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Barbara (manga by Tezuka)

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Alternative title:
Bárbara (Spanish)
ばるぼら (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Barbara is a girl living in the streets of Tokyo. She become the muse of Yosuke Mikura, a popular writer, especially with the ladies. Between Yosuka and Barbara starts a relationship which is beneficial for his writings, but can end up in despair when Barbara chooses her freedom above the luxury she can get.
User Ratings: 12 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (others:1
1 French
)
 Excellent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Very good: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 Good: 3 votes (Eng:2, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 18 users, rank: #2820 (of 6736)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.833 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.2134, rank: #1515 (of 7469)
Weighted mean: 7.740 (Very good−), rank: #1897 (of 7469) (seen all: 7.74)
Bayesian estimate: 7.729 (Very good−), rank: #993 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 2
Number of pages: 222
Vintage: 1973-07-10 to 1974-05-25 (serialized in Big Comic)
Release dates: We have 6
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 7-13 (Aug 9, 2016)
Digital Manga's Clockwork Apple Kickstarter Reaches Stretch Goal to Reprint Barbara (Apr 29, 2015)
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Anime Expo 2014 - Digital Manga (Jul 5, 2014)
Digital Manga, Tezuka Pro Team Up to Release Entire Tezuka Library in N. America (Jul 4, 2013)
Barbara, 20th Century Boys, NonNonBa, Thermae Romae Get Eisner Nods (Apr 16, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 26-September 1 (Updated) (Aug 28, 2012)
Digital Manga Reaches Funding Goal for Unico Manga (Jun 26, 2012)
Tezuka's Barbara Manga Reaches Goal for English Printing (Jan 15, 2012)
Digital Manga Raises Funds to Translate Tezuka's Barbara (Jan 14, 2012)
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Graphic novel
    Barbara (GN) 2012-09-11

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher:
Kodansha (complete works)
Shogakukan
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Ben Applegate

Editing: Ben Applegate
Graphic Design: Matt Akuginow
Japan Relations: Yoshio Ogura
Layout Design: Carolyn Hsu
Lettering: Evan Hayden
(none)
English companies
French staff
French cast
Translation: Jacques Lalloz

Adaptation: Patrick Honnoré
Lettering: Anne-Sophie Royer
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Akata/Delcourt
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Marta E. Gallego (ECC Ediciones)
Noemí Cuevas Rebollo (ECC Ediciones)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: ECC Ediciones (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: J-Pop
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Schreiber und Leser
German cast
(none)

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