Golden Kamui
also known as Cơn Sốt Vàng Sau Chiến Tranh / Gintong Anito / Gol tamanawas
Completed2014
Synopsis
From Viz:
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa to survive.
Official Japanese:
Mechacomic, Piccoma, Shonen Jump Plus, Young Jump Comics, Yangjiang+, Zebrack Comic
Official English
Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Social Impact Award in 2021. Won the 51st Nihon Mangaka Kyoukai-shou Grand Prize for Comic and the Cartoonists Association Award in 2022.
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa to survive.
Official Japanese:
Mechacomic, Piccoma, Shonen Jump Plus, Young Jump Comics, Yangjiang+, Zebrack Comic
Official English
Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Social Impact Award in 2021. Won the 51st Nihon Mangaka Kyoukai-shou Grand Prize for Comic and the Cartoonists Association Award in 2022.