Kodansha Manga Bunko Edition Star of the Giants, Complete in 11 Volumes Original Work: Ikki Kajiwara Art: Noboru Kawasaki The top, bottom, and side edges of the books show some yellowing from age. Each page is in good condition without folds or stains. This series includes commentary by Atsuko Takamori (the original author's wife), voice actor Toru Furuya, Hide Takatori (critic), Fusanosuke Natsume, Masataka Mori (baseball commentator), Takaaki Ishibashi (of the comedy duo Tunnels), Hiroshi Takayama (Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University), Tomoe Goshi (critic), Jun Ishikawa (manga artist), Tomohiko Murakami (manga critic), Hiroshi Aramata (author), and Noboru Kawasaki, making it a very compelling read.