Based on Jiro Taniguchi’s early ‘00s manga, which additional amazing environmental illustrations and sharp, shadow-intensive character patterns to Baku Yumemakura’s 1998 novel, The Summit of the Gods is a testomony to self-determination by way of the intertwined tales of two adult males: Mountain climber Joji Habu (Eric Herson-Macarel) and journalist Makoto Fukamachi (Damien Boisseau).