Shuna's Journey

Graphic novel, 160 pages

English language

Published Oct. 31, 2022 by Roaring Brook Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-84652-5

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From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna's Journey, a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a golden grain that would save his land, never before published in English!

Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects.

It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk.

Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the …

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna's Journey, a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a golden grain that would save his land, never before published in English!

Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects.

It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk.

Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?

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Filed under books I didn't know existed but found while browsing at my local #Library:

Its short, its all color watercolor sketches with some text over most panels, at most 4-5 panels per page. and it came out in 1983, pre-dating #StudioGhibli films. You see all these crazy ideas that show up in Ghibli's work over the decades, in proto-form. The writing is so tight; every panel is packed with just enough image and text. Wasn't published with translation into English until recently. #EisnerAward. Excellent.