Who cares as long as its good right? There is some American hybrid Manga that can be considered equally as good to.

Again im not a purist when it comes to stuff like this or sofubi in general as long as it gives me something interesting.

Besides we wouldn't get hilarious shit like South Park tackling Yaoi manga. X'D

Thanks for the heads up ! Ordered immediately. So glad D&Q are publishing these classics.

^^ Yeah, you gotta give them credit. They've published a great deal of
more obscure & interesting Manga over the years.

I've been aware of, and read, some of the online Kitaro 'scanlations' over the
years but there is something about actual paper that is much more satisfying.
You cant beat holding an actual book in your hand and turning the pages . . . .
call me old-fashioned, i dont care. I have an actual Shigeru Mizuki book in
my hands and it feels good.

It was so much fun reading about Kitaro's origins, in English, in a nicely
produced paperback. The translation is tip-top and there is a history as
an introduction, with descriptions and info on all the Yokai that appear
in the stories. There are also a few pages of games, for example there
is a maze entitled 'Help Kitaro save Yumekuchi from the nasty Makura Gaeshi'.

These are the stories in the volume:

The Birth of Kitaro
Nezumi Otoko Vs Neko Musume
Nopperabo
Gyuki
Yokai of the Mountain Pass
Makura Gaeshi
Hideri Gami

It would be really cool if enough people bought Kitaro in English,
D&Q could keep publishing them for a complete set of the Manga.

I have been yearning for more Kitaro since finishing the first D&Q edition a while back. Even considered buying Japanese volumes just to look at the art, so the continued publication comes as excellent news.

I just added volume two to my amazon list, and noticed they mention there will be seven volumes !

Rejoice !!!!

Volume 2 cover

Rejoice indeed

I really hope so, but I won't count on it just yet. Its all about numbers, innit. I've been promised runs by publishers many times in the past and they cancel that shit if it ain't selling.

A good example is The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec . . . early stories - then Fantagraphics pull the plug. Same for NBM years ago.

Bambi and her Pink Gun (so cool), DMP scrapped it after two books. The Legend of Sister Sarah was a fraction of the way into its arc when it was scrapped . . . the list goes on

Anyway, I just hope enough people buy Kitaro in English to make it worth their while to keep translating and publishing books . . .

Kitaro is so much fun and yet it doesn't pull the same numbers a lot of the less traditionally Inspired manga do. I enjoy learning about Japanese folklore with this series (what little I've been able to piece in this dull head of mine) and just crave the stories.

I was reading edowaga rampo a few months ago and couldn't help finding the story telling quite similar to the earlier Kitaro stuff I've read. greatly recommended.

Reading Monster and purchased Tekkon Kinkreet which has great reviews. It looks 'ok' though.

I have some various pieces. Some in complete Japanese which i cant even understand but its cool looking at the art work. Actually i have allot of incomplete collections i should really buy the rest of the books for.

The first one is a Hentai Manga in the form of American Comic book style!

I really like the 80s feel to the cover of this one.

And i do have the complete collection of FLCL but im surprised its only 2 damn books. Its a great two books don't get me wrong but i feel the Anime did the surrealism much much better.


MAR, which i REALLY need to finish getting the rest of the books lol. Cause its pretty damn good. Lots of funny moments but its really neat and creative with how it does things plus the talking weapon.



This is an American manga full color. Its pretty much like steam punk with 17/18TH century stylized clothing, air ship warfare, a giant race of insects that want to enslave humans and it has some Japanese influence sprinkled throughout the entire comic as well.




Priest is quite an awesome series with wild west elements, demons and undead.




I think Bride Of The Demon is mainly a series for women but it has horror elements it seems? Im not 100% sure anyways. Its got some really nice art work in it.

I personally think Tekkonkinkreet is an idiosyncratic little gem. The feature-length anime is really good, too.

Priest was a great title. The mix of western, biblical and demonic stories really work well. The art was kinetic too with heavy line weights and great angles.
Did it ever finish though? I have the first 12 volumes. I think it went to 14 before Tokyopop closed shop.

Obviously ignore the movie.

I'm always a fan of Junji Ito. Viz Media released two excellent hardcovers for Gyo and Uzumaki. Beautiful books. I hope they do more. Either any compilation of short stories or Black Paradox would be awesome!!!

Im not sure to be honest. I REALLY need to get to buying the rest of the books which i will probably do once i get my check on the 24th. I would love to see an anime based off of this to!

Appleseed is another favorite of mine. Lots of mecha and its just drawn with so much intricate detail!





And i like that the books from this series are much much bigger so i don't feel like im tearing the damn thing trying to open it up and look at the pictures.