manga · 2008

Billy Bat

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Drama Mystery Supernatural Thriller

Score: 8.5 / 10
Chapters: 165
Volumes: 20
Members: 39,715
Status: Finished

Airing: 16 Oct 2008 → 18 Aug 2016

Drama Mystery Supernatural Thriller

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At a glance

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 25 characters.

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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