Zack Davisson
Author
Language
English
Description
"I lived in a haunted apartment." Zack Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Eerie red marks on the apartment's ceiling kept Zack and his wife on edge. The landlord warned them not to open a door in the apartment that led to nowhere. "Our Japanese visitors had no problem putting a name to it . . . they would sense the vibes of the place, look around a bit and inevitably say 'Ahhh...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An expertly crafted, full-color volume showcasing the creative forces behind the hotly anticipated animated anthology series! Star Wars: Visions, an original series of animated short films, celebrates the Star Wars galaxy through the lens of the world's best Japanese anime creators. Dark Horse Books and Lucasfilm invite fans to enjoy the universe of Star Wars from a thrilling new point of view with The Art of Star Wars: Visions.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A quiet office worker embraces her new role as a cat mom and begins sharing superfluous amounts of cat photos on the Internet. Riko can't help it--her tuxedo baby is just too cute! Will her coworkers feel the same or will it add to their bewilderment about her? At home, Riko learns more about Musubi, from favorite toys such as a free grocery bag to their shared joy of video games. And Musubi himself learns a new trick--how to tell her when it's dinner...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat's worldview."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"An expedition team arrives at a campsite in Anatartica...to find its crew of men and sled dogs strewn and dead...But a still more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby...for under its five points is a grave -- and what lies beneath is not remotely human!" -- from back cover.
Author
Series
Wayward volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Rori Lane is trying to start a new life when she reunites with her mother in Japan, but ancient creatures lurking in the shadows of Tokyo sense something hidden deep within her, threatening everything she holds dear. Can she unlock the secrets of her power before it's too late?
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
548 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Continues Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa-era Japan. This volume covers the final moments of the lead-up to World War II and the first few years of the Pacific War, and is a chilling reminder of the harshness of life in Japan during this highly militarized epoch.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Strange Japanese Yokai assembles an extraordinary collection of mysterious creatures in every possible shape and size, each with their own unique back story. Some are well-known, others obscure. The one thing they share in common is that they are creepy and weird! The 122 different Yokai described in this book include: The Kappa: A dangerous creature who lives in lakes and rivers and attacks passers-by; The Nurarihyon: A mysterious Yokai with a...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Here at last they will discover the hideous secret of all life on Earth...but can they escape these uttermost vaults at the bottom of the world, and keep sanity enough to warn mankind...? Here at last they will discover the hideous secret of all life on Earth...but can they escape these uttermost vaults at the bottom of the world, and keep sanity enough to warn mankind...?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A dedicated gamer, Riko discovers what it's like living with a cat--and she 'levels up' in responsibilities and skills every day! Musubi, her cute new companion, tries to understand Riko's behavior through a cat's worldview. Enjoying their time together, Riko learns more about cohabitating with a cat, as lessons in grooming, play, and personal space continue to be learned"--
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Just when office worker Riko Kozakura is beginning to rank up her Pet Owner skill from Beginner to Intermediate, another cat joins the household! Kozakura's handled her one cat, Musubi, well, but with twice the feline antics she'll have her hands full--and more XP to grind!
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"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!"--
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
533 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with...
Author
Series
Komikku Shōwa shi volume 3
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
November 2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
540 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Showa 1944-1953 : a History of Japan continues the award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of the Showa period in Japan. This volume recounts the events of the final years of the Pacific War, and the consequences of the war's devastation for Mizuki and the Japanese populace at large.
"The third volume of [the author's] ... encyclopedic account of Japan before and after World War II. Drawing from his own experiences...
16) Demon days
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Collects Demon Days: X-Men (2021) #1, Demon Days: Mariko (2021) #1, Demon Days: Cursed Web (2021) #1, Demon Days: Rising Storm (2021) #1, Demon Days: Blood Feud (2022) #1, King in Black #4 (Demon Days Prelude), Elektra: Black, White & Blood (2021) #4 (Demon Days story). Acclaimed artist Peach Momoko reimagines the Marvel Universe! A wandering swordswoman with a psychic blade arrives at a village targeted by demons. One is black-and-white with a horrifying...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
442 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1927-28, the isolated coastal settlement of Innsmouth, Massachusetts was assaulted by U.S. government agents--its waterfront burned and dynamited, its people taken away to internment camps. Yet that was neither the beginning nor the end of the horror uncovered by a young antiquarian who traveled to Innsmouth in search of rumors from the town's dead past, only to find them still very much alive... and find truths lying under water...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
363 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Opus is Kon's metafictional tale of Chikara Nagai, a creator under pressure to finish his latest graphic novel, Resonance, who finds that the harshest critic of the shock ending he's got planned is the character who'll have to die in it! Nagai's stregths and weaknesses as a creator are tested beyond their limits as his present and his past, and the worlds of the manga and of reality, become the levels of a maze he may never escape... let alone get...