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"Infused with humor and history, the epic of Siddhartha is perhaps Osamu Tezuka's crowning acheivement and illustrates why, without irony, Tezuka is referred to as 'The King of Japanese Comics'." - LA Weekly"Buddha is one of Tezuka's true masterpieces. We're lucky to have this excellent new edition in English." - Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics"In handsome volumes designed by Chip Kidd, the Vertical books present Tezuka at his best." - National Post

"Buddha is an engrossing tale. The armchair philosopher, the devout Buddhist, the casual manga fan - this book satisfies all with its tale of humanism through sequential art, and definitely earns its place on a bibliophile's bookshelf." -Anime Insider"This is one of the greatest acheivements of the comics medium, a masterpiece by one of the greats." -Artbomb.net"In Tezuka's world, the exquisite collapses into the goofy in a New York minute, the goofy into the melodramatic, the melodramatic into the brutal, and the brutal into the sincerely touching. The suprising result is a work wholly unique and downright fun." -Time Out NY"Tezuka's Buddha is a striking and memorable confluence of ancient wisdom and contemporary popular art." -Yoga Journal


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The second volume in an eight-volume set detailing the epic of Siddharta's life and times.
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  • Hardcover: 408 pages
  • Publisher: Vertical; 1st US ed edition (November 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932234446
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932234442
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Our family read it non-stop, cover to cover, December 26, 2003
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Our family read this book and it's companion, Kapilavastu, cover-to-cover, just about non-stop. They were both totally engaging.
As a Buddhist, I was wondering what this treatment of the Buddha's life would be like. This is my first exposure to manga style. My only reference point is comic books. I had enjoyed another "comic book," illustrated treatment of the life of a Buddhist saint, Milarepa. That was well done. I very much wanted a book that would capture the interest of my two children, 10 and 14 years old. It did. My 14 year old read the book in two days. My 10 year old and I read it aloud together.

What is facinating is the way the author creates the historical context using a mixture of historical figures and people of his own imagination. We are given an insight to the caste system of ancient India and the stage is set for the Buddha's questions about suffering, it's origins, and his strong desire to put an end to suffering.

I'd say that this is appropriate for 9 year olds and up. For adults: my wife and I kept reading ahead. It is captivating. It has the air of an adventure story. I also enjoyed explaining and discussing the context of the story with my children.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweeping Vision of the Buddha's Time, December 12, 2003
By Franz Metcalf (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I read a lot of books on Buddhism (I even write some), but, alas, very few have pictures. This elegant (if one is allowed to use such an adjective to describe a graphic novel) series from Vertical of course goes way beyond "pictures." It tells the story of the Buddha and, in effect, the society he came from, through the expansive envisioning of Tezuka, The Man of La Manga. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun. In case you don't know, "manga" means "graphic novel" in Japanese, and Tezuka really is The Man, having pretty well created the genre). So it's not about a text with pictures, it's about telling the story of the Buddha as a *vision*, rather than as a collection of words. It works.

Seriously, volume two carries on the dual track of intriguing characters who illustrate overarching themes, bringing them to life in a way that mere text almost never does. These are not scholarly books, by any means, but they depict the cultural milieu from which the Buddha and Buddhism arose. We haven't yet gotten to where Tezuka lets the Buddha expound the dharma, but, if he follows his established pattern, he's going to get things pretty straight.

I'm really looking forward to future volumes this series and think a whole range of others will soon be waiting with me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and yet..., June 14, 2004
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There was some substance to the book and yet at the same time it managed to stay funny which is a rarity if I do say so my self. I am not particularly a fan of manga art but I loved this book, story and art work and I read both volume one and volume 2 without setting them down. Now I just have to get my hands on the third one :)
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3.0 out of 5 stars A let down after Volume 1.
I enjoyed the first in this series but found this second book disappointing. The graphic style sagged with too much Manga cuteness and less dynamic, novel creativity for the eye... Read more
Published 22 months ago by D. Richardson

5.0 out of 5 stars If Volume One was fantastic...
This second volume exceeds its predecessor in terms of overall power. Unlike Volume One, the character of Siddhartha is squarely in the center of this work, and Tezuka does a... Read more
Published on August 13, 2006 by Brandon Abraham

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
The graphic novel medium is perfect to share Tezuka's adaptation of the Buddha's life. While reading this, you can sense the artist's love and joy in having created such an... Read more
Published on July 19, 2005 by Geraldo L. Perez

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