Kitaro's Strange Adventures
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2017
Summary
Kitaro takes on a giant Cyclops, Blackbeard, a sea captain who s trying to create hell on earth, and more! The longest story of this collection recounts a huge yokai-vs-yokai battle when a gang of Chinese yokai plot to enslave the Japanese populace. In addition to Mizuki s legendary whimsical tales, translator Zack Davisson pens an essay on the history of Kitaro, and includes a selection of yokai files describing the powers of the various yokai our hero Kitaro confronts in Kitaro s Strange Adventures.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770462861 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770462864 |
| Author: | Mizuki Shigeru, Zack Davisson |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 191mm |
| Series: | Kitaro |
| Audience Age: | 10-18 |
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Critics Review
“Kitaro is…one of Japan’s most enduring manga heroes.”–Anime News Network
“The adorably creepy but eminently powerful Kitaro is an indefatigable force… Mizuki’s canvas [presents] a world beneath the surface of our own in a stunningly believable fashion.” - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Mizuki Shigeru
Shigeru Mizuki (1922 2015) was one of Japan s most respected artists. A creative prodigy, he lost an arm in World War II. After the war, Mizuki became one of the founders of Japan s latest craze manga. He invented the yokai genre with GeGeGe no Kitaro, his most famous character, who has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action, and video games. In fact, a new anime series has been made every decade since 1968, capturing the imaginations of generations of Japanese children. A researcher of yokai and a real-life ghost hunter, Mizuki traveled to over sixty countries to engage in fieldwork based on spirit folklore. In his hometown of Sakaiminato, one can find Shigeru Mizuki Road, a street decorated with bronze statues of his Kitaro characters.
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