Inspired by Eisner Award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's own mandatory tour of duty as an active combatant in the Imperial Japanese Army, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths portrays a flailing infantry unit on its last legs near the end of the Second World War. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. dbr:Eisner_Award_for_Best_U.S.The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking world.dbr:Eisner_Award_for_Best_Reality-Based_Work.dbr:List_of_manga_published_by_Kodansha.wikipedia-en:Onward_Towards_Our_Noble_Deaths.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Onward_Towards_Our_Noble_Deaths.jpg.dbpedia-ja:Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.wikidata:Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.yago-res:Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.freebase:Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.He portrays the final weeks of his infantry service as the soldiers were instructed to die for their country to avoid the dishonor of survival. In it, Mizuki describes his experiences as a soldier participating in the New Guinea campaign during World War II. Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Japanese: 総員玉砕せよ!, Hepburn: Sōin Gyokusai Seyo!, literally 'Whole Unit Ought to Fight to Death!') is a one-shot manga written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki.Kitarō ga Mita Gyokusai: Mizuki Shigeru no Sensō (en).Cover of Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths as published by Drawn & Quarterly (en).

dbr:Eisner_Award_for_Best_U.S._Edition_of_International_Material-Asia.dbr:Angoulême_International_Comics_Festival.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Onward_Towards_Our_Noble_Deaths.jpg?width=300.It also received awards in France and in the United States, and was adapted into a television drama in 2007 by Japanese broadcaster NHK. After being translated and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2011, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths has been well received by English-speaking critics. The manga was first published in Kodansha magazine Shūkan Gendai in 1973, based on Mizuki's work of 1970.

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