MJ and I have deviated from our typical Off the Shelf routine to bring you a column devoted entirely to Osamu Tezuka's Ayako. We both agree that the work is problematic in some respects but is nevertheless masterful. You can find that column here. Review copy provided by the publisher. … [Read more...] about Off the Shelf: Ayako
Osamu Tezuka
Adolf 5: 1945 and All That Remains by Osamu Tezuka: B+
From the back cover: As American B-29s mercilessly bombard the city of Kobe, childhood friends Adolf Kaufmann and Adolf Kamil are finally reunited. But their love for the same woman threatens to break the last tenuous thread of friendship between them. While Hitler spends his final days in Berlin, far away in Japan, the fate of the documents revealing the secret of his … [Read more...] about Adolf 5: 1945 and All That Remains by Osamu Tezuka: B+
Adolf 4: Days of Infamy by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: While Adolf Hitler continues to wage war on the world and the Jewish people and Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Japanese reporter Sohei Toge finally falls in love with one of the many women who has fallen for him! Meanwhile, Adolf Kamil, a Jew living in Japan, befriends the Communist son of a Japanese MP in an attempt to deliver the secret documents about … [Read more...] about Adolf 4: Days of Infamy by Osamu Tezuka: A
Adolf 3: The Half-Aryan by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: Now that the documents revealing Hitler's secret have apparently been destroyed, it seems Japanese reporter Sohei Toge's ordeal is over. But it turns out the Gestapo, not to mention the Japanese police, are still after him! Miss Ogi, his murdered brother's dedicated school teacher, may be Sohei's only hope! What does she know about the fate of those … [Read more...] about Adolf 3: The Half-Aryan by Osamu Tezuka: A
Adolf 2: An Exile in Japan by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: Japanese reporter Sohei Toge returns to his homeland, where he finally learns the secret that led to his brother's brutal murder at the hands of the Gestapo. But now the Japanese secret police are on his tail, and the SS officer who tortured him in Germany has followed him to Japan to hush him up—permanently! As fate would have it, Yukie Kaufmann, the … [Read more...] about Adolf 2: An Exile in Japan by Osamu Tezuka: A