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Abandon the Old in Tokyo manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Requirements: CBR Reader, 57 MB.
Overview: Abandon the Old in Tokyo is a collection of dark stories of the ghosts that can haunt "ordinary" city life. The people and situations seem entirely familiar in spite of the unfamiliar Tokyo surroundings and desperate, often obsessively fetishistic relationships. Tatsumi’s art seems limited at first glance (many characters share the same "inexpressive" face), but he brings out an amazing array of emotions and keen observations. More than once I was reminded of Poe — self-absorbed people caught in their own private hells. Not for the easily offended, but if you like David Lynch or Chuck Palahnuik, you’ll feel uncomfortably at home. Haunted Tokyo, Jan 14, 2008 by Loyd A. Boldman "Forensic Mediaholic" (Oviedo, FL US)

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Abandon the Old in Tokyo manga

    Yoshihiro Tatsumi story, write, art, cover
    Serialized In (magazine) Garo (Seirindo)
    Published by Seirindo, Drawn & Quarterly, 1970.

      – by Gordon Flagg.

        The stories in editor Tomine’s second collection of this groundbreaking comics creator originally appeared in 1970, when Japan had recovered from the psychic setback of World War II and embarked on its "economic miracle." Tatsumi reveals, however, a segment of Japanese society that remained defeated, made up of weary, emasculated, working-class men, often paired with resentful women. In the title story, a frustrated truck driver taking care of his decrepit, demanding mother reaches his limit. In others, a disgraced businessman returns to his deserted office every day, long after the company has gone under, and a burned-out children’s manga artist turns his talents to more disreputable pursuits. It’s hard not to read an autobiographical element into that last one, related to the fact that Tatsumi combined the words for drama and art to coin a term,gekiga, for his work to set it apart from comics aimed at children. His powerful drawing style depicts the characters with a starkness and simplicity that matches what is presented of their lives and conjures a convincing urban milieu through detailed backdrops. These decades-old tales are unlike anything published in the U.S. before or since, and it’s gratifying that America is now finally catching up with Tatsumi’s genius.

      "Starkly beautiful… revelatory… fearless." – The Village Voice

      "Marvelously evocative… Tatsumis’s stories flow with dreamlike ambiguity" – Publishers Weekly

      "With both fascination and empathy, Tatsumi explores the lives of people on society’s bottom rung and exposes a world of lost souls, unattainable dreams, and unexpected redemption." – Bookforum.

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About author:

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    Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳 ヨシヒロ Tatsumi Yoshihiro, June 10, 1935 in Tennōji-ku, Osaka) is a Japanese manga artist who is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957.

    His work has been translated into many languages, and Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly have embarked on a project to publish an annual compendium of his works focusing each on the highlights of one year of his work (beginning with 1969), edited by American cartoonist Adrian Tomine. This is one event in a seemingly coincidental rise to worldwide popularity that Tomine relates to in his introduction to the first volume of the aforementioned series. Tatsumi received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1972. In 2009, he was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for his autobiography, A Drifting Life. The same work garnered him multiple Eisner awards (Best Reality-Based Work and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia) in 2010 and the regards sur le monde award in Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.

    A full-length animated feature on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi was released in 2011. The film, Tatsumi, is directed by Eric Khoo and The Match Factory is handling world sales.

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http://festyy.com/wK1Q9O — Abandon the Old in Tokyo (2006)




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