Fire-Ball

Collection of short stories including:

• Flower (FLOWER), SF Houseki, October 1979
• Her Memories... (彼女の想いで..., Kanojo no Omoide..., ALT. ENG - Memories...), Young Magazine, November 17th, 1980
• Sound of Sand (SOUND OF SAND), Manga Kisoutengai, November 1979
• Farewell to Weapons (武器よさらば, Bukiyosaraba), Young Magazine, November 16th, 1981
• Hair, Young Comic, February 28th, 1979
• Electric Bird Land (ELECTRIC BIRD LAND), SF Adventure, July 1980
• Minor Swing (MINER SWING)Manga Action Zoukan, August 24th, 1977
• Chronicle of the Planet TAKO (惑星TAKO年代記 Wakusei TAKO Nendaiki), SF Adventure, March 1981
• Chronicle of The Planet TAKO, Chapter of Dawnlight (惑星TAKO年代記「黎明編, Wakusei TAKO Nendaiki: Reimei-hen), February 1982
• Fireball (Fire-Ball) Action Deluxe, January 27th, 1979
• That's Amazing World: Magic Pot of Aladdin 1981
• That's Amazing World: Noah's Ark 1981
• That's Amazing World: The Old Man and the Sea 1981
• That's Amazing World: Knights of the Round Table 1981

This is a collection of 12 short manga created by Katsuhiro Otomo between 1978 and 1979, when he was 24-25 years old, in the order of publication. The following year, 1980, was the eve of the mangaka's talent becoming known to the world when he began to work on "Domu" and "Feeling Already at War" and other short stories, which were rising to a level of perfection as if in gestation, changed in style with each one, forming an astonishing multifaceted body of work.

In particular, the title work, "Fire-Ball," is an important serial that opened the eyes of the mangaka, who until then had spun realistic human dramas, to a new genre, SF. It was a milestone for Otomo, as it depicted "supernatural powers" that directly led to his later works "Domu" and "Akira," and its depiction of the spectacular completely changed the style of his previous works.

This collection includes two stories from "Short Peace" (1979, Kisotengaisha), four stories from "Highway Star" (1979, Futabasha), three stories from "GOOD WEATHER" (1981, Kitan-sha), and two stories including the title story from "Her Memories..." (1990, Kodansha). (1990/Kodansha). In addition, "Distant Festival," a previously uncollected short story, is included for the first time in this long-awaited tankoban. In addition, all color pages that were previously in grayscaled are now restored. The commentary by Otomo himself is also worth reading.

Volume 5 of the Katsuhiro Otomo Complete Works