Yoko Tsuno
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Yoko Tsuno is an comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup. It's about a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin and her friends. The stories are heavily technology driven, with concepts like robot dragons (The dragon of Hong-Kong), suspended animation (The border of life), time travel (The timespiral and others), and even an alien species called the Vineans. Despite the often exotic settings, the stories remain very realistic and friendship is one of the key themes of the series. It is drawn in Ligne claire style.
Books
The following books have been published:
- #1 Le Trio de L'Étrange (The Bizzare Trio) ISBN 2-8001-0666-2
- #2 L'Orgue du Diable (The Devil's Organ) ISBN 2-8001-0667-0
- #3 La Forge de Vulcan (Vulcan's Forge) ISBN 2-8001-0668-9
- #4 Aventures Électronique (Electronic Adventures) ISBN 2-8001-0669-7
- #5 Message pour L'Éternité (Message for Eternity) ISBN 2-8001-0670-0
- #6 Les Trois Soleils de Vinéa (The Three Suns of Vinea) ISBN 2-8001-0671-9
- #7 La Frontière de la Vie (The Frontier of Life) ISBN 2-8001-0672-7
- #8 Les Titans (The Titans) ISBN 2-8001-0592-5
- #9 La Fille du Vent (Daughter of the Wind) ISBN2-8001-0633-6
- #10 La Lumière D'Ixo (Ixo's Light) ISBN 2-8001-0687-5
- #11 La Spirale du Temps (The Time Spiral) ISBN 2-8001-0744-8
- #12 La Proie et L'Ombre (Prey and Shadow) ISBN 2-8001-0908-4
- #13 Les Archanges de Vinéa (Archangels of Vinea) ISBN 2-8001-0971-8
- #14 Le Feu de Wotan (Wotan's Fire) ISBN 2-8001-1029-5
- #15 Le Canon de Kra (Kra's Canon)
- #16 Le Dragon de Hong Kong (The Hong Kong Dragon)
- #17 Le Matin du Monde (Dawn og the World)
- #18 Les Exilés de Kifa (The refugees of Kifa)
- #19 L'Or du Rhin (The Rhine Gold)
- #20 L'Astrologue de Bruges (The Bruges Astrologer)
- #21 La Porte des Ames (The Gate of the Souls)
- #22 La Jonque Céleste (The Celestial Barge)
- #23 La Pagode des Brumes (The Pagoda in the Fog)
Book #9, La Fille du Vent was widely reviewed as the best of the series.
Setting
The main characters are based in Belgium, although adventures take place around the world and even in the Vinean solar system, 3,000,000 light years away. Most of the stories evolve around 3 key characters:
- Yoko Tsuno: She is an extremely intelligent electrical engineer, who was raised in Japan but now lives in Belgium.
- Vic Video (Ben Beeld): He has a strong personality, best friend of Yoko. Before meeting Yoko, he directed live TV shows.
- Pol Pitron (Paul Pola, German Knut): He is the clown of the trio. His name comes from French "pitre", literally "clown". Before meeting Yoko, he worked as a camera operator under direction of Vic.
There also are a large number of supporting characters (such as Khany the Vinean), including such exotic personalities as aliens and people from the future and past.
External link
- Unofficial Yoko Tsuno homepage (http://www.yokotsuno.be/)da:Yoko Tsuno