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Shinsengumi, The (Manga)

Also known as 新選組 (Shinsengumi)

English Title:	The Shinsengumi
In English?	Yes [digital]
Japanese Title:	新選組 [Shinsengumi]
Type:	Ongoing Serial
Original run:	1963/01 – 1963/10
Published in:	Shonen Book [少年ブック]
Published by:	Shueisha
Volumes:	1

Originally published from January to October 1963 in Shonen Book, Osamu Tezuka’s The Shinsengumi (1963) is another of Tezuka’s samurai-style series, including Castle of Dawn (1959-61) and I Am Sarutobi (1960-61), which draw on well-known characters and events from Japan’s feudal history.

What it’s about

In Kyoto, in the late 1800s, the son of a local book-binder, Kyujuro Fukakusa sees his father murdered before his very eyes and vows to have his revenge. … Read the rest

Funny/Shonen Book

Also known as もしろブック (Omoshiro Bukku), for the most part it mainly featured Tezuka's early short stories, such those that make up Lion Books.

Vampires (Manga)

A major turning point in Tezuka's work, the Vampires (1966-69) manga series was originally published in Weekly Shonen Sunday between June 1966 to May 1967, with a sequel appearing in Shonen Book from October 1968 and ending abruptly, mid-story, in April 1969. The series also spawned a live-action television series, with animated animal versions of the vampires in 1969.