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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: manga

manga stories: 2 news summaries
movie review

 Astro Boy: 
 Lots of Flash, 
 But No Soul 

Remake of vintage Japanese series fails to impress

Oct 23, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astro Boy, David Bowers’ reboot of Osamu Tezuka’s classic Japanese manga and animé series, is an action-packed movie that tries to appeal to both kids and adults. Critics, however, were more impressed with the machine guns in the main character’s butt than with the film as a... More »

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entertainment • movie review • animated movie • manga • animated film • Astro Boy • Osamu Tezuka

 Manga Mein Kampf  
 Sweeps Japan 

Comic adaptation brings Hitler's manifesto to Japanese audience

Oct 1, 09 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cartoon version of Hitler's Nazi manifesto and early autobiography has been a hit in Japan since its launch late last year. The manga-style Mein Kampf is the biggest seller in the publisher's "learn with manga" series of adaptations of historical classics and political tracts. It has sold 45,... More »

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Japan • Adolf Hitler • publishing • Nazi • Mein Kampf • comic books • manga

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