La luna en el este, el sol en el oeste

El lobo solitario y su cachorro #9

by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima (Illustrator), Geni Bigas (Translator)

Posiblemente el manga adulto más conocido en Occidente, El lobo solitario y su cachorro (conocido por muchos como Lone Wolf & Cub) llega por fin a España. El manga que abrió los ojos de, entre otros, Frank Miller (autor de varias de las cubiertas de nuestra edición) también inspiró a Max Allan Collins a la hora de escribir Camino a la perdición. Un manga histórico en todos los sentidos de la palabra que se suma a la Biblioteca Pachinco conforme a la edición definitiva recién finalizada en Japón. Con sentido de lectura oriental. "Te transporta a otro tiempo y a un país extraño, terrorífico, devastado y gris. Koike y Kojima narran e ilustran con maestría el retrato de un hombre, un niño y un país en su camino al infierno. "-Frank Miller

Genres: Manga, Comics

418 pages, Paperback

Published April 14, 2005

About the author

Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.

Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.

Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.

Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.

Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.

In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.

Reviews

[JaumeMuntane]

Conocemos a mendigos ("el pacto de las patatas"), cacheadoras de mujeres que viajan en palanquines ("el cacheo de los senos"), ilusionistas expertas en trucos de magia ("año tras año"), esbirros de los Yagyu que nos deparan luchas en la nieve ("la luna en el este, el sol en el oeste"), una familia que acoge temporalmente a Daigoro ("buenas noches, Daigoro") y en especial a Shobei Idebuchi, hijo bastardo de Retsudo Yagyu.

[Angel 一匹狼]

Another solid volume in the series, here we continue with the main story line, now that the wolf and his cub are back together. The short stories are good too, the best one centered on a puppeteer. By this time, the series has become like one of those TV series that may not be particularly original, but is enjoyable, and offers a product that the reader knows they like and enjoy. It is easy to read, it is nicely drawn, it has a good pace. It is not groundbreaking, but you won't be bored.

7.5/10

(Spanish translation by Geni Bigas and Yayoi Kagoshima)

[Oscar]

La rivalidad de Itto con los Yagyu se lleva este tomo, una historia excepcional y un N dibujo sobre la media para esta obra de arte violenta