Thank you for reading! Isn't that Hamlet chapter 🤌😘?!

Thank you, Helen
Your endorsement of this book means so much 🙏

Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social, Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com, Shannon & Josh Troetel, Margaret Linn Lutzke, Judith Linn Abbott, everyone else in my whole extended family, all other friends (both offscreen and on), and You.
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9/9

(especially Rich, Amy, and Rodolfo), Frederik L. Schodt, Allison Markin Powell, Greg Baker, Dawn Laabs, Ioannis Mentzas, Mari Morimoto, Ed Chavez @mangacast.bsky.social, Yukari Shiina, Ryan Holmberg, Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social, Akihiko Suzuki, Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social, Roland Kelts,
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support, and advice made this publication possible: My mother Adair Linn Nagata and father Tsutae "Den" Nagata, DI Books co-founder Dallas Middaugh, Aidan Clarke - Letterer Extraordinaire!, everyone at Tezuka Productions (especially Shimizu-san and Ishiwata-san) and ABLAZE Publishing
7/x

drawing hundreds of stories, Dr. Tezuka wrote many essays and multiple autobiographies, the vast majority of which have yet to be made available to the Anglosphere. He wrote short stories, novels, and scripts, too.
Thank you, Tezuka-sensei, and everyone whose kindness,
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- Another Rainbow Parakeet chapter that references The Taming of the Shrew (1981)
- A third Rainbow Parakeet chapter that draws from Othello (1982)
In short essays between chapters, the author shares thespian thoughts, giving readers a taste of his prose. In addition to
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- Two chapters from "Vampires" (1966), which was conceived with Macbeth in mind and includes appearances by the three witches/fortunetellers
- The first chapter of Rainbow Parakeet (1981), about a performance of Hamlet
(Don't miss this one!)
4/x

To give a sense of how the Godfather of Manga's illustrations and storytelling developed over his career, the works are in chronological order of release (of the manga, not the plays).
- The Merchant of Venice (1959)
- Robio and Robiette (from Astro Boy, 1965), translated by Frederik L. Schodt
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Shakespeare Manga Theater may sound like an anthology of manga versions of the Bard's plays, but "The Merchant of Venice" is the only chapter that fits that description. The rest are quality examples of creative adaptation.
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Thank you, Ada. I saw your DM on the old site and will reply on this one. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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5/5

Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social, Greg Baker, Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social, Frederik L. Schodt, Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social, Ed Chavez @mangacast.bsky.social, Ryan Holmberg, Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com, Roland Kelts,
my family, other friends (both offscreen and on), and You. 4/5

Thank you, Tezuka-sensei, and everyone whose kindness, support, and advice made this publication possible: DI Books co-founder Dallas Middaugh, Tezuka Productions, ABLAZE Publishing, Aidan Clarke, Letterer Extraordinaire! @coyboybeboy.bsky.social 3/5

I’ve read this story dozens of times
as a fan and recently as the English translator and publishing agent.
Re-reading is usually tedious, but this one's a gem that sparkles a little differently each time through. 2/5