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First Second purchase English right to Laurent Galandon and Michaël Crouzat ’s center ground level graphic novel Journey To Tomioka
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Journey to Tomiokais amiddle - gradation graphic novel byLaurent GalandonandMichaël Crouzat . Ittells the story of two siblings who venture into the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone to return their grandmother ’s ashes and bump booze sleep with as yōkai along the room .
" Two year after the Fukushima accident , orphans Akiko & Otani populate with their grandmother Obasan in a refugee refugee camp . When Obasan dies and a distant uncle pop up to take them back to Tokyo , Otani convert his sis to run away . They must go and lay their grandmother ’s ashes at the family altar locate in Tomioka , in the heart and soul of the taboo zone . Otani , earmark youngster who only communicate with Yokai and Akiko , the piffling beauty blogger , embarks on an initiatory journey . pursue by a taciturn policeman , passionate about butterfly stroke & their hurried uncle , the children rediscover the foreign state of Fukushima where nature bit by bit call for back its rightfield . Assisted by an off-the-wall old adult male who chose to assist the animal in distress , the buddy & the babe are confronted with a brand new Yokai born of radioactivity . "
primitively publish in FrenchasRetour à Tomiokaearlier this twelvemonth , Robyn Chapmanat First Second has bought world English right wing toJourney to Tomiokafrom Gallic publishing firm Éditions Jungle . Anne SmithandOwen Smithwill translate , and the English version will be bring out in 2026 . Laurent Galandon and Michaël Crouzat ’s agentArthur Derrouazat Éditions Jungle negociate the deal . Here ’s a look at the Gallic edition …
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