Daibousou
大暴走
An anthology of three Tezuka oneshots from the late 1960's.
1. Daibousou (大暴走/The Runaway Tanker)
Newscaster Goro Tsukinashi is invited to board the world's first atomic-powered, computer-operated oil tanker, the Osakabe Maru. While on its maiden voyage, everything that could go wrong, does go wrong. Can the passengers survive aboard this voyage of the damned?
2. Kojinkyou (虎人境/Land of the Tigermen)
Television director Goro Ibukuro makes his living exploiting the talents of others on his most popular show, World's Cruelest Acts. After hearing about a tribe of "Tigermen" that live in the hinterlands of Borneo that apparently have a miracle cure in the form of a ceremony, he decides to set off and film them. However, he might have taken on more than he bargained for...
3. Kiiro Makyou (黄色魔境/The Spaceman’s Base)
Set during the Occupation of Tripoli during World War II, two American soldiers and a German soldier are held hostage by a Japanese boy who hijacks the Americans' Jeep. The boy's destination is the mysterious ruins of Wadan-Wadan, located in the middle of nowhere. What is the connection between the boy and these ruins?
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SUPPORTINGAcetylene Lamp is a reoccurring character from the Osamu Tezuka Star System. He is a tough, imposing man usually associated with big business or the law. Lamp appears in Tezuka's works mostly as a villain, especially in Astro Boy canon, where he has appeared in almost every series to date.
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BACKGROUNDDuke Red is a reoccurring character in the Osamu Tezuka Star System. He is one of Tezuka's first characters, an arrogant and stylish man of shady authority. Duke Red often appears in various Astro Boy series as bureaucrats, military men, or politicians.
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- What is Daibousou about?
- An anthology of three Tezuka oneshots from the late 1960's. 1. Daibousou (大暴走/The Runaway Tanker) Newscaster Goro Tsukinashi is invited to board the world's first atomic-powered, computer-operated oil tanker, the Osakabe Maru. While on its maiden voyage, everything that could go wrong, does go wrong
- Is Daibousou still ongoing?
- Daibousou is currently finished. It has 3 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in Daibousou?
- The main characters are Monster.
