¡OPUS[Complete Edition]
¡Satoshi Kon
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[Machine Translation] The unfinished masterpiece of Satoshi Kon, the genius animation artist who passed away early, is reprinted in < Complete Edition> ! A project to make a feature-length anime film is also in progress! The full-length manga "OPUS" was serialized in the bi-weekly magazine "Comic Guys" from 1995 to 1996. It is a compilation of "Satoshi Kon as a cartoonist" written just before he started to focus on animation, and it was also the starting point of the theme of "reality and fiction" pursued in the movies in later years. However, after the author's sudden death in 2010, the manuscript of the "last episode" was discovered and published in book form by Tokuma Shoten in upper and lower volumes. This time, the "complete edition" of the book is published in one volume, including new elements such as an interview with Masao Maruyama, a producer who worked on all of Director Kon's works, at the end of the book. Please be sure to get a copy of this book, which has been reborn with a profound texture! Manga artist Riki Nagai has reached the climax of his serialized manga "Resonance," and after much deliberation, he decides to end the story with the death of the main character, Rin. However, Rin appears from the depths of the manuscript and steals it from him, pulling Riki into the world of his own manga. Together with Satoko, the heroine he meets there, Riki battles the mysterious psychic "Mask" while being at the mercy of the setting he has devised. The characters defy the author. As the boundary between the real world and the world in the story crumbles for Riki, he asks himself, "Can the author be a god of the world in the story? Features of this book / The "complete edition" including the "phantom final episode" that was never published in any magazine and was discovered after the author's death! The end of the book will include an interview with producer Masao Maruyama, who was involved in the production of all of Kon's films, as well as a commentary by Kyoko Kon, the director's wife.
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