Message to Adolf, Vol. 2: Volume 2 ~ Hardback ~ Osamu Tezuka

Japanese journalist Sohei Toge is covering the 1936 Berlin Olympics. During his stay, he is dealt a major blow when his younger brother, an international student in Germany, is murdered right after informing him about an important document. Meanwhile in Japan, a half-German, half-Japanese boy named Adolf Kauffmann and his best friend, a Jewish boy named Adolf Kamil, were accidently involved in this incident. Their lives and fates are now inevitably interwoven around the biggest secret of the third Adolf - Adolf Hitler.Author BiographyOsamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly interwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, when he authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic. Tezuka is a multiple award-winner on both sides of the Pacific. His Adolf won the Kodansha Manga Award in 1986. His works Buddha and Dororo have received Eisner Awards in North America over the past decade.