Ubomi obuQhelekileyo

Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane eyadlulayo, u-Yoshihiro Tatsumi wandise iihorizons zokubalisa amabali ahlekisayo ngokusebenzisa ulwimi olubonwayo lwama-manga ukubalisa ngobuchule, ngamabali abhaliweyo malunga nobomi babucala babantu bemihla ngemihla. Uye wabizwa ngokuba "ngutatomkhulu wezinye iindlela zokuhlekisa zaseJapan" kwaye unefuthe kwizizukulwane zabazobi beekhathuni kwihlabathi liphela. Ngoku umdali wemibono we "The Push Man and Other Stories" kwaye "Usale kakuhle" ujike wajonga kuye ngokungakhathali. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi ekwenzeni, "Ubomi obuDrifting" yeyona nto uTatsumis anomdla kuyo, eyakhe, kunye nentliziyo yakhe waziva esebenza: i-autobiographical bildungsroman kwifom yamahlaya. Esebenzisa ubomi bakhe obude obude kunye neekomikhi njengomsebenzi wesakhelo, uTatsumi ubeka ibali elinzima elibandakanya amandla osapho, inkcubeko yaseJapan kunye nembali, uthando lokuqala, ubunzima bemizi-mveliso yama-manga, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumculi. Ngenye indlela ehlekisayo, ekhanyisayo, kunye neyoyikisayo, esi sisishwankathelo sobomi obunomdla kunye nomsebenzi wembali.

Qaphela: Won i-Tezuka Osamu yeNkcubeko yeNkcubeko eyi-Grand Prize ngo-2009, owona msebenzi uQinisekisiweyo oSebenzayo kunye noHlelo oluPhambili lwaseMelika lweZinto zamanye amazwe- iAsiya yeBhaso le-Eisner ngo-2010.