{"id":538,"date":"2013-12-24T09:12:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T09:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2015-09-04T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T14:14:48","slug":"lost-worldmetropolisnext-world-dark-horse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=538","title":{"rendered":"Lost World\/Metropolis\/Next World (Dark Horse)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sci-Fi<\/a>

Sci-Fi Trilogy<\/i> (Dark Horse)<\/p><\/div>\n

English Titles:<\/strong> Lost World<\/em> |\u00a0Metropolis<\/a><\/em> |\u00a0Next World<\/em>
\nJapanese Titles:<\/strong>\u00a0\u524d\u4e16\u7d00 | \u30e1\u30c8\u30ed\u30dd\u30ea\u30b9 | \u6765\u308b\u3079\u304d\u4e16\u754c
\nPublication Date:<\/strong> 2003
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Dark Horse<\/a>
\nNo. of Volumes:<\/strong>\u00a01 | 1 | 2
\nIn Print?:<\/strong> \u2714<\/p>\n

From the Publisher<\/h3>\n

Osamu Tezuka’s cycle of original science-fiction graphic novels, Lost World, Metropolis and Next World were published in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lost World<\/h4>\n

When a rogue planet approaches Earth, a team of scientists voyage to the world and discover a land out of the ancient past–a planet populated by dinosaurs! But a group of crooks has stowed away aboard the spacecraft, and the scientists must fight for their survival against both crooks and hungry monsters!<\/em><\/p>\n

Metropolis<\/h4>\n

In a not-so-far-off future a beautiful, artificially created girl — unaware of her non-human background — searches for the non-existent parents she believes must exist, wandering alone in a world populated by humans and by the slave-driven robots who serve them. Tezuka’s key theme of the nature of humanity in a technological society is framed in bold relief, as well as his wry allegorical observations of the Cold War that was escalating when he created Metropolis.<\/em><\/p>\n

Next\u00a0World<\/h4>\n

When nuclear testing creates mutated animals with amazing supernatural abilities, the world and its great superpowers are drawn into political conflict that could light the fuse for World War III.<\/em><\/p>\n

What you should know<\/h3>\n

Following up on the success of the\u00a0movie adaptation\u00a0of\u00a0Metropolis<\/em>\u00a0in 2001,\u00a0Dark Horse<\/a>\u00a0decided in 2003 to publish Osamu Tezuka’s early science-fiction trilogy, which includes\u00a0Lost World<\/em>,\u00a0Next World\u00a0<\/em>and the original\u00a0Metropolis<\/em>\u00a0manga that the film was based on.\u00a0 Translations were provided by Kumar Sivasubramanian and Studio Proteus, with editing consulting done by Toren Smith.<\/p>\n

Given the rough edges of Tezuka’s earliest work, the manga was perhaps a bit dated for a modern manga audience expecting the slickness of the big-budget anime movie adaptation and did not achieve the level of success\u00a0Dark Horse<\/a>\u00a0was hoping for.\u00a0 Still, these important works are a must for the serious Tezuka enthusiast as many of the themes and elements of Tezuka’s work are evident in their raw form.<\/p>\n

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