Big X
By the end of World War II, the Nazis were pumping out increasingly wild weapons—the V-2 rocket, the massive Maus tank, and more. Japan, as Germany's ally, even attempted to complete its own rocket fighter using German research, though the project never made it past the drawing board. This real-world arms race inspired Osamu Tezuka to create Big X, a manga about a secret weapon jointly developed by Japan and Germany. The series was adapted into an anime and both versions became massive hits. Tezuka himself wasn't entirely satisfied with his protagonist, Akira Asagumo, finding him a bit too much of a self-righteous justice warrior. But regardless of the author's reservations, Big X evolved into a genuinely sharp satirical work that portrayed the horrors of war with striking realism. Only someone who'd actually lived through the war, like Tezuka had, could have pulled off something this effective.
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Big X
21ch • 4vol
1963
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By the end of World War II, the Nazis were pumping out increasingly wild weapons—the V-2 rocket, the massive Maus tank, and more. Japan, as Germany's ally, even attempted to complete its own rocket fighter using German research, though the project never made it past the drawing board. This real-world arms race inspired Osamu Tezuka to create Big X, a manga about a secret weapon jointly developed by Japan and Germany. The series was adapted into an anime and both versions became massive hits. Tezuka himself wasn't entirely satisfied with his protagonist, Akira Asagumo, finding him a bit too much of a self-righteous justice warrior. But regardless of the author's reservations, Big X evolved into a genuinely sharp satirical work that portrayed the horrors of war with striking realism. Only someone who'd actually lived through the war, like Tezuka had, could have pulled off something this effective.
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By the end of World War II, the Nazis were pumping out increasingly wild weapons—the V-2 rocket, the massive Maus tank, and more. Japan, as Germany's ally, even attempted to complete its own rocket fighter using German research, though the project never made it past the drawing board. This real-world arms race inspired Osamu Tezuka to create Big X, a manga about a secret weapon jointly developed by Japan and Germany. The series was adapted into an anime and both versions became massive hits. Tezuka himself wasn't entirely satisfied with his protagonist, Akira Asagumo, finding him a bit too much of a self-righteous justice warrior. But regardless of the author's reservations, Big X evolved into a genuinely sharp satirical work that portrayed the horrors of war with striking realism. Only someone who'd actually lived through the war, like Tezuka had, could have pulled off something this effective.
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Big X
ビッグX
Biggu Ekkusu,Biggu X