Viz Media has announced in a press release on January 20, 2010 that the manga ULTIMO will be released February 2, 2010. In a collaborative effort, Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei have united to produce ULTIMO.
Summary of ULTIMO:
"With girl and money troubles, life is hard enough for high school student Yamato, but then he stumbles upon Ultimo, a peculiar-looking puppet. Things only get stranger when Ultimo awakens and his archenemy, Vice shows up. Ultimo and Vice are Karakuri Dôji, the mechanical embodiment of pure good and pure evil, devoid of human emotions that can cloud one’s judgment. Their purpose: to battle to the death to prove once and for all whether good or evil is the most powerful force in the universe." -Viz Media press release 1/20/10
In the press release Stan Lee stated:
"I am indescribably thrilled to have the honor of working with the famous and extremely talented Hiroyuki Takei on our exciting creation ULTIMO. I feel that ULTIMO combines the very best of Western mythology with the very best of Japanese manga. It gives me the greatest pleasure to be associated with VIZ Media on such an exciting and ground-breaking project." -Stan Lee, Viz Media press release 1/20/10
I'm assuming that Stan Lee will be providing the Western mythology side of the manga and Hideki Takei will be providing the Japanese manga side of the project. I'm curious to see how Stan Lee will transform his comic book skills to be put to use in manga. They are very similar but if they were the same he wouldn't need Hideki Takei. I don't expect big things from ULTIMO but I'll check it out.
The manga ULTIMO has been stated to cost $9.99 US/$12.99 CAN. You can view all the detail of the press release here:
Viz Media ULTIMO Press Release
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