Miyazawa Kenji Mangakan

A five-volume manga adaptation project in which a roster of well-known artists each illustrate one of Miyazawa Kenji's stories in their personal style. Volume one brings together Hiroshi Asuna on 'Cello Hiki no Gauche', Shigeru Mizuki on 'Cairo Danchou', Shinji Nagashima on 'The Restaurant of Many Orders', Koji Suzuki on 'Tsukiya no Denshinbashira' and Shigeru Tamura on 'Hyouga Nezumi no Kegawa'. Subsequent volumes assemble Moribi Murano, Minori Kimura, Murasaki Yamada, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Hideko Mizuno, Kazuyoshi Iino, Leiji Matsumoto, Osamu Tezuka, Yousuke Takahashi, Ouji Suzuki and Seiichi Hayashi on tales such as 'Donguri to Yamaneko', 'Kai no Hi', 'Yodaka no Hoshi', 'Guskou Budori no Denki', 'Yamanashi', 'Neko no Jimusho', 'Otsbell and the Elephant', 'Yuki Watari' and 'Shishi Odori no Hajimari'. The result is a varied tribute that lets each contributor reinterpret the rhythms and imagery of Miyazawa's prose.