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Battle Royale

By: Viz Media

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Graphic Novels - Manga (Viz Media)

Last Stocked on 9/5/2017

Product Info

Title
Battle Royale
Publisher
Category
Author
Koushun Takami
Publish Year
2003
Pages
618
Dimensions
5x8x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147628641
Type
Softcover

Description

Battle Royale, a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, is one of Japan's best-selling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, ninth-grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons.

Forced to wear special collars that explode when they break a rule, they must fight each other for three days until only one "winner" remains. The elimination contest becomes the ultimate in must-see reality television. A Japanese pulp classic available in English for the first time, Battle Royale is a potent allegory of what it means to be young and survive in today's dog-eat-dog world.

The first novel by small-town journalist Koushun Takami, it went on to become an even more notorious film by 70-year-old gangster director Kinji Fukusaku.