Rori Lane is trying to start a new life when she reunites with her mother in Japan, but ancient creatures lurking in the shadows sense something hidden deep within her, threatening everything she holds dear. Can she unlock the secrets of her power before it's too late? JIM ZUB (Conan the Barbarian) and STEVEN CUMMINGS (Star Wars: Hidden Empire) unleashed a supernatural spectacle set against Japan's engaging culture and mythic monsters, and the story is now collected in a single stellar vol...

Beware the housebound kitty-cat.Japanese lore tells us that if you keep a cat as a pet for too long, its tail will split, it will begin walking on its hind legs, and that beloved kitty may just hunt you down. Japanese mythology teems with tales of supernatural cats, which have in turn inspired generations of artists.Beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched, folklore expert Zack Davisson illuminates the vast realm of legendary cats, celebrating bo...

A captivating exploration of Japan’s supernatural cats—mysterious, mischievous, and deeply woven into the country’s folklore, art, and spiritual imagination.Drawing on centuries of legends, woodblock prints, ghost stories, and theatrical traditions, Zack Davisson’s Kaibyo uncovers the many forms that Japan’s enchanted felines take, from shapeshifting tricksters to loyal guardians and vengeful spirits. Beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched, th...

Bookworm Akira has read about the conniving ways of Yokai, but when he trips over one along a forest path, he decides to help the creature back to its murky water home. A challenge ensues involving Akira’s beloved grandmother, a pizza-producing hammer, and a crunchy cucumber. Haunting illustrations of the Yokai accompany 17 original stories.

The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume!A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern manga fashion! The lively stories in this book include:The Dawn of Japan: The Birth of Buddhism and the transition from hunters—gatherers to agricultural socie...

Arriving just in time for Halloween, this collection of true stories and facts about yurei--the iconic Japanese ghosts--spans the genres of history, folklore, paranormal activity, and real-life horror.Zack Davisson blends his expert knowledge of Japanese folklore with ancient tales and firsthand accounts of yurei encounters, traversing historical documents, present-day yurei films (i.e. "The Ring"), and interviews to explore the continued existence of yurei in modern day Japan....

Welcome to the wonderful and scary and silly world of Yokai!The Definitive Yokai Field Guide introduces young readers to the fantastically fascinating world of Japanese folklore. Universally beloved cartoonist and Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Shigeru Mizuki’s passion for researching and writing about Japan’s yokai knows no bounds. In this perfect companion to Mizuki’s Kitaro comics and art books, kids and kids at heart can now discover this magical world and its many peculiar creat...

Japanese video game designer and artist Takaya Imamura’s (F-Zero, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) debut manga OMEGA 6 comes to print in English for the first time!After awakening from a rejuvenating months-long stasis, bounty-hunting androids Thunder and Kyla are ready to spring back into action! With the aid of some peculiar magic fruits, the pair are able to enter a nearly invincible berserker state, but with a catch—once the effect...

Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan’s most entertaining myths to the modern ageAs travelers approach a lush, cedar forest—the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki’s fecund drawing—something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with maniacal laughter, before retreating back into the woods. A hallucination? No, this is Tohoku No Tsurubeotoshi.An...

Manga’s most beloved creator ventures into Japan’s mythical past and emerges with a menagerie unlike any otherShigeru Mizuki is no stranger to the supernatural and its portents. Kitaro and Tono Monogatari reimagined the obscure folktales of his youth, bringing them to life with whimsy. Mizuki the cartoonist certainly left an indelible mark on comics as world literature. Mizuki the fine artist, on the other hand, rounds out the full scope of his fascination with the...

**An ordinary Japanese high school student takes home an abandoned supernatural cat left in a cardboard box.Maybe he shouldn't have meddled with kitties beyond human comprehension—after all, it had tentacles where its whiskers should have been! But it’s too late!**With no Elder Sign on the cat door, soon the pick of the Mythos litter starts to invade his house, as furry and feline versions of Hastur, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, and other adorable Lovecraftian horrors blast h...

A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga’s most distinguished authorShowa 1926–1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki’s historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. Depicted against his trademark photorealistic backdrops, Mizuki effortlessly portrays a nation forced into a period of upheaval and brings history into the realm of the personal. Inde...