Battle Royale: Remastered (Battle Royale)

by Koushun Takami

Koushun Takami (Illustrator)

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In a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing.

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan—where it became a runaway best seller—Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.
  • ISBN10 1421565986
  • ISBN13 9781421565989
  • Publish Date 8 May 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
  • Imprint Haikasoru
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 656
  • Language English