Blitz Vol. 01-03 Collected Set

Blitz Vol. 1-3 Collected Set

Get caught up on BLITZ, the shonen sports manga about the game of chess, with this collected set of the first three volumes at a special price!

Tom, a young high school student, has a crush on his classmate Harmony. When he learns about her passion for chess, Tom quickly decides to sign up for the school’s chess club. But he doesn’t even know the rules!

To impress Harmony, he is left with no choice: he must learn quickly and train seriously. Soon, Tom discovers the existence of Garry Kasparov, the greatest player in the history of chess. He stumbles upon a virtual reality machine that promises to help him analyze the most legendary matches of the master! In an unexpected twist of event, Tom soon is granted access to the highest echelons of the chess… And, as his passion and skills grow, he becomes an asset to his team in competition. The Chess Club’s rise in prestige brings ever-greater challenges, however, and Tom and his teammates will have to utilize strategy and strength of character to overcome them!

Biographical Notes:

Cedric Biscay is the man becoming a bridge between Japan and France especially in Anime and Videogame culture.

Harumo Sanazaki is best known for being the artist of With These Rings, The Husband Hunters, Desert Warrior, and A Royal Proposition. Also known for being the author & artist of Sheikh to Koi no Butai e.

Title Notes:

The best thing about manga is that there is a genre about just about every topic you can think of, so of course, there’s a manga about chess called Blitz. There may be others, but this is the first to be translated into English for the West.

Chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov makes his manga debut in the series, written by Cédric Biscay and Harumo Sanazaki with artwork by Daitaro Nishihara.