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Encyclopedia > Arm of Kannon
Arm of Kannon
Cover to volume one of Arm of Kannon, US version.
BIRTH
Genre Seinen, Horror, Sci-Fi
Manga
Authored by Masakazu Yamaguchi
Publisher Gentosha Comics
United States Tokyopop
Serialized in Comic Birz
Original run 19982003
No. of volumes 9

Arm of Kannon (BIRTH in Japan) is a manga by Masakazu Yamaguchi Seinen ) (not to be confused with adult )) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ...


Story

Cover to volume one of the Japanese version.
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Cover to volume one of the Japanese version.

The Arm of Kannon is a holy relic of the buddhist goddess Kannon (Kanzeon bosatsu); after the archeologist Tozo Mikami discovered it, he disappeared for three years. When he returns, his son, Mao, starts noticing something strange about him, and soon discovers that a secret military organization, Garama, is trying to enveil the secrets of the artifact to use it as a weapon. Holiness means the state of being holy, that is, set apart for the worship or service of a god or gods. ... A relic is an object, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of someone of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial, Relics are an important aspect of Buddhism, some denominations of Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other personal belief systems. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... Kuan Yin (Pinyin: Guanyin; also written Kwan Yin or in other variants which hyphenate or remove the space between the two words) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists. ... Kuan Yin (觀音; Pinyin: Guān YÄ«n) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. ... In Buddhist thought, a bodhisattva (Pali: bodhisatta; Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: púsà; Japanese: 菩薩 bosatsu; Korean: ë³´ì‚´ bosal ; Tibetan changchub sempa (byang-chub sems-dpa); Vietnamese: Bồ Tát; Thai: พระโพธิสัตว์) is a being who is dedicated to assisting all sentient beings in achieving complete Buddhahood. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...


External links

  • Arm of Kannon on Tokyopop's web site


 

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