{"title":"Naoki Urasawa","description":"Naoki Urasawa's career as a manga artist spans more than twenty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA! in 1983 and hasn't stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawa's oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys.","products":[{"product_id":"monster-the-perfect-edition-vol-4-the-perfect-edition-paperback","title":"Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4: The Perfect Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaoki Urasawa's unforgettable thriller follows a brilliant doctor's journey into the darkest depths of the human soul.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchwald, the most influential person in the state of Bayern, now trusts Johan fully and makes him his right-hand man. Johan could be setting himself up as the wonder boy of the German financial world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, a private detective working for Schwald investigates the mysterious events happening around the man and senses something massive and evil lurking behind it all. His investigation pits him against a terrible monster--are Johan's plans going to come to light? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Johan knows that Tenma wants to kill him, he pursues a quiet life. 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Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCould Johan have a dual personality, like Jekyll and Hyde? Tenma calls on Dr. Gillen, an authority on criminal psychology, to psychoanalyze Johan. But Dr. Gillen secretly concludes that it is not Johan but Tenma who has committed all the serial murders. Dr. Gillen then tries to lure Tenma into various traps, intending to use him in his own experiments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarl, a student at Munich University, visits a blind billionaire every week to read books to him as a way to pay for school. One day he encounters another young man named Johan who once did the same job for the billionaire. From that point on, strange events continue to befall Karl. Who is this young man named Johan? Is he the Johan that we know?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317742239967,"sku":"9781421569086","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/2j_OEL-dPd9781421569086.webp?v=1788348417"},{"product_id":"20th-century-boys-the-perfect-edition-vol-2-paperback","title":"20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa's award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanity, 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 group of boys who try to save the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith killer bacteria attacks on San Francisco and London underway, the plot to destroy the world that Kenji imagined as a boy is playing out in real life through the actions of the Friend. What will happen next? Only one person knows. Only one person can save the world, and that person is Kenji. Firing up his guitar and making up his mind to stand up, Kenji heads to the concert hall where the Friend awaits...","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317775204575,"sku":"9781421599625","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VYJTEWYArz9781421599625.webp?v=1788348482"},{"product_id":"monster-the-perfect-edition-vol-1-the-perfect-edition-paperback","title":"Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1: The Perfect Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaoki Urasawa's unforgettable thriller follows a brilliant doctor's journey into the darkest depths of the human soul.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there's no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples' lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer's identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. 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