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Hardback
Published: 10th November 2019
Hardback
Published: 10th March 2020
Hardback
Published: 22nd July 2020
The Drifting Classroom: Perfect Edition, Vol. 2
By (Author) Kazuo Umezz
2
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
10th March 2020
2nd April 2020
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Hardback
760
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 51mm
1134g
The definitive edition, featuring an all-new translation and deluxe hardcover design that reestablish Kazuo Umezzs The Drifting Classroom as a timeless horror classic.
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake, a Japanese elementary school is transported into a hostile world where the students and teachers are besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness.
A group of students stranded out of timeface an internal power coup, a wasteland monster with a voracious appetite and a plague. As tensions mount, the kidsface a harsh truth: they must venture out into the bleak world beyond the school walls in order to survive.
Kazuo Umezz started drawing professionally in the 1950s and is considered the most influential horror manga artist ever. His many horror and sci-fi/horror works include Cat Eyed Boy (1967-1968), Orochi, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974), Ultraman (a manga adaptation of the TV series), Senrei (Baptism), My Name is Shingo, The Left Hand of God/Right Hand of the Devil, and Fourteen. His popular gag series Makoto-Chan (1976) and Again prove that Umezz is also an accomplished humor cartoonist. Umezz's weird style, incredible ideas and sometimes terrifying imagery have made him a fixture of Japanese pop culture, and his work has been adapted into movies, anime and collectibles.