{"product_id":"blade-of-the-immortal-deluxe-volume-1-isbn-9781506720999","title":"Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlade of the Immortal\u003c\/i\u003e returns in deluxe hardcover editions, collecting Hiroaki Samura's epic series for the first time in its original 7x10 serialized format.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cursed, seemingly immortal warrior aids a young girl in her quest for revenge, as the students of a brutal new sword school tear a bloody path across Japan. Hiroaki Samura's massive manga series spawned two anime adaptations, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Samura's storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. Intense and audacious, Blade takes period samurai action and deftly combines it with a modernist street idiom to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eBlade of the Immortal\u003c\/i\u003e volumes 1 to 3 in the original 7x10 serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.“Samura's stark black-and-white drawings combine precision and a gritty, gestural line in riveting, powerfully expressive illustrations . . . Readers will be drawn into this epic tale, even when there are moments they would prefer to look away.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Few artists draw samurai manga as well as Hiroaki Samura, whose pages are packed with photorealistic detail while remaining fluid, dynamic, and human.”—\u003ci\u003eOtakuUSA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiroaki Samura\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese writer\/illustrator and creator of \u003ci\u003eBlade of the Immortal\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several other short works. He has also done various illustrations for magazines.","brand":"Dark Horse Manga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302391927013,"sku":"NP9781506720999","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506720999.jpg?v=1767722742","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blade-of-the-immortal-deluxe-volume-1-isbn-9781506720999","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}