Land of the Lustrous Vol. 11

Land of the Lustrous Vol. 11

An elegant new action manga, Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future Earth, where humanity’s distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon.

RETURN TO NOTHINGNESS

Two hundred years after a failed attack on the Lustrous, Phosphophyllite is reassembled and tries again to get Kongō to pray for the Lunarians. This attempt seems likely to succeed, and the Lunarians prepare to depart to nothingness, while the gemstones on the moon prepare to be left behind. Meanwhile, Euclase is awakened by the commotion between Phos and Kongō…

Biographical Notes:

Haruko Ichikawa is a prolific and acclaimed creator of graphic short stories and manga series. Land of the Lustrous is her first manga released in English.

Title Notes:

Anime adaptation was the sleeper hit of 2017 on Amazon Prime and is coming to Bluray later this year!

Setting and story reminds fans of Sailor Moon and some of its progeny, especially the Cartoon Network hit Steven Universe.

Placed in 2014’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! contest

Up-and-coming creator has won an Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize and placed fifth in the 2012 Manga Taisho Awards.

Ages 13 and up.

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