Domu is a manga by Otomo Katsuhiro that was serialized between 1980 - 1982 and later republished as a graphic novel in 1983. Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Graphic novel (sometimes abbreviated GN) is a term for a kind of book, usually telling an extended story with sequential art ( comics). ...
Domu is often critically acclaimed and compared to Akira. It has sold over 500,000 copies in Japan. Akira is a very popular given name for both males and females in Japan. ...
Plot Summary
Domu is set in a public housing project complex in Tokyo. Police are called in to investigate a suicide that happened in this complex, which has a freguent occurence of deaths, suicides, murders, and other strange incidents. It is soon revealed to the reader that this is all the work of a seemingly senile old man who plays around with the other tenants using psychic abilities. Later, a little girl moves in to the complex with her family. The little girl immediatly challenges the old man's psychic abilities with her own and this conflict soon escalates. The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ...
Awards
1983: Japan Science Fiction Grand Prix - Domu is the only comic ever to win the Japanese version of the Nebula award. The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years. ...
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