Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
List Price:
Our Price: $9.86
You Save: $6.09 (38%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.95 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Koushun TakamiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-26
ISBN: 156931778X
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Book Reviews of Battle Royale
Book Review: Would you kill your best friend?
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is based in the near future japan,A world where the japanese won the second world war.The Japanesse teens are mass boycotting school and are begining to be more than rebelious and hard to control.The government are fearing the young and pass the "educational reformation act" aka BR act.This law means that every year a randomly picked form group from a year 10(ninth grade)are picked to fight amunst themselves for 3 days and there can only be one winner, do you treat life as a game? would you kill your best friend? what would you do,on an island where nothing is against the rules?This book details the characters and story behind each student and includes a moral and political value to this wicked and thrilling tale,It is beautifully translated from the original Japanese Novel and is bound to set your imagination and heart wild with anticipation.
Overall this book is top rate,not to be overlooked,a fantastic read and the author brings about his views and ideas of this near future brillantly.
Also check out the controversal movie battle royale.
Comics & Graphic Novels Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Manga that i want to read later
Slam Dunk, Volume 1 (Slam Dunk)VIZ Media LLC; Published: 2008-09-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.64
Price in other shops:
Devil May Cry Volume 1 (Devil May Cry)by Shin-Ya Goikeda
TokyoPop; Published: 2006-06-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.18
Price in other shops:
Trigun, Vol. 1 (Trigun)by Yasuhiro Nightow
Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing; Published: 2003-10-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.88
Price in other shops:
Full Metal Panic! (novel) Volume 1: Fighting Boy Meets Girl (Full Metal Panic)by Shouji Gatou
TokyoPop; Published: 2007-09-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.06
Price in other shops:
Battle Royaleby Koushun Takami
VIZ Media LLC; Published: 2003-02-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.41
Price in other shops:
Welcome to the N.H.K., Volume 1by Kenji Oiwa, Katherine Schilling, Zachary Rau
TokyoPop; Published: 2006-10-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.99
Ral & Grad Volume 1 (Ral Grad)by Tsuneo Takano
VIZ Media LLC; Published: 2008-01-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.15
Price in other shops:
Sgt. Frog, Volume 1 (Sgt. Frog (Graphic Novels))by Mine Yoshizaki, Carol Fox
TokyoPop; Published: 2004-03-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.02
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Suicide Club (Suicide Circle)TLA RELEASING; Release date: 2003-11-18; DVD
Best price: $7.75
Price in other shops:
Battle Royale, Vol. 3by Koushun Takami, Masayunki Taguchi
TokyoPop; Published: 2003-11-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.88
Price in other shops:
American Psychoby Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage; Published: 1991-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.49
Price in other shops:
Fight Club: A Novelby Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton; Published: 2005-10-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.54
Price in other shops:
OldboyOLDBOY; Release date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $13.97
Price in other shops:
Battle Royale, Book 2by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi
TokyoPop; Published: 2003-07-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.24
Price in other shops:
Battle RoyalePublished: 2002; DVD
Best price: $17.63
Battle Royale 2 Revenge Uncut SERelease date: 2005-10-11; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Battle Royale Ultimate Edition Volume 1 (Battle Royale Ultimate Edition)by Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi
TokyoPop; Published: 2007-10-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.84
Price in other shops:
Battle Royale Directors CutRelease date: 2004-06-15; DVD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops: