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Billy Bat Volume 1

By Takashi Nagasaki and Naoki Urasawa
Series: Billy Bat
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A highly requested title from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, the in-demand manga Billy Bat is a historical conspiracy-thriller meta-manga spanning multiple millennia following a Japanese American comic artist’s search for the truth regarding the origins of his character Billy Bat. This is the first thrilling... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Billy Bat Volume 1

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A highly requested title from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, the in-demand manga Billy Bat is a historical conspiracy-thriller meta-manga spanning multiple millennia following a Japanese American comic artist’s search for the truth regarding the origins of his character Billy Bat.

This is the first thrilling volume in the sci-fi mystery by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, beautifully packaged and available for the first time in English.

It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat.

Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: he may have unintentionally plagiarised his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist, but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419780080

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Kana

Illustration: Black-and-white illustrations Printer: throughout; 26-page full-color insert

Contributors:

  • Translated by Kristi Iwashiro

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 191.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 200

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About the Author

Naoki Urasawa is a master manga artist described to have changed the history of contemporary manga. He has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award. He is known for authoring Monster, 20th Century Boys, Billy Bat, and Pluto (which was adapted by Netflix). Takashi Nagasaki is an author and manga writer known for titles such as Monster, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto. He worked as editor at Shogakukan before leaving to work as a freelance artist.

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