Spaceship EE - Softcover

Aya Takano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 4939148327 ISBN 13: 9784939148323

Publisher: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., 2009

Synopsis

The first manga book by artist Aya Takano. She has taken the same creative approach as she does to her paintings, that is, to integrate the realm of extreme Sci-Fi imagination with the tiny gems she's found in her daily life. The narrative is inspired by the artist's own experiences where she struggled to come in terms with her daytime jobs, and those people who 'looked' against her. A Japanese girl called Noshi, or Takano herself portrayed as the protagonist, follows her desire to reach the stars in a stolen spacecraft until she gets lost and rescued by a traveling object called Spaceship EE. The ship carried thousands of war refugees from a colony planet traveling for 300 years in search of their home planet. She joined the passengers and was soon assigned to fight a real war instead of the battles in arcade games she used to be unbeatably good at on the earth. The book features the fully colored front/back/inside cover artworks, colored pages, and fully illustrated bonus data file at the end.

About this title

About the Author:

With a mind geared toward the paranormal, Japanese artist Aya Takano places the fluctuating fantasies and desires of women in an ecological context, imbuing her singular style with a powerful energy that beckons her audience to follow her into arcane futuristic worlds. Her wide variety of interests has led to work with artists in several fields, including music and fashion, where she has collaborated with such well known brands as Issey Miyake by Naoki Takizawa, Wrangler, and X-girl. Among her previously published works are the image collections Hot Banana Fudge (2000) and Tokyo Space Diary (2006). And in 2009, following her first graphic novel Space Ship EE(2002), its English translation and the second graphic novel Cosmic Juice (English version only) have been just published concurrently.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 4939148327
• ISBN 13: 9784939148323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 165