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The Summit of the Gods (Japanese: 神々の山嶺, Hepburn: Kamigami no Itadaki) is a manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi.
Today there is a large market and variety, reprints and reditions of the most famous works, and some editors are also specialized in niche manga. But it's not the case of Taniguchi, that it's an author extremely popular, even if his works haven't the same market of the popular shonen.
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Taniguchi is adapting an award-winning novel from a script provided by author Yumemakura Baku, that in turn became an award-winning graphic novel, Taniguchi picking up a prize for best artist at the 2005 Angoulême festival.
(from MangaUpdates): In a small Nepalese shop, Makoto Fukamachi, photographer for a Japanese expedition to conquer Mt. Everest, stumbles across a camera which may well be that of George Mallory, the celebrated mountain climber who was the first to attempt conquering Everest.
Summary: In 1924, mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine attempted a daring challenge: to be the first to scale Mount Everest. However, they disappeared during the final stages of their trek, leading to one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries—did the pair ever make it to the summit? 1993, Kathmandu.
Nov 23, 2021 · Written by Imbert, Magali Pouzol and Jean-Charles Ostorero, “The Summit of the Gods” — based on the manga by Jirô Taniguchi and Baku Yumemakura — follows Fukamachi on his quest to track down...
With what may be Mallory’s camera found and lost, photographer Fukamachi delves deeper into the life of the mysterious character Bikha Sanp – the “Venomous Snake” - convinced that he is, in reality, the legendary mountaineer Jouji Habu.
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