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Billy Bat
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It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat.
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It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his belov…
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Billy Bat is a manga from 2008. It is complete. The catalogue records 165 chapters and 20 volumes. This Kaidomi hub connects 1 credited creator and 33 characters.
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It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist . . . but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined. Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.
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- Score
- 8.6 / 10
- Chapters
- 16520 Volumes
- Status
- Finished
- Members
- 40,505
- Airing
- 16 Oct 2008 → 18 Aug 2016
Full synopsis
It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist . . . but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined. Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.
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The people behind it
1 Artists
The cast
33 characters
Billy BatMain
Kevin GoodmanMain
Kevin YamagataMain
Jackie MomochiMain
Lee OswaldSupporting
Kiyoshi KurusuSupporting
Henry DevivieSupporting
The MessiahSupporting
SmithSupporting
Albert EinsteinSupportingView all · +23 the cast
- Chuck CulkinSupporting · 1 titles
- Zofuu KaramaSupporting · 1 titles
- Chuck CulkinSupporting · 1 titles
- KanbeiSupporting · 1 titles
- Diane GoodmanSupporting · 1 titles
- John Fitzgerald KennedySupporting · 1 titles
- Timothy SanadaSupporting · 1 titles
- Tony GoodmanSupporting · 1 titles
- Audrey CulkinSupporting · 1 titles
- Kinji MomochiSupporting · 1 titles
- Francisco XavierSupporting · 1 titles
- Judas IscariotSupporting · 1 titles
- Akechi MitsuhideSupporting · 1 titles
- FinneySupporting · 1 titles
- Jiro ShirasuSupporting · 1 titles
- ShizukoSupporting · 1 titles
- Yajirou MimizuSupporting · 1 titles
- Adolf HitlerSupporting · 1 titles
- Charlie IshizukaSupporting · 1 titles
- George de MohrenschildtSupporting · 1 titles
- Hanzou HattoriSupporting · 1 titles
- OnukiSupporting · 1 titles
- Sadanori ShimoyamaSupporting · 1 titles
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