With the help of Akemi, Kabuki has escaped from Control Corps amid the fallout and mayhem caused by the Noh operatives. Walking through the rain, wounded and bleeding, she follows a map to someone who will forge her a passportand a way out of the countrywith a new identity. That person provides more questions than answers concerning the nature of the mysterious Akemi. It seems Akemi is attempting a kind of revolutionone that Akemi expects Kabuki to play a major part in. Part 1 of 9
Celebrate 25 years of Kabuki and immerse yourself in the inspiration for Sony's upcoming Kabuki television series! The origin, the foundation of the story . . . The very beginning of the acclaimed series created by David Mack. This edition collects the first two original Kabuki volumes: Circle of Blood and Dreams in an easy to read digital format . . . the perfect book for fans of Mack and Kabuki, and brand-new Kabuki readers! A young woman code name, "Kabuki" struggles with her identity in near-future Japan. Working as an assassin for a clandestine government body known as "The Noh," Kabuki executes dangerous individuals before they become national-level threats, but when her biological father begins to compromise the agency she works for Kabuki sets out to eliminate him and starts down a difficult path to her own self-discovery.
The very first KABUKI volume ever. The foundation of the KABUKI story. The origin. The very beginning of this critically acclaimed series. Back in print for the first time in 10 years and the perfect book for brand-new Kabuki readers to begin with. This all-new edition delivers a whopping 272 pages and extra features. All elegantly collected with all new cover art and introduction by comics legend Jim Steranko.
Immerse yourself in the inspiration for Sony's upcoming Kabuki television series! The Noh operatives believe Kabuki has gone rogue and is now deemed a liability. With instructions to infiltrate the Control Corps installation, they have one goal: find Kabuki. If she's dead, bring back her corpse. If she's alive . . . bring back her corpse. Kabuki's fellow assassins take center-stage and face the cost of being an agent of Noh. This edition collects the original Kabuki: Masks of the Noh and Kabuki: Scarab in an easy to read trade paper back. With extras! Includes David's work with Tim Bradstreet, Rick Mays, Michael Avon Oeming and more! Perfect for old and new fans of David Mack and the Kabuki series!
Japan. A new age of corporate feudalism. The worlds of business, organized crime, and politics now exist in a delicate interdependence. Enter the Noh, a government agency that secrectly polices that balance of worlds. Kabuki, an operative of the Noh, has disappeared. Her quest to come to terms with her history has put her in direct conflict with the powers she serves. The other Noh Agents are sent to search for her. The trail leads them through a labyrinth of corporate espionage, conflicting government agencies, and the Japanese underworld. A mix of criminal intrigue, personal duality, and awkward friendship, elegantly told through the masks and metaphors of Japanese mysthology.
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.
Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind with words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his groundbreaking book, Japanese Plays. A seminal classic in its time, it provides a cross-section of Japanese theater that gives the reader a sampler of its beauty and power. The power of Noh is in its ability to create an iconic world that represents the attributes that the Japanese hold in highest esteem: family, patriotism, and honor. Kyogen plays provide comic relief often times performed between the serious and stoic Noh plays. Similarly, Sadler's translated Kyogen pieces are layered between the Noh and the Kabuki plays. The Kabuki plays were the theater of the common people of Japan. The course of time has given them the patina of folk art making them precious cultural relics of Japan. Sadler selected these pieces for translation because of their lighter subject matter and relatively upbeat endings—ideal for a western readership. More linear in their telling and pedestrian in the lessons learned these plays show the difficulties of being in love when a society is bent on conformity and paternal rule. The end result found in Japanese Plays is a wonderful selection of classic Japanese dramatic literature sure to enlighten and delight.
With the help of Akemi, Kabuki has escaped from Control Corps amid the fallout and mayhem caused by the Noh operatives. Walking through the rain, wounded and bleeding, she follows a map to someone who will forge her a passportand a way out of the countrywith a new identity. That person provides more questions than answers concerning the nature of the mysterious Akemi. It seems Akemi is attempting a kind of revolutionone that Akemi expects Kabuki to play a major part in. Part 9 of 9
