Dororo manga coming this month.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:13 pm
Most of you would probably be interested to know that Osamu Tezuka's Dororo is coming to the US this month. From the few sources I could find on the internet, most of the rumor seems to be that the first volume, from the company Vertical Inc, is coming April 28th or 29th, and that each volume will supposedly be 300 or so pages. Another source claimed that the series was three volumes in size and that each volume would be released every two months, in April, June, and August. That's all I know.
As many of you probably know, Dororo never actually had a conclusion, and a Sega adaptation, a game called Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo (not a very good game, but it's decently fun and tells a good story.), made an ending up for itself as well as a few changes not present in the manga (such as new characters).
Anyway, it's not the first time that Dororo has hit western shores, but it's the first time the manga has, and with the horrible trend of Tezuka Productions merchandise randomly showing up for about a week and then immediately becoming rare and out of print, it may be the last opportunity for some time, you would do well to check your local book or comic store and try and get a hold of these. On that note, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Black Jack or Kimba here. Honestly, something like Astro Boy should be a lot more available here, it was a miraculous celebration when I was finally able to get every last volume of Dark Horse's release, it took much scouring the internet and stores.
Don't miss out unless you're really not interested.
As many of you probably know, Dororo never actually had a conclusion, and a Sega adaptation, a game called Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo (not a very good game, but it's decently fun and tells a good story.), made an ending up for itself as well as a few changes not present in the manga (such as new characters).
Anyway, it's not the first time that Dororo has hit western shores, but it's the first time the manga has, and with the horrible trend of Tezuka Productions merchandise randomly showing up for about a week and then immediately becoming rare and out of print, it may be the last opportunity for some time, you would do well to check your local book or comic store and try and get a hold of these. On that note, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Black Jack or Kimba here. Honestly, something like Astro Boy should be a lot more available here, it was a miraculous celebration when I was finally able to get every last volume of Dark Horse's release, it took much scouring the internet and stores.
Don't miss out unless you're really not interested.
it leaves more to the imagination! Volume 2 will be out at the end of June and Volume three out at the end of August. 
So I hope that is on your list! BlackJack will start in the fall, end of September and then the following volumes will come out every other month, so November, January etc. 