Author: Roger Leloup
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
£8.99 incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800441606
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/yoko-tsuno-gate-souls-p-4578.html
Yoko and her friends – both Earthlings and Vineans – are back among the stars, cruising near the mysterious Ultima and its atemporal mists. Long ago, refugees fleeing their home world Vinea were lost in them. Their souls are said to still haunt this now sacred place, and an ancient law prohibits Vineans from entering. But when a probe coming from Ultima zooms past her ship, Yoko doesn’t hesitate to disregard the interdiction – after all, she’s not Vinean, is she?!
When I first got Yoko Tsuno sent to me I didn't think it was going to be that impressive -and it was a kiddy book. That shows how wrong you can be. Tsuno does follow a trend that you see in creators' work. For instance John Creasy (who created The Baron, Gideon of the Yard, etc) started out in the 1930s with his Department Z and later Dr Palfrey books all firmly based in the world of spies or crime but then evolved into ecological themes and even science fiction style stories (The Unbegotten). Tsuno started as an adventurer and slowly jumped into science fiction and we now have her travelling through space.
I love the art style from the characters to the craft and scenes and the use of colour is superb and adds so much more to the story. And these are good stories with great pacing and I can see why so many adult readers get this series.
If you are thinking about getting the series for younger readers then there is nothing to stop them enjoying things -no over the top violence or unsuitable panels/pages just pure fun and adventure. With 20 albums in this series so far kids are not going to get quickly bored (and I do know that there are kids out there reading).
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