Icarus (Manga)
| Manga | |
|---|---|
| title | Icarus |
| Original title | イ カ ル |
| transcription | Ikaru |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Moebius |
| Illustrator | Jirō Taniguchi |
| publishing company | Kodansha |
| magazine | Morning |
| First publication | 1997 |
| expenditure | 1 |
Ikarus ( Japanese イ カ ル , Ikaru ) is a manga series by Moebius and Jirō Taniguchi , which appeared in 1997 in Japan. It belongs to the genres of science fiction and his own and has been translated into German and other languages.
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The boy Icarus has been able to fly since he was born. However, he was taken away by his mother and grew up in the care of the government, which allows him to be investigated. But one day he falls in love with one of the researchers and develops his own will. He tries to escape his prison before his urge for freedom can be taken away.
Creation and publication
The series was based on the scenario by Moebius and was drawn by Jirō Taniguchi . According to Moebius' draft, it should have 10,000 pages. Taniguchi, however, had a free hand in the implementation and shortened the plot to just under 300 pages.
It was published in 1997 in Morning magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. It was also published in an anthology by Bijutsu Shuppansha in 2000. A translation into French was published by Kana , an Italian and a Polish. An English version was published by Simon & Schuster . The manga was finally published in German in 2016 by Schreiber & Leser in one volume.
reception
Peter Osteried describes the work as a great collaboration between the two well-known artists. In addition to the European influences in Taniguchi's style, one also recognizes influences from Katsushiro Otomos Akira , who in turn was influenced by Moebius. Overall, the work is a " perfect synthesis of Franco-Belgian and Japanese comics". Lars von Törne also emphasizes in the Tagesspiegel that the work shows how important western comics were for Taniguchi's style.
Web links
- Manga on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ikarus - entry at Comic.de by Peter Osteried
- ↑ The familiar stranger. In: www.tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved July 9, 2016 .