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Onward towards our noble deaths

Title
Onward towards our noble deaths / Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Jocelyne Allen ; [with an introduction by Frederick L. Schodt].
Author
Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015
Publication
  • [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Jocelyne, 1974-
  • Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-
Description
371 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white); 23 cm
Summary
"The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking world Kokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is death. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. Inspired by Eisner Award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's own mandatory tour of duty as an active combatant in the Imperial Japanese Army, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths portrays a flailing infantry unit on its last legs near the end of the Second World War. This deeply personal and landmark anti-war work could only have been made by a pacifist. The desperation and moral depravity on display is devastating. Mizuki's fanciful characters must make do against a photo-realistic backdrop teeming with tropical life that remains inhospitable. Indeed, commanding officers prove even more ferocious than the wild unknown of Papua New Guinea. And yet the human instinct endures, seeing through the absurdity of such a rigid and outdated command structure with gallows humor."--
Uniform Title
  • 総員玉砕せよ! English
  • Sōin gyokusai seyo!. English
Alternative Title
  • 総員玉砕せよ!
  • Sōin gyokusai seyo!.
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Soldiers > Japan > Comic books, strips, etc
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > New Guinea > Comic books, strips, etc
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Military campaigns
  • Soldiers
  • Japan
  • New Guinea
Genre/Form
  • manga (comic books)
  • graphic novels.
  • Manga
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Graphic novels
  • Translations
  • War comics
  • War comics.
  • Graphic novels.
  • Manga.
  • Bandes dessinées de guerre.
  • Romans graphiques.
  • Bandes dessinées.
  • Mangas.
Note
  • This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN
  • 9781770466302
  • 1770466304
OCLC
  • on1352495332
  • 1352495332
  • SCSB-14688930
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library