- The Crater
Infobox animanga/Header
name = The Crater
caption = Cover of "The Crater" volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition
ja_name = ザ・クレーター
ja_name_trans = Za Kureetaa
genre = Horror,Mystery ,Science Fiction Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =Osamu Tezuka
publisher =Akita Shoten Publishing
publisher_other =
demographic =Shōnen
magazine =Shōnen Champion
first = flagicon|JapanAugust 10 ,1969
last = flagicon|JapanApril 1 ,1970
volumes = 3
OEM =nihongo|"The Crater"|ザ・クレーター|Za Kureetaa is a
manga byOsamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1969.Plot
"The Crater" is a collection of self-contained short stories that follow a wide range of themes. From Horror to Mystery to Science Fiction, each story focuses on different characters in different settings. Some stories have happy endings, but others do not, and only two characters appear in more than one story: the boy Okuchin and
Osamu Tezuka himself.In a similar tradition as "The Twilight Zone", each story has a kind of message presented to the reader via unique stories. In Episode 2, "The Octagonal Mansion", the character Ryuichi Kuma is undecided over what to do with his life until he discovers an Octagonal Mansion that allows him to start his life all over again. In Episode 8, "The Bell Rings", three people are haunted by their past sins with the tingling of bells that will not let them forget. When it ended, "The Crater" had a total of 17 Episodes.
Characters
*"Okuchin:" (Appears in several Episodes)
*"Nancy:" (Appears in the 1st Episode)
*"Ryuichi Kuma:" (Appears in the 2nd Episode)
*"Eisaku Sato:" (Appears in the 3rd Episode)
*"Yukari:" (Appears in the 4th Episode)
*"Osamu Tezuka as Himself:" (Appears in the 7th, 11th, and 16th Episodes)
*"Midori:" (Appears in the 13th Episode)
*"Kantaro:" (Appears in the 14th Episode)
*"Chikuwana:" (Appears in the 16th Episode)
*"William Frost Wily:" (Appears in the 17th Episode)References
ee also
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List of Osamu Tezuka manga
*Osamu Tezuka
*Osamu Tezuka's Star System External links
* [http://en.tezuka.co.jp/manga/sakuhin/m071/m071_01.html "The Crater" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World] en icon
* [http://ja.tezuka.co.jp/manga/sakuhin/m071/m071_01.html "The Crater" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World] ja icon
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