{"product_id":"tokyo-these-days-vol-1-9781974738809","title":"Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days.\u003c\/b\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels early retirement is the only way to atone for his failures as an editor, the manga world isn't done with him. \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn his final day as an editor, Shiozawa takes a train he's ridden hundreds of times to impart some last advice to a manga creator whose work he used to edit. Later, he is drawn to return to a bookshop at the request of a junior editor who wants his help dealing with an incorrigible manga creator who used to be edited by Shiozawa and now refuses to work with anyone else. For Shiozawa, Tokyo these days is full of memory and is cocooned in the inescapable bonds among manga creators, their editors, art, and life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taiyo Matsumoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viz Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Tokyo These Days\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.11w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781974738809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaiyo Matsumoto is best known to English-reading audiences as the creator of the Eisner Award-winning \u003ci\u003eTekkonkinkreet\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 2006 was made into an animated feature film of the same name directed by Michael Arias. In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded a Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2020 he won his second Eisner Award for the English publication of \u003ci\u003eCats of the Louvre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Taiyo Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917378129983,"sku":"9781974738809","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781974738809.jpg?v=1770654741","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/tokyo-these-days-vol-1-9781974738809","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}