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Junji Ito's full-throttle adaptation of Osamu Dazai's novel No Longer Human is one of the major comics events of the year We ran a rave review of it recently. Now publisher Viz Media has released a video interview with Ito about his approach to adapting one of Japan's major works of literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPIJC45RG8Video can't be loaded because[...]

Osamu Dazai's novel No Longer Human is considered a masterpiece of Japanese Literature It looms large in Japanese culture the same way Albert Camus' The Outside does in France or Dostoyevski's books do in Russia The book has been adapted into movies, TV series, anime and manga, but for horror manga-ka Junji Ito to adapt[...]

Tsurumi himself is on the way, with a contingent of troops and a gunboat to back him up! But if anyone can survive being surrounded by enemies and still keep Asirpa safe in this deadly conflict it's Immortal Sugimoto! For mature audiences. ISBN 13           978-1-9747-0500-9 On Sale Date   2019-12-17 Price USA        $12.99 Price CAN        $17.99 Dimension       5 3/4 x 8 1/4 Format           [...]

It's written by Tow Ubukata, who never met a pretentious Cyberpunk cliché he didn't like, and directed by Yúsuke Kozaki. The strangest part is that it's an adaptation of a classic 1948 novel by Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human ("Ningen Shikkaku") Dazai is a highly revered author in Japan, and No Longer Human has an impact on[...]