Clockwork Apple (DMP)

Ongoing Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is connected from chapter to chapter and must be read in chronological order for it to be understood properly.
Chapter Serial: a series of episodes, published over a span of weeks/months/years where the story plot is self-contained to a single chapter. There may be an overarching plot, but the stories can generally be read in any order and be understood
Book: an all-in-one self contained story published as a one-off.
Supplement: an an all-in-one self contained story published as a stand-alone supplement to a regular weekly/monthly periodical.
Short Story: an all-in-one, self contained story that was published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical
Anthology: a collection of all-in-one, self contained stories that were published in a regular weekly/monthly periodical but are generally grouped together.

English Title: Clockwork Apple
Japanese Title: 時計仕掛けのりんご
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher: DMP
No. of Volumes: 1
In Print: ✔
Digital: ✔

From the publisher

In this collection of speculative fiction a man finds a wonder drug, a robot has a baby, a town is subjected to control by substance, a robber runs away from murder, a man searches for his mysterious love, American school kids are kidnapped, an activist takes part in political intrigue, and space hippies defy peace conventions.

What you should know

Clockwork Apple was published as DMP’s eighth Tezuka kickstarter campaign. In May 2015, 581 backers pledged $32,749 (of a $13,500 goal) to see the strange short story collection published in English for the first time.

Clockwork Apple was released unflipped in the original right-to-left Japanese reading style. The English edition was published in a single volume of 248 pages and is printed in the A5 (5.875″x8.25″) format with high quality paper. In 2016, a digital edition was released and is available on DMP’s emanga.com website for legal download in a number of popular formats (ePub, CBR/CBZ, PDF, etc.).