(from ebookjapan):Kazuo Umezu's "Ultraman" was serialized at the same time as the 1966 TV broadcast! The fierce battles with popular monsters such as the Baltan and Mefilas aliens are fully recorded along with the color pages from the serialization and the chapter covers!Kazuo Umezu's very famous manga adaptation of the first Ultraman series.
Chapter 45
11 months agoHito is a boy who doesn't play much with his friends and likes being alone. One day, he finds a piece of wood about the size of his head at a garbage dump and uses it to create his own "robot." With teeth that are nailed down and hair and eyes with visible stitches, the doll looks creepy to the casual observer, and he names it "Mokume." Soon, he begins to think, "I wish it could really move," and tries to make a wish come true by using telekinesis on the energy of the universe...A masterpiece collection of short stories depicting the transience and fear of childhood, including the title story "Wish" and seven other stories! At the end of the volume, editor Kentaro Takekuma writes, "My UMEZZ Experience."
Chapter 5
2 years agoIn Snake Woman, a hunter sets out into a legendary swamp and dies three days later. Today, Yoko knows little about what happened to the hunter — her grandfather — but when terror strikes her village on the anniversary of her grandfather's death, she must face the same threat that took his life years before… the terror of the Snake Woman!
Chapter 3
5 years agoFollowing the life of the student newspaper reporter Emiko, these are scary stories of experiences from Miyako High School : - Ubawareta Shinzou (Stolen Heart) – The school's mystery club sees the dangerous consequences of an innocent promise concerning heart donation after death between two friends. - Kyuuketsu Men (Bloodsucking Mask) – A girl who wears a demon mask from a shrine for a bad-luck-banishing drama club party ends up unable to remove it. - Dokuga (Poison Moth) – The science club leader creates a serum to preserve dead bodies perfectly, but it may have other unpredicted side effects. - Henshitsu – A couple take shelter from a storm in a strange house with a secret that might prove to be deadly. – These stories and many more are found in the two volumes of Kyoufu. [tethysdust]
Chapter 6
6 years agoThis series has various different versions. The version used by Dark Horse is outdated, the current Kadokawa Horror Bunko is more complete and higher quality. The spine-chilling influence of Japanese horror cinema has taken hold in Western audiences with hit films like The Ring that are based on Japanese films adapted from classic manga stories. And the master of horror manga is Umezu Kazuo-known as the "Stephen King of Japan," with several of his stories being adapted to film-and Dark Horse Manga is proud to bring his Scary Book horror anthology to Western readers for the first time. This first volume, Reflections, presents two feature-length tales of terror. Volumes (Kadokawa Horror Bunko) 1: 蛇 (Snakes) 2: 異形 (Odd Beings) 3: 狂乱 (Madness) 4: 呪縛 (Spells) 5: 執念 (Obsessions) 6: 怪物 (Creatures) 7: 闇 (Darkness) 8: 異形2(Odd Beings 2) 9: 影 (Shadows) 10: 顔 (Faces) 11: 猫 (Cats)
Chapter Unknown_0243
7 years agoIzumi Wakakusa is a renowned actress obsessed with beauty. When an hideous mark shows up on her face she suddenly disappears and gives birth to a little girl: Sakura. Sakura is always pampered and overprotected by her mother, until the day that she discovers why she was born. NOTE: The Scanlation comes from the 4 volume Bunko version.
Chapter 10
8 years agoA series of dark, atmospheric stories that explore the twisted condition of the human soul, interconnected only by the enigmatic Orochi: a perpetually young-looking woman with mysterious abilities who takes it upon herself to observe the lives of different individuals who catch her fancy, from afar. [Now available in English from Viz Media.](https://www.viz.com/orochi)
Chapter 9
8 years agoThis is the bunko version where all 26 vols have been compressed into 13 vols. A SF/horror manga that takes place in 2200. At a chicken manufacturing company, a certain chicken transforms into a supermutant named Chicken George. And so, a nightmarish journey through a twisted version of the future unfolds.
Chapter 260
8 years agoThe 6 books contains 5 horror stories related to a primary school kid named Sou. Sou has an ability to foresee supernatural events in his dream and even make changes that would eventually happen in the reality. The 5 stories are the Eroded Scissors, the Disappeared Rubber/Erased an Eraser, the Tongue of the Spider Queen, the Black Picture-book and Shadow Dead. All of the scary stories are linked by his unique experience. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.
Chapter 77
8 years agoOut of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**
Chapter 12
2 years ago