Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 01

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 01

Don’t miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in a slowly dying Japan–published in English for the first time in oversized omnibus editions!

In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small café in a seaside town. As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar. Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches. Savor chapters 1-24 of this beloved manga classic in English for the first time, in this deluxe five-volume set.

Biographical Notes: 

Hitoshi Ashinano is a manga creator from Japan best known for Kabu no Isaki, Kotonoba Drive, and the award-winning Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (which was adaptated into anime). He is best known for being the author & artist of Kotonoba Drive, Kabu no Isaki, Kumabachi no Koto, PositioN, and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Most noted for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, for which he won Afternoon magazine’s Four Seasons Award for debut works and the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga.

Title Notes:

The series won the 2007 Seiun science fiction award for Best Manga in Japan. Despite never being officially released in English in North America, the series has been praised in publications including The Comics Journal and the academic journal Mechademia.

400+ pages each, oversized with pantone and spot gloss finishing on covers.

even Seas will publish the entire series in 5 omnibus volumes, once every 3-4 months.

This Adult title has crossover appeal with YA audiences (rated Teen 13+).

More details on Hitoshi Ashinano:

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More works by Hitoshi Ashinano