Striving for enlightenment by way of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi is prepared to cut down anyone who stands in his way. Everything Takehiko Inoue has published has hit the top ten sales list in Japan. Inoue's previous series Slam Dunk has over 100 million copies in print worldwide. Inoue has personally created licensed merchandise on a small scale, so that the products will meet his standards of quality. '.reads like an Akira Kurosawa film captured on the printed page.' -Cliff Biggers, Comic Buyer's Guide Nominated for 2003 Eisner Award in the category for Best Writer/Artist Inoue received the 2000 Media Arts award for manga from the Japanese Ministry of Culture and the Kodansha award for best manga for his work on Vagabond. There have been 6 films and 2 TV series based on Miyamoto Musashi's life. The popularity of Vagabond has been attributed to NHK's drama TV series based on Yohikawa's novel. VIZ Media is currently releasing the translated edition of Vagabond only three months after the Japanese release Originally written in the early 40's, Yoshikawa's fictional account became so well known that his version has blurred fact from fiction. Vagabond is based on the novel, Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa.

Vagabond has sold over 22 million copies worldwide (Not including Japan's sales). A 27+ volume manga series - Vagabond is on Japan's top ten best seller's list with over 100 million volumes in print.

This VIZBIG edition of Vagabond contains Volumes 1-3, bonus color content, and updated text.

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