Japan’s largest electronic book seller has announced it will put online the works of legendary manga creator Osamu Tezuka.
Papyless is teaming with Tezuka Productions to upload at least 448 stories by the pioneering cartoonist, who died in 1989. The works, which go online March 18, include Astro Boy, Black Jack and New Treasure Island.
It will cost about a dollar to read a volume over a 48-hour period. Buying the work online will run about $3.
If they provide an English translation, they’ve got themselves a customer.
Comment by Scott Iskow — March 12, 2008 @ 8:58 am
This would be the greatest news ever . . . if it was in English.
Comment by Feb — March 12, 2008 @ 9:07 am
It is in English. The manga isn’t.
THIRD POST!
Comment by Kyle — March 12, 2008 @ 2:40 pm