Age of Adventure

Age of Adventure
Cover of "Age of Adventure" from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition
冒険狂時代 (Boukenkyou Jidai)
Genre	Adventure
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Digital Manga Publishing
Magazine	Shōnen Shōjo Bokeno
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 12, 1951 – August, 1953
Volumes	2

Age of Adventure (冒険狂時代, Boukenkyou Jidai) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1951.

Plot

In the year 1876, a young boy named Takonosuke Arashi joins a Japanese envoy on their way to negotiate trades with the USA. However, en route to Washington D.C., the envoy is attacked by pirates in the Caribbean Sea. Takonosuke and the other survivors receive half of a treasure map from the British pastor Picar. Before anyone can reach safety, a massive tornado swallows them up and scatters them across the USA, sending Takonosuke to the Nevada desert.

In Nevada, bar owner Ham Egg and outlaw Wild Bill Hecock get wind of the torn treasure map and join the race for the rest of it. Others soon join the quest for the whole map including Count Monte Christo, Arsene Lupin, and more in amad chase around the world.

Characters

• Takonosuke Arashi
• Monte Christo
• Pochi/Shiro/Pesu/Inu (the dog has four names)
• Duke Red as "Wild Bill Hecock"
• Ham Egg as Himself
• Princess Furari
• Doctor Yashimu
• Aritake Chikara as "Louise Bamba"
• Princess Maria
• Panther in Morocco
• Arsene Lupin

See also

• List of Osamu Tezuka manga
• Osamu Tezuka
• Osamu Tezuka's Star System

External links

• Age of Adventure at TezukaOsamu.Net