Swallowing the Earth

Japanese manga series

地球を呑む (Chikyū o Nomu)
Swallowing the Earth
The cover of the first volume of Swallowing the Earth.
Genre	Action, mystery, sci-fi
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Digital Manga
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	April 1968 – 25 July 1969
Volumes	2

Swallowing the Earth (地球を呑む, Chikyū o Nomu) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka serialized in Big Comic and licensed by Digital Manga.^[1]

Characters

Gohonmatsu Seki (関五本松, Seki Gohonmatsu)
Milda (ミルダ)
Zephyrus (ゼフィルス)
Monte Chritos (モンテ・クリスト)
Kitaro Adachigahara (安達原鬼太郎, Adachigahara Kitarō)

References

^ "Swallowing the Earth". Digital Manga. Retrieved 4 November 2011.

Further reading

Aoki, Deb (12 November 2011). "Digital Manga Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Reprint Tezuka Title". About.com. New York. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
C., Connie (12 July 2009). "Swallowing the Earth". Pop Culture Shock. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Carlson, Johanna Draper (27 July 2009). "Swallowing the Earth". Comics Worth Reading.
Dacey, Katherine (9 July 2009). "Swallowing the Earth". Manga Bookshelf.
Ellingwood, Holly (9 July 2009). "Swallowing the Earth". Active Anime. Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
Green, Scott (17 July 2009). "Dissecting Astro Boy Creator Osamu Tezuka's Flawed Marvel - Swallowing the Earth". Ain't It Cool News.
Hackmann, Greg (18 May 2010). "Swallowing the Earth". Mania. Santa Monica, California: Demand Media. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
Jones, Christopher M. (29 June 2016). "Spitting Out Osamu Tezuka's "Swallowing the Earth"". Comics Bulletin.
Thompson, Jason (23 April 2010). "365 Days of Manga, Day 213: Swallowing the Earth". Unbound Worlds. New York: Penguin Random House.
Volin, Eva (24 July 2012). "Swallowing the Earth". Graphic Novel Reporter. New York: The Book Report.

External links

Swallowing the Earth (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Swallowing the Earth at TezukaOsamu.net
Swallowing the Earth at the Grand Comics Database

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1970s	Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Lion Books II (1971–1973) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Lay of the Rhine (1972) Lord Iechika Mogami (1972) The Moon and Wolves (1972) Old Folk's Home (1972) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microid S (1973) The Record of Peter Kürten (1973) Sensual Nights (1973) Son of Godfather (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Boy Detective Zumbera (1975) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) Insect Collector (1979) Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979)
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1990s	Adachi-ga Hara (1991) Akuemon (1993) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
2000s	Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2005) Phoenix (2004) Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA (2005) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009)
2010s	Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019) Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)

Characters
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