This time round we are looking at the classic manga Apollo’s Song
Reviews
Apollo’s Song
What’s an Apollo’s song? In a shell an Osamu Tezuka story full of deep inner meaning, self denial and oddly placed humour. Shogo (Apollo) is cursed by the goddess of love, Aphrodite, as a penance towards his cruel and cold hearted approach to love. Shogo is given a couple of chances, during various times thorough human history, to experience real love but because of the curse is destined to lose that love every single time. The story its self is well crafted and enjoyable apart from the unusually placed “fourth wall” comedy moments. If you find it, add it to your collection , it does appeal to a broader audience then most current publications.
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- Wikipedia page on Apollo’s Song
- The Song for Apollo @ Tezuka World [EN]
- Vertical Inc. Publishing’s Page on the book
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#1 by Gooberzilla on Monday, November 2, 2009 - 2:06 pm
Hey guys. I was just listening to you Apollo's Song review, and I had to offer a correction. The goddess in the story is not the goddess of love, Aphrodite. It is in fact Athena, the goddess of wisdom. I think that puts a completely different spin on the story, thematically speaking.
As far as Tezuka's "adult-oriented" works are concerned, I feel that Apollo's Song is one of his weaker efforts. The experience felt more like a series of unrelated short-stories tied together with the skeleton of a metaplot. I didn't find it satisfying, although you could argue that given the subject matter I wasn't supposed to.
#2 by Shanell Lennard on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 2:41 pm
I think Apollo’s song is very cool. This is the first time, I listened to a podcast review. And I think, you gave a fair review for this song. You encouraged me to try doing a podcast review too! Great! – Shanell Lennard
#3 by Phillip on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 7:05 pm
Thanks for that, Shannell! Please send us a link whenever you post up your podcast review.