NO. 5 GRAPHIC NOVEL
BY: TAIYO MATSUMOTO

Taiyo Matsumoto's vivid, imaginative artwork and heady story.
The final volume of Taiyo Matsumoto’s No.5 will be available on iTunes!
This is the first time ever the complete series of No.5 is available in English.

Set in a multicultural future landscape, No. 5 is the latest installment in a complex geopolitical series from IKKI. The character No. 5 is one of a group of global security guardians who attempts to break off on his own. Taiyo Matsumoto’s signature surreal style combines European line art with Japanese pace and storytelling.
【App Features】
1. English/Japanese bilingual
(This App was the world's first English-Japanese bilingual iPad App)
2. Vol.1 special feature: Animated trailer of No.5
3. Buy vol.1-4 and unlock bonus features:
- Taiyo Matsumoto Exclusive Interview
- The Numbers special wallpaper

Taiyo Matsumoto
artist, author
Taiyo Matsumoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1967. He made his manga debut in the magazine Comic Afternoon with the short story Straight. At the tender age of 22, he traveled throughout France for artistic research. Heavily influenced by the French comics he studied there, Matsumoto's art style subsequently changed dramatically to the unique, alternative look in TEKKONKINKREET: Black & White. He has also created the series Zero, Hanao, Blue Spring, Ping Pong and No. 5. Blue Spring and Ping Pong were turned into live-action films. In 1993, Matsumoto began TEKKONKINKREET: Black & White. In 2006, it was turned into an animated feature film.