Sources: Osamu Tezuka official website (English), Koi-Nya
First chapter in raw Japanese (provided on the official website)
Teaser trailer
Official website
Home-sha site
Marine Express (Volume 1, physical) - Amazon Japan
Marine Express (Volume 1, digital) - Amazon Japan
Marine Express (Volume 2, physical) - Amazon Japan (Available January 19, 2017)
Koi-Nya (posted on September 23, 2016) wrote:Shigeto Ikehara makes a manga adaptation of the [Tezuka] film Marine Express
It arrives [in] stores 37 years after the premiere of the [film]
Without warning, but creating a great expectation, Home-sha today publishes the first volume of Marine Express in Japan: an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's [film] released in August 1979, which is notable for bringing together a large number of the characters of the so-called "manga god" in the same story. The work, designed by the cartoonist Shigeto Ikehara (author of several adaptations of Mega Man and Gundam), aims to recover the famous adventure of Tezuka respecting the style of the author and presenting some [other surprises].
"Detective Shunsaku Ban is dead to the sponsor of the submarine train Marine Express, which will soon make its test trip. Chasing the assassin, the investigator is ambushed and is about to die, but a timely Black Jack picks him up and cures him in the hospital. Shunsaku discovers that the culprit has gotten on the train and leaves the train quickly followed by the doctor, who wants to pay him the medical costs of the treatment. The Marine Express begins its journey with several passengers inside, all with their small moment of glory in history: Professor Nasenkopf (Ochanomizu), creator of the train; his son Rock, the driver; The little Adam (Atom / Astro Boy); Credit (Duke Red), the project director, and his daughter Milly (Chocola); Acetylene Lamp, one of the stewards; and the duo Skunk Kusai and Ham Egg, among others. The trip will become very rugged on several levels, and travelers will experience an adventure in which they will have to fight for their lives."
Dedicated to the promotion of manga, the publisher has opened a website to publicize the project and has also presented a special trailer:
手塚治虫『海底超特急マリン・エクスプレス』 漫画(モーションコミック) PV
Marine Express manga official website
Marine Express (Kaitei Choutokkyuu Marine Express) was a television special made on the occasion of a charity campaign of the time which, like much of Tezuka's work, emphasizes the importance of avoiding the environmental destruction and the disasters that can provoke the neglect of humans. The story inspired the popular video game Astro Boy: Omega Factor [made by Treasure for the Game Boy Advance], which includes many elements of the film.
Manga covers:
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