From this event, the members of the Friendship Democratic Party ( 友民党, Yūmintō) gain widespread political popularity and power by presenting a vaccine that counters the virus, and thus take all the credit for saving the world.įourteen years after Bloody New Year's Eve, Kanna is a teenage girl who works at a Chinese restaurant. Kenji manages to get inside the robot to plant a bomb, but is presumed dead when it explodes. Kenji and his former classmates eventually uncover a plan to destroy the world on New Year's Eve of 2000, referred to in the latter part of the story as the Bloody New Year's Eve, with the use of a "giant robot", which is later revealed to be a giant balloon with robotic appendages, which spreads the virus throughout the city as well as other cities. They find more events unfolding such as bombings and virus attacks in San Francisco, London, and a major Japanese airport. With current events beginning to resemble actions from the Book of Prophecy, Kenji and his former classmates try to remember who knows about the book. After Donkey is reported to have committed suicide, Kenji stumbles upon a large cult led by a man known only as "Friend". In the late 1990s, Kenji is a convenience store owner, finding solace in his childhood adventures as he takes care of his baby niece Kanna and his mother. After their friends Yukiji and Donkey join the gang, they imagine a future scenario where villains would try to destroy the world, and in which the boys would stand up and fight this scenario is transcribed and labelled Book of Prophecy ( よげんの書, Yogen no sho). To celebrate the event, Otcho draws a symbol for the base that would represent their friendship. In 1969, young boys Kenji, Otcho, Yoshitsune and Maruo build, in an empty field, a hideout they call their secret base, in which they and their friends can get together to share manga and stolen pornographic magazines and listen to a radio. 20th Century Boys has received critical acclaim and has 36 million copies in circulation.
The films were also licensed by Viz in North America and by 4Digital Media in the United Kingdom. The manga was licensed and released in English by Viz Media from 2009 to 2012, and distributed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment. Rex's song " 20th Century Boy".Ī trilogy of live-action film adaptations, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, were released in 20.
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The series makes many references to a number of manga and anime from the 1960s–1970s, as well as to classic rock music, its title being taken from T. It tells the story of Kenji Endō and his friends, who notice a cult-leader known only as "Friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with their childhood memories.
In January 2007, a sixteen chapter continuation titled 21st Century Boys ( 21世紀少年, Nijūisseiki Shōnen) ran until July, and was gathered into two tankōbon. It was originally serialized in Big Comic Spirits from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan.
20th Century Boys ( Japanese: 20世紀少年, Hepburn: Nijusseiki Shōnen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa.
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