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Osamu Tezuka's Adult Fantasy Manga I.L Gets Special Reprint
posted on by Victor Chaves
In mid-February 2019, Osamu Tezuka's I.L will be available for purchase for the first time in decades. Originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine from 1969 to 1970, the story follows a director who is entrusted with a female actress who can completely change her appearance at any time, including changing sex.
The reprint will be available to purchase online, and includes the full book at B5 paper size in color, extra pages not included in the original release, extra full-page illustrations, special previews of the book, and a special cover sleeve limited to the first 555 customers.
I.L has not been released in English.
Publisher fukkan.com prepared the new edition to celebrate what would have been Tezuka's 90th birthday. Fukkan has previously released new editions of Tezuka's Astro Boy, The Book of Human Insects, Ayako, and Cleopatra manga.
Tezuka's 1967 work Dororo is also currently in the spotlight. The series will be remade into a new television anime by MAPPA set to premiere on January 7. Viewers outside Japan will be able to stream the series on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: Comic Natalie
