Product Information
Manga is a Japanese comic book art form that has become an international phenomenon in recent years. In this new and unique series of episodes, leading Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu engages with history through one of his most popular characters, Professor Munakata. Professor Tadakusu Munakata is a fictional ethnologist who unravels the mysteries of Japan's past. Since his creation in 1995, the professor's popularity has escalated and today millions of readers in Japan eagerly follow his adventures in the bi-weekly manga magazine Big Comic (published by Shogakukan in Japan). In this new compilation of ten episodes, we follow Professor Munakata as he embarks on a series of exciting adventures at the British Museum. Worked in elegant black-and-white graphics, the episodes see the black-cloaked professor encountering mystical challenges and making deductions about some of the Museum's most iconic objects.Product Identifiers
PublisherBritish Museum Press
ISBN-139780714124650
eBay Product ID (ePID)180448320
Product Key Features
Publication Year2011
TopicGraphic Arts
Book TitleProfessor Munakata's British Museum Adventure
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorHoshino Yukinobu
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight670 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHoshino Yukinobu