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Almost Transparent Blue (限りなく透明に近いブルー, Kagirinaku Tōmei ni Chikai Burū, "Almost Infinitely Transparent Blue") is a 1976 novel, written by Japanese author Ryū Murakami, that features a portrait of narrator Ryū and his friends trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll during the 1970s.
English translation of Ryū Murakami's novel, Almost Transparent Blue Linda Nancy Andrew (August 17, 1947 – November 29, 1998) was the English-language translator of Japanese author Ryū Murakami 's highly acclaimed novel, Almost Transparent Blue , which had won the Akutagawa Prize in 1976.
Murakami's first work was the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a university student. [7] It deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers in 1976, despite some objections on the grounds of decadence.
Kitty continued to produce less well-known shows such as Ping Pong Club (1995), but their output shrank to almost nothing by the end of the 20th century. Rumiko Takahashi did not work with Kitty again after the last Ranma OVA was released in 1996; Sunrise handled the animation duties on Inuyasha , and TMS animated Rumic Theater .
Transparent Light Blue (Japanese: 透明な薄い水色に, Hepburn: Toumei na Usui Mizuiro ni) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kiyoko Iwami. It was published in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from October 18, 2017, to December 18, 2017, before being collected into a single tankōbon volume in 2018.
The character of Lily is almost certainly not a real person. She seems to be a hallucination of Ryu's, and only appears to him when he is alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grendal32 ( talk • contribs ) 05:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC) [ reply ]
Almost Blue was released on 23 October 1981 through F-Beat Records in the UK [17] and Columbia in the US. [18] It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and number 50 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, [ 3 ] the latter of which Costello attributed to the lack of promotion from country radio stations. [ 10 ]
The result is a brief and convincing narrative of a crime and its motivations. With simple language and vividly evoked images, the novel looks at a single moment of horror from every angle." [2] - Ed King, Time Out Book Review.