Shin Takarajima

Shin Takarajima

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Shintakarajima
Shin Takarazima
New Treasure Island

Japanese

新宝島

English

Information

Type

Manga

Published

Apr 1, 1947

Status

Finished

Source

Rating

Genres

Adventure

Themes

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

16861

Score

6.45

Scored by

1304

Popularity

8563

Members

2312

Favorites

10

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Synopsis

The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's book, about a boy named Pete who discovers a map to Treasure Island and embarks on a voyage to find it. The Western-style art and fast-paced storyline attracted much attention, and it became a best seller with 400,000 copies sold, laying the groundwork for the manga craze and its modern style. The original version of "New Treasure Island" was based on Tezuka Osamu's manuscript, but substantial modifications were made by Sasaki Shichima, who cut nearly 60 pages and also changed some of the lines. When publishing "The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu," Tezuka Osamu remade it based on his memory to make it closer to his original. Was adapted into animation. (Source: MU)

Background

Shin Takarajima was digitally published in English as New Treasure Island by Digital Manga Guild on April 10, 2015. It has also been released in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora.

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