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DOKUDAMI TENEMENT 1 By TAKASHI FUKUTANI - Praise for Dukudami Tenement - ENGLISH TRANSLATION -
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Andy Oliver - Broken Frontier - 09/08/2017 "One of the most exciting new releases available at Safari Festival" (Also Broken Frontier best of Safari 2017 Staff Picks ( 11/08/2017 ). Paul Gravett - Recommendation - 06/08/2017 "an essential first-ever English-language tankoubon volume and I couldn't resist it." "Essential reading." Karl Assa - Orbital Comics London - Staff Picks - 27/07/2017 "Here is a hilarious slice of life manga about a young man coming to terms with life having moved to the city." “There is no other manga like this......not now .... or ever.”... Quote from Mitsuhiro Asakawa, former editor of GARO - "For me Yoshio Hori, the protagonist of these stories, was the most empathic character in manga when I was in my late-teen to early 20’s. Yoshio lives a hand to mouth existence. No girlfriend, no money, no job. He doesn’t have an aim of life and doesn’t know what to do with his life. At that time I was just like him, in a way. I think that English readers will feel the same way as I feel, that there is no other manga like this, not now or ever." Technical spec is : A6 (japanese) 138 pages approx. Forward, and in-depth biography by Mitsuhiro Asakawa ( former editor of GARO) Off-set print. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokudami_Tenement https://youtu.be/usnd2lA76Ao 福谷たかし「独身アパートどくだみ荘」 第1巻 英語版
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DOKUDAMI TENEMENT 2 by TAKASHI FUKUTANI - CONFESSIONS OF A MANGAKA - ENGLISH TRANSLATION -
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Dokudami Tenement (Japanese: 独身アパートどくだみ荘) is a Japanese gekiga manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Fukutani. Initially serialized in Japanese in the pages of Weekly Manga Times from May 18, 1979 until April 2, 1993, the work was hugely popular and subsequently collected into 35 volumes by the Japanese publisher Houbunsha. Total sales of Dokudami Tenement are recorded at 5 million copies.[2] The series is currently out of print, however e-book volumes have been published. Set in Tokyo during the 1980s, the work explores and deals with many subcultures and social issues that were prominent at the time, such as Japanese traditional customs,yakuza, recreational drug use, drug addicts, infidelity, fetishism, alcoholism, poverty, and isolation.[2] Takashi Fukutani stated a number of times that the stories, characters and settings in Dokudami Tenement are semi-autobiographical and are based on his own life experiences during his time in the towns of Asagaya, and Koenji (both located in Suginami-ku, West Tokyo).[2] 福谷たかし「独身アパートどくだみ荘」英語版 第2巻
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DOKUDAMI TENEMENT 3 by TAKASHI FUKUTANI - KILLING ME SOFTLY - ENGLISH TRANSLATION -
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Transgender issues in 1980s Tokyo. That's Dokudami Tenement 3's theme in this dark story of Yoshio's friendship with a troubled transgender salaryman Frankie. This story pulls no punches and is likely to offend some. 132 pages inc. biography. Dokudami Tenement (Japanese: 独身アパートどくだみ荘) is a Japanese gekiga manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Fukutani. Initially serialized in Japanese in the pages of Weekly Manga Times from May 18, 1979 until April 2, 1993, the work was hugely popular and subsequently collected into 35 volumes by the Japanese publisher Houbunsha. Total sales of Dokudami Tenement are recorded at 5 million copies.[2] The series is currently out of print, however e-book volumes have been published. Set in Tokyo during the 1980s, the work explores and deals with many subcultures and social issues that were prominent at the time, such as Japanese traditional customs,yakuza, recreational drug use, drug addicts, infidelity, fetishism, alcoholism, poverty, and isolation.[2] Takashi Fukutani stated a number of times that the stories, characters and settings in Dokudami Tenement are semi-autobiographical and are based on his own life experiences during his time in the towns of Asagaya, and Koenji (both located in Suginami-ku, West Tokyo).[2] The series depicts the highs and lows a young man named Yoshio who is employed as a day labourer in civil construction sites during the Japanese asset price bubble period. Dokudami is the Japanese name for Houttuynia cordata, a flowering plant native to Japan. It is often considered a weed and grows in damp and shady places. 'Doku' is also the word for poison in Japanese. 福谷たかし「独身アパートどくだみ荘」英語版 第3巻
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阿佐ヶ谷漫画クロニクル2014 安部慎一 福谷たかし 夏目けいじ 未単行本化作品集
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2014年に開催された展覧会「阿佐ヶ谷漫画クロニクル2014」より、阿佐ヶ谷ゆかりの作家3人の未単行本化作品集。 安部慎一 福谷たかし 夏目けいじの短編を収録。 安部慎一 「ガロ」誌でデビュー。2000年代以降は寡作だが、2009年に代表作「美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分」が映画化。 福谷たかし 「週刊漫画TIMES」誌に、阿佐ヶ谷の四畳半アパートに住む男・ヨシオの日常を描いた「独身アパート どくだみ荘」を15年にわたり連載。作品の映画化もされ、当時の青年漫画ファンに絶大な人気を誇った。 夏目けいじ 集英社、双葉社、芳文社などの雑誌で連載。代表作は『湯らり野の花』。集英社「週刊少年ジャンプ」の2大大賞のひとつ「赤塚賞」も受賞。現在は、イラスト、水彩画作品を軸としている。 A5判 編集 浅川満寛 発行 ギャラリー白線