Former Shonen Jump artist Tetsuya Tsutsui gains international acclaim with his latest comic, a modern day cyber crime drama that tackles the topics of social media, internet celebrity and disinfranchised youth culture.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has developed a Cyber Crime Division to take on the increasing threat of high-tech crime. One day, the video site YOUTUBE, a man wearing a bag over his head releases a video notice of crime that will be committed. The crime occurs and the pattern is repeateda.And repeated; again and again. Now the TMPD must investigate this serious threat before like many things on the internet it is replicated and exploited.
Tetsuya Tsutsui is unique within the Japanese manga world. While his print catalog goes as far back as 2002, he in many ways is a pioneer of Japan's long-form web-comic industry. While most web-comics in Japan tend to be daily comic strips, Tsutsui's background in serialized long-form comics, led him to continue working within that medium online.
So in 2004, Tsutsui published his first manga in France, called Duds Hunt. This work was initially published online but then released for the first time in print by French publisher Hachette. Since then, Tsutsui has been working in Japan and in France creating works that appeal to a very global audience despite often being set in the Far East. Most of his works debut online now, where Tsutsui gets instant commentary from his large readership. And now his works are being recognized for transcending the limitations of language and markets.
ISBN: 9781939130594
Author: Tetsuya Tsutsui
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1 December 2014
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 178 x 133 x 15
Weight (kg): 0.208
