200 Volumes of 'Osamu Tezuka Bunko Complete Works' to be Made Available Digitally
Japanese publisher Kodansha announced it will make the Osamu Tezuka Bunko Complete Works manga collection available on digital platforms. Kodansha first announced this collection in 2008 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birthday. Between October 2009 and May 2012, 200 volumes of Tezuka's manga were published as part of this collection.All 200 volumes will be made available over a period of 10 months. The first batch made available on May 29 includes:
- Black Jack (12 volumes)
- Ribbon no Kishi (2 volumes)
- Dororo (2 volumes)
- Lost World and Metropolis (1 volume)
- Kitarubeki Sekai and Faust (1 volume)
- Atomcat (1 volume)
- Atom Konjaku Monogatari (1 volume)
- Shin Takarajima (1 volume)
Bunko edition releases contain considerably more pages than the standard manga tankobon releases, allowing for more material to be printed in a single volume. This format is widely used in republication of manga whose tankobon volumes may be out of print.
Apple's iBookstore, eBook Initiative Japan, Amazon.co.jp, Yahoo! Japan Bookstore, and Rakuten's Kobo are among the platforms which will publish these volumes digitally.
Source: Comic Natalie
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May 30, 2015 1:40 PM by EvenJellyOn
May 30, 2015 12:54 PM by cupc
May 30, 2015 12:52 PM by Toarujisuru
im shocked there is no hi no tori listed
Wasn't it unfinished?
May 30, 2015 12:11 PM by Trequartista
May 29, 2015 12:19 PM by StreetFighter
May 29, 2015 11:16 AM by Numi
May 29, 2015 10:47 AM by Lemon
May 29, 2015 9:36 AM by dankzel
Thats like 14.67 mill per vol...Woo,im super excited
May 29, 2015 9:14 AM by shaaaaan
May 29, 2015 7:57 AM by DateYutaka
sadly so much missing
There will be more in the next installment. There's 200 volumes after all.
Hopefully we don't have to wait much long for the Astro boy volumes.
May 29, 2015 7:52 AM by Trequartista
May 29, 2015 7:44 AM by DateYutaka
I'm quite hyped for Black Jack.
May 29, 2015 7:42 AM by Trequartista
May 29, 2015 6:44 AM by Klad
I'm excited for this.
May 29, 2015 2:24 AM by Doaj
May 29, 2015 2:18 AM by -Anokata
May 29, 2015 2:03 AM by morshuwarrior
May 29, 2015 2:02 AM by Kosei
May 29, 2015 12:45 AM by ReaperCreeper
Related Database Entries
| Manga: | Metropolis, Black Jack, Dororo, Ribbon no Kishi, Kitarubeki Sekai, Lost World, Atomcat, Shin Takarajima, Faust |
| People: | Tezuka, Osamu |
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