APPLE PARADISE (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 7)

[Machine Translation] This is a collection of works created by Katsuhiro Otomo between 1980 and 1981, when he was 26-27 years old. The collection includes the title work, which was serialized six times in the quarterly magazine "Manga Kiso Tengai" published by Kiso Tengai-sha, four short manga, one short manga, and a series of short stories consisting of 12 stories in total. APPLE PARADISE" is a mystery story set on a huge resource mining spaceship that is about to return to Earth from a distant planet, and like "G ..... The first volume, "APPLE PARADISE," was never published in book form, as was the previous volume, "G ," but now all six issues (about 120 pages/unfinished) have finally been collected in one volume. The collection also includes the Western masterpiece "Memories of St. Bartholomew's Hill" and the complete story "That's Amazing World," a series of short stories based on fairy tales and literature. The short stories in the collection include two stories from "SOS Daitokyo Tankentai" (1996, Kodansha), one story and four short stories from "Her Thoughts..." (1990, Kodansha), one story and eight short stories from "Hansel and Gretel" (1981, Sony Magazines), and a short story from "Good Weather" (1981, Sony Magazines). WEATHER" (1981/Sony Magazines), and one short story from "GOOD WEATHER" (1981/Kitan-sha). The short story "I / N / R / I" was changed to the right-hand side when it was first published in the book, but in this book, it is read from the end of the book with the left-hand side as in the original manuscript, and also reprinted in two-color as it was first published in the magazine. The short story "ELECTRIC BIRD LAND," which appeared in black and white in the book, is reproduced for the first time in its original two-color version as it appeared in the magazine. OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS" Volume 7

大友克洋が26-27歳の頃、1980-1981年にかけて制作した作品を収録した作品集。 奇想天外社より発行されていた季刊誌「マンガ奇想天外」に6回にわたり連載された表題作を中心に、4篇の短編漫画、1篇のショート漫画、全12篇からなるショート連作シリーズを収録。遠く離れた惑星から地球への帰還を控えた巨大な資源採掘宇宙船を舞台にしたミステリー仕立てのS F『APPLE PARADISE』は前巻の『G…..』と同様に一度も単行本化されたことのない“幻の作品”だったが、ついに全6回(約120p/未完)の収録が実現した。さらに傑作ウェスタン『サン・バーグズヒルの思い出』や、童話や文学をモチーフにしたショート連作『That’s Amazing World』全話などを収録。 収録短編の内訳は『SOS大東京探検隊』(1996年/講談社)より2篇、『彼女の想いで…』(1990年/講談社)より1篇とショート4篇、『ヘンゼルとグレーテル』(1981年/ソニー・マガジンズ)より1篇とショート8篇、『GOOD WEATHER』(1981年/綺譚社)よりショート1篇。 なお短編『I・N・R・I』は単行本の初収録時にコマの左右を入れ替えて右開きに改変されていたが、本書では本来の原稿どおりの左開きに戻して巻末から読む形にし、さらに雑誌初出時と同じ2色カラーにて復刻。また、単行本ではモノクロにて収録されていた短編『ELECTRIC BIRD LAND』は、今回初めて雑誌初出時の「全ページ2色カラー」バージョンを再現しての収録となる。※「OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS」第7巻