{"id":34143,"date":"2023-02-07T00:04:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=34143"},"modified":"2023-02-07T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:04:44","slug":"hard-copy-tokyopop-launches-guardian-of-fukushima-ahead-of-march-11-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=34143","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: TOKYOPOP Launches Guardian of Fukushima Ahead of March 11 Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA features a forward written by Roland Kelts, the Tokyo-based writer, journalist, scholar, and \"\"<\/a>renowned authority on Japanese culture.  Bonus content in TOKYOPOP\u2019s edition includes photographs of the disaster and its aftermath by acclaimed photographer and Fukushima resident, Ko Sasaki, along with photography and information about the tragedy by TOKYOPOP founder and Pray for Japan filmmaker, Stu Levy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I discovered Matsumura-san\u2019s life in the forbidden zone of Fukushima, I immediately was in awe of this man\u2019s courage, modesty, and nobility,\u201d recalls GUARDIANS OF FUKUSHIMA author Fabien Grolleau. \u201cHis story is full of hope and resonated with themes I was keen to explore as an author, such as ecology and nature, and with the vision I had of Japanese myths that I wanted to share through comics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“I am honored to contribute to this project, which is an artistic celebration of nobility and perseverance in the face of tragedy and incompetence,” says Roland Kelts. “It’s also beautiful, and I’m grateful that TOKYOPOP is publishing GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA for English readers worldwide.”<\/p>\n

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About GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA<\/p>\n

It was March 11, 2011 when a massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami, which, in turn, destroyed the cores of three reactors of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. This tragedy cost almost 20,000 lives and devastated countless more, including that of Naoto Matsumura, a farmer evacuated from the deadly radiation zone.<\/p>\n

Unwilling to abandon his beloved animals, Naoto chooses to return home to his farm \u2014 and to fight for the beauty of life. This important graphic novel originating from France alludes to timeless Japanese legends as an ode to Mother Nature, and human resilience. GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA was originally released by the French publisher, Steinkis, and has been licensed for English language release by TOKYOPOP.<\/p>\n

GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA, written by Fabien Grolleau, artwork by Ewen Blain \u00b7 144 Pages \u00b7 Print MSRP: $19.99 \u00b7 ISBN-13: 9781427871367 \u00b7<\/p>\n

On sale February 28th<\/p>\n

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GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA is the second title in this new catalog of TOKYOPOP graphic novels published under its \u201cComics That Matter\u201d initiative, which also includes 2022\u2019s release of VICTORY FOR UKRAINE, an impactful collection of nine stories by Ukrainian creators focusing on the heroism of the Ukrainian freedom fighters in the face of overwhelming forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA features a forward written by Roland Kelts, the Tokyo-based writer, journalist, scholar, and renowned authority on Japanese culture.  Bonus content in TOKYOPOP\u2019s edition includes photographs of the disaster and its aftermath by acclaimed photographer and Fukushima resident, Ko … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9822,9821,29,9813,275,9816,9819,9814,9820,9817,9815,9818],"class_list":["post-34143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-ewen-blain","tag-fabien-grolleau","tag-graphic-novel","tag-guardian-of-fukushima","tag-japanese","tag-ko-sasaki","tag-naoto-matsumura","tag-roland-kelts","tag-steinkis","tag-stu-levy","tag-tokyopop","tag-tsunami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34145,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34143\/revisions\/34145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}