 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, 3000 Leagues Searching For Mother, Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour, The Fallen Samurai And The Sea, Loopa, Kenbo's Diary, Sponge Generation, By Plane, Horizon, Landed Japanese: ヘヴンズ ドア More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: 2003
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Demographic:
Seinen
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Comic Beam Authors:
Koike, Keiichi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #120452 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #8137
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Favorites: 11 | More InfoAn anthology of ten short storys of Keiichi Koike's work published between 1983 and 2000.Contains the one-shot Landed: "Landed" is an 8-page comic by Keiichi Koike published in Epic Illustrated #26 -- the October 1984 issue on pages 83-90. Koike began his career as a published cartoonist in the late '70s, with a steady stream of series in the 1980s and some in the '90s too. Unfortunately for English speakers, "Landed" seems to be the only work of his that's been translated and published. Keiichi Koike looks to be another mangaka heavily influenced by the French science fiction comics of Philippe Druillet and Moebius. According to the Japanese Wikipedia article, he won the Tezuka Prize for New Talent for his comics URASHIMA in 1976, at the age of 16(!). His books often muse on psychedelic experience and transcendental philosophy. His line work [is also reminiscent] of the '80s style of super-detailed cityscapes/technology and tones from SF and cyberpunk manga, a la Katsuhiro Otomo. (Source: SAME HAT!) |