Comic Showa-shi

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Comic Showashi

Shouwa-Shi

A Comics History of the Showa Era

Japanese

コミック昭和史

English

Showa: A History of Japan

Information

Type

Manga

Published

Nov 1988 to Dec 1989

Authors

Mizuki, Shigeru

Status

Finished

Source

Rating

Genres

Award Winning

Themes

Historical Memoir

Demographics

Statistics

Rank

850

Score

7.95

Scored by

422

Popularity

7889

Members

2531

Favorites

External Links

Wikipedia Comic Showa-shi

Synopsis

A historical story using Ghosts to explain the life times of the reign of Emperor Hirohito. Comic Showa-shi describes an era of upheaval and impoverishment in Japanese history, beginning with the Tokyo Earthquake in 1923, and covering the financial panic, the Great Depression, the March 15th Incident, and other events up until the Manchurian Incident in 1931. (Source: Volume 1 cover)

Background

Comic Showa-shi received the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 1989. The series was published in English as Showa: A History of Japan by Drawn & Quarterly in 4 volumes from November 12, 2013 to October 13, 2015. The 2nd & 3rd English volumes for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.