Adolf

Adolf is a historical drama that follows the intertwined lives of three men named Adolf: Adolf Hitler, Adolf Kaufmann (a half-Japanese, half-German boy), and Adolf Kamil (a Jewish boy living in Japan). The narrative spans from the 1930s through the postwar era, exploring how Nazism and war affect their interconnected fates.

Adolf was serialized in the 1980s in the Japanese manga magazine Big Comic. The full Japanese title translates to 'Message to Adolf,' reflecting its epistolary framing device and thematic examination of how ordinary people are drawn into complicity with fascism.

While Adolf uses real historical events and figures like Adolf Hitler as its backdrop, it is a work of fiction that blends historical events with invented characters and dramatic storylines. Tezuka uses the three Adolfs as a lens to examine how ordinary people can be drawn into complicity with fascism.

Yes, Adolf was published in English by Viz Media in a multi-volume edition. The English release helped introduce Western readers to Tezuka's more serious, historically engaged works beyond his better-known titles like Astro Boy and Phoenix.