Chiteikoku no Kaijin
The Mysterious Underground Men
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Chiteikoku no Kaijin

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Mysterious Underground Men Satan's House
Japanese: 地底国の怪人
English: The Mysterious Underground Men
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 9
Status: Finished
Published: Feb 20, 1948
Genres: Fantasy Fantasy, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Serialization: None
Authors: Tezuka, Osamu (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.461 (scored by 365365 users)
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Ranked: #165512
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Popularity: #16233
Members: 941
Favorites: 3

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Synopsis

Chiteikoku no Kaijin is a science fiction manga depicting the struggle of boy-scientist John and his friends against people of the underground, who are plotting to take over the Earth.

John invents a safe, high-speed, earth-penetrating train to fulfill the final wishes of his father, who died in a plane crash. One day John meets Mimio, a rabbit with human-like intelligence, and together they head to the center of the Earth in the newly completed rocket train.

But when they get there, they discover an underworld ruled by a queen who plots to conquer the Earth. John and his friends, including Uncle Bill who comes to help, somehow escape back to the surface. They make another rocket train and return to the underworld.

(Source: tezukaosamu.net)

Background

Chiteikoku no Kaijin was published in English as The Mysterious Underground Men in hardback by PictureBox on November 30, 2013, as the second volume in their "Ten Cent Manga" series.

Characters

Hige Oyaji
Supporting
Ham Egg
Supporting

Reviews

Feb 8, 2023
If you want a serious, scholarly review of this manga I would suggest Ryan Holmberg's essay on the subject that comes after Ten-cent versions of this manga. It does a great job of really explaining the historical root of this work, and how it bridges the gap between West-East. I would also contend that the most important element of a work like that, baring it's pioneering "story-manga" style, would be the fact it shows Tezuka wasn't just influenced by the well known "disney" works, but very influenced by the overall western comics movement.

Besides the pure historical value of this work, the story is well ...

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