Shigeru Mizuki was een meester in Japanse horror manga, vooral bekend om zijn boeiende verhalen over yōkai, traditionele Japanse geesten en monsters. Zijn uitgebreide veldwerk en lidmaatschap van de Japanse Vereniging voor Culturele Antropologie informeerden zijn diepe begrip van folklore, dat hij tot leven bracht met een unieke artistieke visie. Mizuki's verhalen verkennen de kruising van het bovennatuurlijke en de menselijke conditie, wat zijn werk een belangrijke bijdrage aan het genre maakt. Naast zijn gevierde yōkai-verhalen schreef hij ook aangrijpende memoires over de Tweede Wereldoorlog en biografische werken, waarmee hij een divers literair talent toonde.
Set in Japan's mythical past, this work showcases the creativity of a renowned manga creator, presenting a unique collection of fantastical creatures and stories. The narrative intertwines rich cultural elements with imaginative artistry, offering readers a captivating glimpse into a world filled with legendary beings and enchanting adventures.
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War II s legacy in Japan.
The final, Eisner Award-winning chapter of a legendary cartoonist s history of Japan.
A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga s most distinguished author.
Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues the award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa-era Japan. This volume covers the period leading up to World War II and the beginning of the Pacific War; it is a chilling reminder of the harshness of life in Japan during this highly militarised epoch.
The very first Drawn and Quarterly Kitaro collection, now back in print with a lush new cover
The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English- speaking world.
Kitaro takes on a giant Cyclops, Blackbeard, a sea captain who s trying to create hell on earth, and more!
A master cartoonist and veteran tells the life story of the man who started the Second World War Seventy years after his death, Adolf Hitler remains a mystery. Historians, military tacticians, and psychologists have tried in vain to unravel his complex motivations for leading Germany into the Holocaust and World War II. With Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, the manga-ka (Kitaro, NonNonba, Showa: A History of Japan) delves deep into the history books to create an absorbing and eloquent portrait of Hitler's life. Beginning with Hitler's time in Austria as a starving art student and ending with a Germany in ruins, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler retraces the path Hitler took in life, coolly examining his charismatic appeal and his calculated political maneuvering. The Munich Beer Putsch, Hitler's ascent to chancellor, the sudden death of his half-niece Geli, the Battle of Stalingrad, his relationship with Eva Braun, and his eventual demise: all are given equal attention in this thorough and compelling biography. In Mizuki's signature style, which populates incredibly realistic backgrounds with cartoony people, Japan's most famous living cartoonist has created an overview of Hitler's life that is as fascinating as it is informative.
" Kitaro is a fun, eerie romp into Japan's supernatural world." - -School Library Journal, YALSA Great Graphic Novel for TeensThe second in a seven-volume series of the best of Shigeru Mizuki's Kitaro comics, designed with a kid-friendly format and price point!Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon is the second volume in the adventures of Shigeru Mizuki's bizarre yokai boy Kitaro and his gaggle of otherworldly friends. These seven stories date from the golden age of Gegege no Kitaro , when Mizuki had perfected the balance of folklore, comedy, and horror that made Kitaro one of Japan's most beloved characters.In Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon , Kitaro and his father, Medama Oyaji, face off against one of their most powerful enemies--the self-styled Yokai Supreme Commander known as Nurarihyon. Over the course of this volume, Kitaro takes on the swamp-dwelling Sawa Kozo, the mysterious Diamond Yokai, and the sea giant called Umizato, and wages a double feature of battles against the bizarre Odoro Odoro. Finally, Kitaro journeys to hell itself in the infamous and surreal story "Hell Ride."In addition to more than 150 pages of Mizuki's all-ages monster fun, Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon includes bonus "Yokai Files" that introduce Japan's folklore monsters and a "History of Kitaro" essay by the translator Zack Davisson. If you found the world of yokai fascinating in The Birth of Kitaro , you will find even more to love in Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon !
