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童夢 [Dōmu] #3
Domu: A Child's Dream, #3
In the final confrontation between Cho, a jaded, childlike old man, and Etsuko, a fearless, innocent child, the entire building becomes their weapon of choice! Fueled by mutual hatred, these two combatants will not rest until one or the other is dead. Don't miss this explosive final issue!
75 pages, Paperback
First published January 20, 1992
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Katsuhiro Otomo
316 books879 followersKatsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, film director, and screenwriter. For his works in Japanese see 大友克洋. He is perhaps best known for being the creator of the manga Akira and its anime adaptation, which are extremely famous and influential. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the recent 2006 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in the former town of Hasama, in Miyagi Prefecture.
As a teenager growing up in the turbulent 1960s, he was surrounded by the demonstrations of both students and workers against the Japanese government. The riots, demonstrations, and overall chaotic conditions of this time would serve as the inspiration for his best known work, Akira. Some would argue that this seminal work is an allegory of 1960s Japan, and that one could easily substitute the year 2019 for 1969 and leave little difference in the basic story.
The animation from this period (especially the works coming out of Tokyo animation studios Mushi Production and Toei Doga, now known as TOEI Animation) were influencing young Otomo. Works like Tetsujin 28-go, Astro Boy, and Hols: Prince of the Sun would help push Otomo toward a career in animation. However, it was the films coming out of America that were driving his rebellious nature. Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider would serve as inspiration for Shotaro Kaneda and his biker gang in Akira: rebellious youth who took too many drugs and didn't care about authority or the pressures put on them by their parents' generation.
Otomo has recently worked extensively with noted studio Sunrise with the studio animating and producing his most recent projects, the 2004 feature film Steamboy, 2006's Freedom Project and his latest project, SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next, released in 2007.
Otomo grew up a fanatic of American blockbusters, which has influenced his cinematic style throughout his huge career. He grew fond of the work of artists like Moebius, and is often regarded as the person who brought a Westernized style into manga. From the late seventies onwards, Otomo created numerous volumes of anthologies and short stories, which usually ran at 23 pages each. Serialization for Fireball was cancelled, though the premise and themes were later to appear in the Sci-Fi Grand Prix award winning Domu and Akira. Otomo later moved onto directing and creating notable anime like the film adaption of Akira, Memories, and Steamboy. His most recent manga have been the scripting of Mother Sarah and the short story Park released in an issue of Pafu last year. He has also directed several live action films, such as World Apartment Horror, Give Us A Gun/Give Us Freedom, and the 2006 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in the former town of Hasama, in Miyagi Prefecture.
As a teenager growing up in the turbulent 1960s, he was surrounded by the demonstrations of both students and workers against the Japanese government. The riots, demonstrations, and overall chaotic conditions of this time would serve as the inspiration for his best known work, Akira. Some would argue that this seminal work is an allegory of 1960s Japan, and that one could easily substitute the year 2019 for 1969 and leave little difference in the basic story.
The animation from this period (especially the works coming out of Tokyo animation studios Mushi Production and Toei Doga, now known as TOEI Animation) were influencing young Otomo. Works like Tetsujin 28-go, Astro Boy, and Hols: Prince of the Sun would help push Otomo toward a career in animation. However, it was the films coming out of America that were driving his rebellious nature. Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider would serve as inspiration for Shotaro Kaneda and his biker gang in Akira: rebellious youth who took too many drugs and didn't care about authority or the pressures put on them by their parents' generation.
Otomo has recently worked extensively with noted studio Sunrise with the studio animating and producing his most recent projects, the 2004 feature film Steamboy, 2006's Freedom Project and his latest project, SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next, released in 2007.
Otomo grew up a fanatic of American blockbusters, which has influenced his cinematic style throughout his huge career. He grew fond of the work of artists like Moebius, and is often regarded as the person who brought a Westernized style into manga. From the late seventies onwards, Otomo created numerous volumes of anthologies and short stories, which usually ran at 23 pages each. Serialization for Fireball was cancelled, though the premise and themes were later to appear in the Sci-Fi Grand Prix award winning Domu and Akira. Otomo later moved onto directing and creating notable anime like the film adaption of Akira, Memories, and Steamboy. His most recent manga have been the scripting of Mother Sarah and the short story Park released in an issue of Pafu last year. He has also directed several live action films, such as World Apartment Horror, Give Us A Gun/Give Us Freedom, and the 2006 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
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September 14, 2021
Review for all three books
This series started strong then fizzled into a confusing, Akira knock-off (though I guess it came before).
SPOILERS BELOW
The first book was great - part supernatural, part police procedural, it took place in a tenement building beseiged by mysterious deaths. Then, though, the culprit was revealed too quickly and the story devolved into a superhero battle between the antagonist and a newly-introduced powerful little girl whose power was never explained. Book 3 was basically all battle. Also, it seemed like some characters were oblivious to said battle as it loudly occurred right above them.
Domo felt under-developed. A compelling main character died before we got to know them, and generally characters were not fleshed out. This should have been a ten book series that helped us understand character and event origins. Lots of potential, little pay out. Read/watch Akira instead.
This series started strong then fizzled into a confusing, Akira knock-off (though I guess it came before).
SPOILERS BELOW
The first book was great - part supernatural, part police procedural, it took place in a tenement building beseiged by mysterious deaths. Then, though, the culprit was revealed too quickly and the story devolved into a superhero battle between the antagonist and a newly-introduced powerful little girl whose power was never explained. Book 3 was basically all battle. Also, it seemed like some characters were oblivious to said battle as it loudly occurred right above them.
Domo felt under-developed. A compelling main character died before we got to know them, and generally characters were not fleshed out. This should have been a ten book series that helped us understand character and event origins. Lots of potential, little pay out. Read/watch Akira instead.
July 3, 2020
Short but sweet (only 3 volumes and 6 chapters in total). I can definitely see why some people think this to be the precursor to Akira : not only because it's written by the same author, but because so many of the themes seem to be present here. But of course what I loved most about Domu is Otomo's art style: scenes where there's no dialogue and you're only left in awe at the precision and detail of so many of his panels. Absolutely brilliant!
October 17, 2013
The final issue was destructive and a little vengeful. I wasnt sure if the kids gathered at the end helped out (and if where were they earlier) or were just witnesses. Should we be afraid of our heroine in the future? What caused the problem in the first place?
Still a pretty good story.
Still a pretty good story.
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