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Banana fish. 7  Cover Image Book Book

Banana fish. 7 / cstory & art by Akimi Yoshida ; English adaptation/Akemi Wegmuller ; lettering & touch-up art/Avril DaStrada.

Yoshida, Akimi, (author,, illustrator.). Wegmüller, Akemi. (Added Author).

Summary:

Eiji Okamura, a young photographer from Japan, has made Ash's acquaintance--just in time to fall with him into this bloody whirlpool. Ash has only one hand of cards--a loyal posse of street thugs, and investigative reporter, and a sympathetic cop, as he plays his one draw with tricks, trumps, and the hand jive from a .375 Magnum...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781591164197
  • ISBN: 1591164192
  • Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Viz Media LLC, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reads from right to left.
Target Audience Note:
16 and up.
T+.
Subject: Organized crime > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc.
Street life > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Upper Skagit Library YOS #7 1016400 Graphic Novel Available -

Akimi Yoshida made her manga debut in 1977 with the college manga story her college story, A SLIGHTLY STRANGE NEIGHBOR. Her immensely popular series BANANA FISH, her longest work to date, ran from 1985 to 1994 and made her a superstar in the shojo manga world, injecting a new realism and narrative energy into the genre and attracting a large male crossover readership. Yoshida was honored twice with the top annual prize for excellence in shojo from Japanese publishing giant, Shogakukan.


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