Billy Bat
ビリーバット
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Status:FINISHED
Format:MANGA
Chapters:165
Volumes:20
Start Date:2008-10-16
End Date:2016-8-18
Genres
DramaMysterySupernaturalThriller
Tags
DrawingHistoricalTime ManipulationSeinenPhilosophyConspiracyPoliticsEnsemble CastUrban FantasyTravel
Description
It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist . . . but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined. (Source: Kana)Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.
Staff
Naoki Urasawa(Story & Art)
Takashi Nagasaki(Story)
Sylvain Chollet(Translator (French))
Verónica Calafell(Translator (Spanish))
Jiaxiang Xu(Translator (Chinese))
