The Liminal Zone
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
The Liminal Zone
By (Author) Junji Ito
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
21st September 2022
1st September 2022
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
741.5952
Physical Properties
Hardback
216
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm
451g
Description
Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares!
What destiny awaits them after the screaming
After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a weeping womana professional mournersobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterwardshe cant stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there
One of horrors greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four transcendently terrifying tales.
Author Bio
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 include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film; and his books Deserter, Fragments of Horror, Frankenstein, Lovesickness, No Longer Human, Remina, Shiver, Smashed, and Venus in the Blind Spot, 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.
He is a three-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the "Best Adaptation from Another Medium" category, and in 2021 he was awarded "Best Writer/Artist," while Remina received the award for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia)."
