{"id":641,"date":"2014-01-16T04:18:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T04:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2023-02-16T20:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:44:20","slug":"futureman-kaos-manga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=641","title":{"rendered":"Futureman Kaos (Manga)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Also known as \u672a\u6765\u4eba\u30ab\u30aa\u30b9 (Mirai Jin Kaosu)<\/h5>\n
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\"Futreman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English Title:<\/strong><\/td>\nFutureman Kaos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In English?<\/strong><\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese Title:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u672a\u6765\u4eba\u30ab\u30aa\u30b9
\nMirai Jin Kaosu<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type:<\/strong><\/td>\nOngoing Serial<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original run:<\/strong><\/td>\n1978\/04\/16 –\u00a01979\/01\/01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Published in:<\/strong><\/td>\nWeekly Shonen Magazine<\/a><\/em>
\n\u9031\u520a\u5c11\u5e74\u30de\u30ac\u30b8\u30f3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Published by:<\/strong><\/td>\nKodansha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volumes:<\/strong><\/td>\n3
\nMT-131<\/a> | MT-132<\/a> | MT-133<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Futureman Kaos <\/em>(1978-79), Osamu Tezuka’s science-fiction tale of friendship and betrayal was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine<\/em> from April 1978 to January 1979.<\/p>\n

What it’s about<\/h2>\n
\"Best<\/a>

Best Friends Forever…<\/p><\/div>\n

As childhood friends, Koji Suhami and Jo Daigo jointly decide to take the entrance examinations to the prestigious Milky Way Academy – a prestigious institution whose graduates are all but assured of an important posting in the Space Emigration Bureau.\u00a0 However, when only Koji passes the test, a mysterious figure approaches the dejected Jo and tells him that if he kills Koji, his entrance to the academy and subsequent important job are guaranteed.\u00a0 Driven by greed, Jo accepts the offer and kills his childhood friend.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, a mysterious young girl transports Koji’s corpse to outer space – where he is restored to life using an android body and sent back to Earth.\u00a0 Finding ten years have passed since his earlier demise, Koji also discovers that his old friend is now the Director-General of the Space Emigration Bureau.\u00a0 Jo, learning of Koji’s return, exiles him to the desolate prison planet known as Chaos.\u00a0 After a meteor shower annihilates all life on Chaos, Koji, now known as Kaos, is left all alone until an alien pilot makes an emergency landing on the planet.\u00a0 The two eventually become friends and when the alien pilot is eventually rescued, Kaos is taken along, albeit as a prisoner and a slave yet again.<\/p>\n

This marks a beginning of a life of exile and wandering.\u00a0 Over the course of his interstellar adventure, Kaos will visit desolate planets, tyrannical civilizations, and will eventually make his way back to Earth and into a final showdown with his old friend Jo.<\/p>\n

\"Betrayed!\"<\/a>

Betrayed!<\/p><\/div>\n

What you should know<\/h2>\n

Despite being often referred to as “Space Robinson Crusoe”, Futureman Kaos<\/em> (1978-79) is in fact much more than that.\u00a0 Although Tezuka did model much of Kaos’ life of exile on Daniel Defoe’s classic novel<\/a>,\u00a0in Futureman Kaos<\/em> (1978-79) Tezuka seems much more interested in asking a question about the true nature of friendship.<\/p>\n

\"Hard<\/a>

Hard at work on Chaos<\/p><\/div>\n

Drawing inspiration from the biblical story of fratricide, Cain and Abel<\/a>, Tezuka uses Koji Suhami and Jo Daigo’s childhood friendship to explore the depths of betrayal – posing questions as to the value of and limits to friendship.\u00a0 Throughout his solitary adventure, Kaos repeatedly gains and loses companions, finds aid from enemies and is betrayed by those he thought of as friends.\u00a0 Tezuka also seems interested in discovering if a friendship, once lost, can ever be regained.\u00a0 In fact, the final confrontation between Kaos and Jo hinges on the question of whether or not a friendship can be salvaged even in the face of the ultimate, mortal, betrayal.<\/p>\n

Tezuka also explores his favourite themes, of reincarnation and the nature of life.\u00a0 Although it lacks the depth and breadth of his masterpiece Phoenix<\/em> (1967-88)<\/a>, by having Koji die and be resurrected in an android body, through Futureman Kaos<\/em> (1978-79) Tezuka is able to ask some pointed questions about what it means to be human.\u00a0 Are Koji and Kaos really the same person?<\/p>\n

Finally, sharp-eyed fans will notice something familiar in terms of Tezuka’s artwork in the series.\u00a0 Ever the film-buff, the fact that Star Wars<\/em><\/a> (1977) was released in Japan in June 1978, shortly after Futureman Kaos<\/em> (1978-79) began serialization, doesn’t seem to have escaped Tezuka.\u00a0 Especially later in the series, many of the spaceship designs bear a striking resemblance to George Lucas’ epic space opera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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