Taiyo Matsumoto

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1999
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Black and White, Volume 1

  • Black and White, Volume 2

    Drawn in a surreal, graffiti-like style, Black and White recounts the adventures of two lost boys who must steal, mug, and fight to survive. In this volume, urban renewal is afoot and Black and White are in the way. According to city planners, they m...

  • Black and White, Volume 3

    Gangs, freaks, and corruption run amok in the mean streets orphans Black and White call home. After White is nearly killed, hospital officials make him the ward of two detectives who offer a peaceful home. Meanwhile, without White to look after, Blac...

  • No. 5, Volume 1

    Set in a multicultural future landscape, No. 5 is the latest installment in a complex geopolitical series from Viz Graphic Novels. The character No. 5 is one of a group of global security guardians who attempts to break off on his own. Taiyo Matsumot...

  • No. 5, Volume 2

    With No.'s 8 and 9 down for the count, No. 5 continues his ferocious battle against the Rainbow Council. Tiayo Matsumoto's vivid, imaginative artwork brings this heady story of betrayal and brutality to life....

  • Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White, Volume 1

    2008 Eisner Comic Winner! Street urchins Black and White have skyscraper-sized chips on their shoulders, but are fiercely loyal to each other. Black is especially quick to avenge any slight against his dim-witted pal. The result? The citizens of Tre...

  • GoGo Monster

    Third grader Yuki Tachibana lives in two worlds. In one world, he is a loner ridiculed by his classmates and reprimanded by his teachers for telling stories of supernatural beings that only he can see. In the other world, the supernatural beings vie ...

  • Blue Spring

    This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has als...

  • Sunny, Vol. 1

    What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It’s the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo...



  • Sunny, Vol. 2

    The second installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children delves into the deep sadness and bright joys of their fears and dreams. Publishers Weekly writes, "Matsumoto deftly weaves a sense of longing and ...

  • Sunny, Vol. 3

    The third installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children explores the tenacity of the their hopes and persistence of their insecurities....

  • Sunny, Volume 3

    What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It’s the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Ta...

  • Sunny, Vol. 4

    The fourth installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children travels their trajectory from painful yearning to bittersweet belonging. ...

  • Sunny, Vol. 5

    What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It’s the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo...

  • Sunny, Vol. 6

    The final installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children opens the door to the endless promise of the future as it closes this chapter of their youth....

  • Cats of the Louvre

    The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris contains more than just the most famous works of art in history. At night, within its darkened galleries, an unseen and surreal world comes alive -- a world witnessed only by the small family of cats that liv...

  • Ping Pong, Vol. 1

    Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka “Peco” Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don’t fully...

  • TEKKONKINKREET: Black & White

    This Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White 30th Anniversary Edition, by acclaimed manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto, is restored to its original right-to-left orientation and features all the original color pages, a full-color foldout poster, and a brand new ...

  • Ping Pong, Vol. 2

    Things have changed since the last inter-high tournament. Peco has quit the game, and “Smile” Tsukimoto's desire to play is gone. Even “Demon” Sakuma has been kicked off the Kaio team. But Coach Koizumi isn’t going to let all that...



  • No. 5, Vol. 1

    In a world where most of the earth has become a harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the Peace Corps has a growing crisis on its hands. No. 5, one member of a team of superpowered global security guardians and a top marksman, has gone rogue. Now the ...

  • No. 5, Vol. 2

    The members of the Rainbow Council were created to be superior to normal human beings and to keep the peace. But with no wars to fight, what purpose do they serve other than public relations? The strange psychic twins called No. 4 use their power to ...

  • No. 5, Vol. 3

    The old allegiances and friendships have been broken and the Rainbow Brigade now faces disbandment. No. 5 has eluded or killed every member of the Rainbow Brigade that has come after him so far, but now No. 3 closes in on him and is determined not to...

  • No. 5, Vol. 4

    With disbandment imminent, Mike -- No.1, the leader of the Rainbow Brigade -- goes renegade, and uses his awesome powers to take many members of the unit with him. Now holed up in his citadel while the Peace Corps lays siege, he awaits his fate at th...

  • Tekkonkinkreet

    In the somewhere-sprawl of Treasure Town, two young boys, Black and White, rule the streets. Like avatars of the city itself, they are its will and its voice, full of love and compassion, as well as danger and violence. As they leap from rooftop to r...

  • Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1

    On his final day as an editor, Shiozawa takes a train he’s ridden hundreds of times to impart some last advice to a manga creator whose work he used to edit. Later, he is drawn to return to a bookshop at the request of a junior editor who wants his...

  • Tokyo These Days, Vol. 2

    The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days.After 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels ...

  • GoGo Monster: Second Edition

    A haunting and poetic vision of one boy’s imagination.Third grader Yuki Tachibana lives in two worlds. In one, he is a loner ridiculed by his classmates and reprimanded by his teachers for telling stories of supernatural beings that only he can...

  • Tokyo These Days, Vol. 3

    The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days.After 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Taiyo Matsumoto has published 28 books.

Taiyo Matsumoto does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tokyo These Days, Vol. 3, was published in September 2024.

The first book by Taiyo Matsumoto, Black and White, Volume 1, was published in March 1999.

No. Taiyo Matsumoto does not write books in series.
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