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Series
Buddha volume 3
Physical Desc
322 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this third volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
Physical Desc
411 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This second volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, covers his upbringing and early manhood. Unhappy with the injustice of the caste system, the prince leaves his life of luxury to find a way to fight it. He marries and fathers a child, but unable to live in his luxurious palace, he cuts off his hair and departs into the wilderness to become a monk.
Physical Desc
418 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The seventh volume in the story of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Taking Prince Ajatasattu under his tutelage, Devadatta plans to wrest control of the emerging Buddhist sect from its founder, who daily grows weaker but continues to give sermons.
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his newfound friend, resourceful watch cat Chloe, begs him to turn her into a human girl, Unico finds his act of kindness having unforeseen consequence as he unwittingly awakens Venus and her minion, who want to destroy them both.
9) Astro Boy
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
Physical Desc
400 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The first volume of Osamu Tezuka's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.
Series
Budda (English) volume 4
Physical Desc
370 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this fourth volume of the award-winning graphic novel biography, Buddha slowly discovers that his destiny lies in a path not readily available to him. With fellow ascetics Dhepa, who has complete faith in the purifying quality of painful physical ordeals, and Assaji, who can predict everyone's death to the hour, Buddha travels through the kingdom of Magadha into the Forest of Uruvela, where the middle path and enlightenment wait beyond a series...
14) Dororo
Physical Desc
844 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with prosthetics--lethal ones with which the wronged son will hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time and confront his father. On his journeys the hero encounters an orphan child who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan...
Physical Desc
672 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Can a robot have a soul? Built by a brilliant scientist to replace his lost son, but with powers beyond imagination, Astro Boy fights for the oppressed and helpless, whether they be human, alien or robot. Exciting, whimsical and touching, Astro Boy brings back the classic era of comics and animation, featuring tales that readers young and old will enjoy. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1 features nearly seven hundred pages of Astro's jet-powered, super-strong,...
Physical Desc
695 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stranded in the 20th century, Astro Boy must save Earth from a voracious Martian fungus--and save the intelligent organism from the hydrogen bomb! Can Astro succeed while also beginning the fight for robot rights and keeping robots from fighting each other?"-- Back cover.