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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world. Failed rock musician Kenji's memories of his past come rushing back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "In a world where man and robots coexist, the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc has been destroyed. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated, except for one very conspicuous clue--the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns...
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PLUUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "There once was a boy who imagined the end of the world. It was just a child's game-- but not anymore! The Friend is carrying out his plan for the extermination of the human race-- all according to his predictions. And the man who survived Bloody New Year's Eve is heading toward Tokyo. The boys are coming back together one by one. The time is come. This is the countdown to the final battle" --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "An advocate for robot rights and a renowned European robot have been murdered. Gesicht, the detective assigned to the case, has deduced that the killer is targeting the great robots of the world - which means that he too is one of the targets. Gesicht takes it upon himself to warn the potential targets, and Atom, the famous boy robot from Japan is next on his list."--P.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PLUUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "The giant robot has already been built and now awaits the Great Awakening-- With the Friend's identity still a mystery, the countdown to the apocalypse continues, day by day, minute by minute--for on December 31, 2000, humanity will meet its final hour. Hoping to get as many people who knew about their group's emblem involved in their clandestine efforts, Kenji's crew reaches out to their...
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Summary: "The Friend, an enigmatic cult leader who plans to destroy the world, declares, 'The cosmos has begun choosing those who are true friends.' Meanwhile, horrifying incidents are taking place: the emergence of a mysterious virus, the revelations of a man on the run-- Kenji tries to find out who this Friend is, but the answer is still far ahead. The footsteps of doom slowly creep closer and a...
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWESummary: "The seven great robots of the world are being destroyed one after the other, and the former members of the politically charged Bora Survey Group are also being targeted. Could Professor Tenma, the man who created the Japanese boy robot Atom, hold the key to finding the killer and his motive? The latest developments in the investigation send shock waves throughout the world in this masterful...
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Summary: Failed rock musician Kenji reunites with some of his old buddies to unravel the truth behind his childhood friend's mysterious suicide and the rise of a new cult that has been implicated in several murders and disappearances.
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "Is the Friend really Kanna's father?! Will she still be able to stand up and fight, despite this anguishing news? Meanwhile, Koizumi Kyoko and Sadakiyo have gotten away from the Dream Navigators by the skin of their teeth, but as Yoshitsune once warned, these people will chase you to the ends of the ear. With Kanna in shock over the truth of her paternity, will she have the strength to go and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWESummary: "Pluto-- Sahad-- Goji-- Abullah-- Mysterious figures somehow involved with the serial murders of the great robots of the world. Europol's top robot detective Gesicht has been put on the case, and he's mere steps away from discovering the horrifying truth behind the killer and his motives-- Little does he realize that he's also steps away from discovering a horrifying truth of his own--...
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Summary: Taichi Hiraga Keaton has a degree from the University of Oxford’s master’s programme in archaeology, but he abandoned further studies due to tight finances. Because combat didn’t suit his nature, he left the SAS and is now an exceptional insurance investigator. Equipped with a strong body and a keen intellect, Keaton is about to solve the most difficult cases ever seen!
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, the son of a Japanese zoologist and a noble English woman, is an insurance investigator known for his successful and unorthodox methods of investigation. Educated in archaeology and a former member of the SAS, Master Keaton uses his knowledge and combat training to uncover buried secrets, thwart would-be villains, and pursue the truth. When a life insurance policy worth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "Sorting through the volumes of research his dearly departed mentor left behind, a young priest, recently returned to Rome, stumbles across a mysterious (and potentially dangerous) book that prophesizes the end of the world. Uncertain as to the text's true meaning, Brother Luciano's search quickly leads him to a startling revelation: the Friends may have operatives inside the Vatican, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "In this daring reinvention of 'The greatest robot on Earth' story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy series, the world is a place where humans and robots coexist. The lives of the seven great robots of the world--Atom, Mont Blanc, North No. 2, Brando, Hercules, Epsilon and Gesicht--are turned upside down into a virtual garden of terror filled with carnage and destruction. A killer is after...
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Summary: "Atom is back, and the fate of the earth is in his hands! Now that Atom has all the answers to the unsolved mysteries around Pluto, bora and more, he's prepared to put everything on the line. With the memory of his fallen brethren--Gesicht, Mont Blanc, North No.2, Brando, Hercules and Epsilon--etched deeply into his heart, Atom is headed for one last battle to save the world!"--Back cover flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010