscript is used as the base, with existing uncollected manuscripts and pieces before cutting and pasting meticulously collaged. Only the lost parts are restored and reproduced from printed materials using a new method, so Tezuka-sensei's fluid pen strokes remain intact. In addition, the title pages of each serialized chapter are included in the main text at their original B5 size, and a gallery and illustrations of the magazine serialization version's title pages and various frontispieces are included at the end of the volume. High-quality paper resistant to fading is used for the main text. This is what fans have been longing for: the original form of "The Three-Eyed One" --- A miraculous project begins, utilizing a new method to explore "the charm of 'The Three-Eyed One' that no one has ever seen before"! ≪First Edition Strictly Limited≫, so don't miss out!!
●8 volumes total / B5 size / Softcover / Approx. 430 pages per volume / Full color / All title pages (2 types) included / Gallery and illustrations at the end of each volume planned
●Published by: Fukkan.com / Supervised by: Tezuka Productions / Publishing cooperation: Kodansha / (c)2017-2018 Tezuka Productions
●Volume 1 = Scheduled for release in late August. Subsequent volumes will be published bimonthly.