“It was going to be an adventure action story starring attractive superheroes. But that is when 9-11 and the war broke out, and that made me think about violence and justice. The story changed…”
- Taiyo Matsumoto, on the genesis of No. 5, from the app-exclusive interview
Read my interview with Taiyo Matsumoto
Get the iPad app for No. 5 complete (bilingual English/Japanese)
Thank you to Deb Aoki and M.K. for the wonderful opportunity.
- Christopher
Damn , only for iPad eh?
Love this guys work , this series was never fully printed in english was it ? I think I have just two volumes in english. He’s def channeling his Moebius influences in this series. Brilliant stuff.
September 5th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
I was really excited to hear about this, but am majorly disappointed by the ugly typography. This isn’t from a major publisher/company, is it? Because I would love to buy (some) manga this way but NOT if the pages look like that!
September 5th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
How frustrating that it is only available for the iPad. So close yet so far away! Hopefully this limited availability is remedied soon – I would love to give them my money for this book!
September 7th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Ryan – The typography is poor, yes. It’s lettered in Comic Sans. I own all of the Japanese (and a bunch of the French) editions, so it wasn’t quite as upsetting as it might otherwise be.
September 7th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
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[...] The good news: Taiyo Matsumoto’s No. 5 is now available to read in English on your iPad. The bad news: Said English was typeset in Comic Sans, [...]
September 7th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Has anyone read or found the 7th and 8th volumes? i’ve read sites that said there were released and other sites don’t have any information on them. I own the first 6, but cant seems to come across these final 2.
February 21st, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Hey Ryan-
No.5 1-8 were published in Japanese and French.
No.5 1-2 were published in English, and 3-8 weren’t.
No.5 is complete on iPad.
- Chris
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:49 pm