Dragon Head 2
Author: Mochizuki, Minetaro
ISBN: 9781647294953
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 23 Jun 2026
Pages: 564
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The end of everyone was just the beginningP#8230;Plt;/iPgt; Minetaro MochizukiP#8217;s classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The end of everyone was just the beginningP#8230;Plt;/iPgt; Minetaro MochizukiP#8217;s classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;AGAINST ALL ODDS THEY ESCAPE THE ABYSS, ONLY TO FIND EVEN GREATER DARKNESSP#8230;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Teru and Ako finally escape the tunnel, but the mystery of whatever caused their horrible train crash only deepens when they find nothing but ruins, abandoned buildings, and unending gloom above ground. Soon, however, they see suspiciously human-like shadows slinking about and chase after them in a last-ditch effort to find someoneP#8212;Plt;iPgt;anyonePlt;/iPgt;P#8212;else alive.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But even friendly faces conceal their own darkness, and sometimes the people we implicitly trust can turn out to be the most dangerous of all.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;ABOUT THE AUTHORPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Acclaimed author Minetaro Mochizuki first broke into the world of manga with his short story Plt;iPgt;Tadatada Honobono HeartPlt;/iPgt; (A Simply Lovely Heart), which in 1984 won the Chiba Tetsuya Award for newcomers, a distinguished prize named for the preeminent author of Plt;iPgt;Ashita no Joe: Fighting for TomorrowPlt;/iPgt;. Two of MochizukiP#8217;s works, Plt;iPgt;Samehada Otoko to Momojiri OnnaPlt;/iPgt; (Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl) and Plt;iPgt;Dragon HeadPlt;/iPgt; have been adapted into live-action films, and his series Plt;iPgt;OchanomaPlt;/iPgt; (The Living Room) was adapted into a live-action drama.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Dragon HeadPlt;/iPgt; earned him the Tezuka Osamu Cultural PrizeP#8212;one of the manga industryP#8217;s most coveted awards established in honor of the tremendously influential author of Plt;iPgt;Astro Boy Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;BuddhaPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;as well as the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award.
ISBN: 9781647294953
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 23 Jun 2026
Pages: 564
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The end of everyone was just the beginningP#8230;Plt;/iPgt; Minetaro MochizukiP#8217;s classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The end of everyone was just the beginningP#8230;Plt;/iPgt; Minetaro MochizukiP#8217;s classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;AGAINST ALL ODDS THEY ESCAPE THE ABYSS, ONLY TO FIND EVEN GREATER DARKNESSP#8230;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Teru and Ako finally escape the tunnel, but the mystery of whatever caused their horrible train crash only deepens when they find nothing but ruins, abandoned buildings, and unending gloom above ground. Soon, however, they see suspiciously human-like shadows slinking about and chase after them in a last-ditch effort to find someoneP#8212;Plt;iPgt;anyonePlt;/iPgt;P#8212;else alive.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But even friendly faces conceal their own darkness, and sometimes the people we implicitly trust can turn out to be the most dangerous of all.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;ABOUT THE AUTHORPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Acclaimed author Minetaro Mochizuki first broke into the world of manga with his short story Plt;iPgt;Tadatada Honobono HeartPlt;/iPgt; (A Simply Lovely Heart), which in 1984 won the Chiba Tetsuya Award for newcomers, a distinguished prize named for the preeminent author of Plt;iPgt;Ashita no Joe: Fighting for TomorrowPlt;/iPgt;. Two of MochizukiP#8217;s works, Plt;iPgt;Samehada Otoko to Momojiri OnnaPlt;/iPgt; (Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl) and Plt;iPgt;Dragon HeadPlt;/iPgt; have been adapted into live-action films, and his series Plt;iPgt;OchanomaPlt;/iPgt; (The Living Room) was adapted into a live-action drama.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Dragon HeadPlt;/iPgt; earned him the Tezuka Osamu Cultural PrizeP#8212;one of the manga industryP#8217;s most coveted awards established in honor of the tremendously influential author of Plt;iPgt;Astro Boy Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;BuddhaPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;as well as the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award.
