Remina
By (Author) Junji Ito
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
20th January 2021
21st January 2021
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Hardback
256
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm
476g
Another of Junji Ito's classics, the sci-fi masterwork Remina tells the chilling tale of a hell star.
An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body Remina after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale.
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles includeTomieandUzumaki,which have been adapted into live-action films;Gyo,which was adapted into an animated film;andhis short story collections Fragments of Horror, Shiver and Frankenstein, all of which are available from VIZ Media.Itos influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.