{"product_id":"astro-boy-english-edition-complete-set-kodansha-bilingual-comics-paperbacks-osamu-tezuka-manga-0102","title":"Astro Boy English Edition Complete Set, Kodansha Bilingual Comics Paperbacks, Osamu Tezuka Manga","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Pop Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eThe Kodansha English language Astro Boy, offered as the complete run of paperbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volumes are small format paperbacks with full colour covers, each showing the boy robot in a different scene under the title ASTRO BOY, and matching red and white spines that line up into a single block on the shelf. The text is in English throughout, published in Japan by Kodansha for readers and students of the language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is yellowing from age, but the set is described as clean overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAstro Boy in Print\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstro Boy, Mighty Atom in Japan, first appeared in 1951 as a side character in Osamu Tezuka's Ambassador Atom and was given his own series in April 1952 in Kobunsha's Shonen, where it ran until March 1968. Tezuka Productions describes the 1963 television version as the first commercial animation made by Tezuka's Mushi Production and the first Japanese television animation series, broadcast weekly in thirty minute episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstro Boy ran in Kobunsha's Shonen from 1952 to 1968, and its 112 chapters were later collected in 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Dark Horse Comics published an English translation in 2002; this set is Kodansha's own English edition, printed in Japan. More Tezuka pieces wait on \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/japanese-anime-art-merchandise-collectibles\"\u003ethe anime and character shelf\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astro Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Osamu Tezuka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kodansha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExtent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete set as pictured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, 1952\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge yellowing to the paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean overall with light shelf wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition and completeness are given as described; pages have not been counted by the house beyond what the description states. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Pop Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular character, maker or edition? 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