To Terra..., Vol. 1

In Space, No One Can Hear You Cry.

To Terra…

By Keiko Takemiya

Graphic Novel / Manga / Sci-Fi
Paperback, approx. 312-344 pages, 6 x 8 in.
Volume 1 978-1-932234-67-1 Buy.
Volume 2 978-1-932234-70-1 Buy.
Volume 3 978-1-932234-71-8 Buy.
U.S.$13.95 / CAN$17.95

In the future, computers control all aspects of human life, even birth. No one questions Superior Domination, the new social order, except the Mu, a mutant race with telepathic powers who are forced into exile by the System.

On a distant colony mistakenly believed to be Terra by its inhabitants, Jomy’s world is turned upside-down when the Mu ask him to become their leader. Can Jomy, with his emerging telepathic powers, lead the Mu back home, back to Terra?

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To Terra… features the kind of over-the-top space opera and sci-fi exemplified by Leiji Matsumoto’s Galaxy Express or some of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix volumes; sprawling and epic in scope but never forgetting to pay attention to the intricacies of human emotion and interaction. An outstanding addition to the pantheon of great manga.”
—Christopher Butcher, comics212.net

Keiko TakemiyaKeiko Takemiya was born in 1950 in Tokushima, Japan. As one of The Magnificent 49ers (an influential group of female manga artists) she founded what is now known as yaoi, the popular homoerotic shojo manga subgenre. She has exhibited a diverse range of themes—from Sci-Fi to music appreciation, and in 1980 she won the 25th annual Shogakkan Manga Award for To Terra….