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Suspiria (magazine)
''Suspiria Mystery'' (サスペリアミステリー), formerly ''Suspiria'' (サスペリア) was a bimonthly horror and mystery manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. It was named after the 1977 horror film ''Suspiria''. It had a sister magazine ''Gakuen Mystery'' (学園ミステリー), published on the 20th of even-numbered months, and the special issues ''Horror Suspiria DX'' (ホラーサスペリアDX) and ''ZOKZOK'' (ゾクゾク). Manga serialized in Suspiria were originally published in the ''Horror Comics'' imprint, and later in the ''Suspiria Mystery Comics'' imprint. History The magazine was founded in 1987 as a special issue of ''Hitomi'' during a boom in horror magazines aimed at girls in Japan which was started by the magazine Gekkan Halloween. Although it was a horror magazine, its most popular works focused on the mystery and suspense angle, specially the popular ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' that attracted readers from outside the horror genre, these circum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These manifested in stories of beings such as demons, witches, vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. Some early European horror-fiction were the Ancient Greeks and Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideshi Hino
Hideshi Hino (日野日出志 ''Hino Hideshi'', born April 19, 1946) is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist who specializes in horror stories. His comics include ''Hell Baby'', ''Hino Horrors'', and ''Panorama of Hell''. He also wrote and directed two entries in the ''Guinea Pig (film series), Guinea Pig'' series of horror films: ''Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood, Flower of Flesh and Blood'' (1985), and ''Mermaid in a Manhole'' (1988). Biography Hideshi Hino was born in Qiqihar to Japanese immigrant workers in Japanese-occupied Northeast China just when Japan surrendered at the end of World War II to the Soviet–Japanese War (1945), invading Soviet forces. His family escaped to Japan fearing retribution from Chinese civilians, so his town gathered up everybody and started to make their move to the remaining internationally governed harbours. Hino has claimed that he was nearly killed en route to Japan by his fellow townspeople during the evacuation from China. Some of his ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Fiction Magazines
Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres *Horror fiction, a genre of fiction **Psychological horror, a subgenre of horror fiction ** Christmas horror, a subgenre of horror fiction ** Analog horror, a subgenre of horror fiction ** Erotic horror, a subgenre of horror fiction ** Space horror, a subgenre of horror fiction **Folk horror, a subgenre of horror fiction ** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction **Korean horror, Korean horror fiction *Horror film, a film genre ** Art horror, a subgenre of horror film ** Body horror, a subgenre of horror film ** Comedy horror, a subgenre of horror film ** Erotic horror film, a subgenre of horror film **Slasher film, a subgenre of horror film ** Splatter film, a subgenre of horror film **Supernatural horror film, a subgenre of horror film ** Psychological horror film, a subgenre of horror film **Postmodern horror, a subgenre of horror film ** Indonesian horror, Indonesian horror film ** Thai horror, Thai horror film *Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bi-monthly Manga Magazines Published In Japan
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is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * Akita Prefecture, region in northeastern Japan ** Akita (city), capital city of the prefecture ** Akita Station, railway station in the city of Akita ** Port of Akita, seaport on the Sea of Japan coast in the city of Akita * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto, former town in southwestern Japan * 8182 Akita, main-belt asteroid People * Akita clan, Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū * Akita (surname), people with the surname Art, entertainment, and media * Akita ''(Ninjago)'', character in the animated series ''Ninjago'' Other uses * Akita (dog) The is a Japanese dog breed of large size. Originating from the mountains of northern Japan, the Akita has a short double coat similar to that of many other northern spitz breeds. Historically, they were used by matagi for guarding and the hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Establishments In Japan
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Motoko Fujita
Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms * もとこ (hiragana) Possible forms in kanji include: * 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child" * 元子 "origin, child" * 基子 "fundamental, child" * 資子 "resourceful, child" People with the name * Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer * Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player * Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist * Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician * Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher * Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer * Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist * Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress * Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese actress and striptease performer Fictional characters * Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game '' Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen'' * Motoko Aoyama (素子), a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Kuroda
Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese former president of Nintendo of America *, Japanese actor *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese naval general *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese martial artist *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese film director and screenwriter * Minoru Ito (other), multiple people * Minoru Kawasaki (other), multiple people * Minoru Kihara (other), multiple people *Minoru Kimura (born 1993), Brazilian kickboxer *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese musician *, Japanese business executive *, Japanese composer and artistic director *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese martial artist *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese musician *, Japanese ''shakuhachi'' player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, an abstract sculptor *, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuri Akino
, is a Japanese manga artist from Mitaka, Tokyo, now a resident of Yokohama. Her work is a mix of the fantasy, mystery, and horror genres. Her self-portrait is usually a kappa, sometimes with braids or an odango hairstyle. Major works Reikan Shouhou Kabushikigaisha "Reikan Shouhou Kabushikigaisha" (霊感商法株式会社) was serialized in monthly manga magazine (Oozora Shuppan (宙出版), SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU SHA(主婦と生活社)). The story first appeared in 1988 in "Horror Party (ホラーパーティー) Vol.1" (SHUFU-TO-SEIKATSU SHA). 15 volumes were originally released, now out of print, but without conclusion. It is currently available in a 10 volume Sonorama Comic Bunko version. Television drama In August 1991, a TV dramatization "Reikan Shouhou Kabushikigaisha - hoshi ni noroi wo - "(霊感商法株式会社～星に呪いを～) was broadcast as part of the TBS TV program . Starring it consisted of four parts, three of which were loosely based on chapters f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osada Not
is a Japanese manga artist and animator from Shizuoka Prefecture. She has made manga for horror magazines such as '' Suspense & Horror'' and ''Horror M'', BL magazines such as ''June'', ''Icarus'' and ''Reijin'', and for the alt magazine ''Garo''. Biography After working as an animator at Studio Pierrot and Hiroshi Sasagawa Office, they became a freelance animator. They debuted as a manga artist on October 1986 in the first issue of the horror magazine , published by , with the short story . She is a fan of the Tokyo Grand Guignol, whose plays she used as a basis and source of inspiration for short stories, she is a friend of Hiroyuki Tsunekawa, actor of Zera in Litchi Hikari Club, and of his wife Nuts Murakami, who has written stories for Not's manga. She has made adaptations of Kenji Ohtsuki's novels for ''Horror M'', the adaptation of was serialized through the issues of May, June and August 1997; and the adaptation of through February to May of 1998. Both were compiled i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimi Seki
is a Japanese manga artist from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She is specialized in psychological horror. She won the 18th ''Nakayoshi'' and ''Shōjo Friend'' newcomer award in the April 1980 of ''Nakayoshi Deluxe'' with the short story with the pen name . Biography When she debuted, Yoshimi Seki wrote manga with themes of friendship and romance, eventually, she felt like she had lost track of what to write and turned to horror, which became very successful. In 1983 she changed her pen name to Yoshimi Seki because she was born in in Shimonoseki. She was one of the central figures of the 90s horror manga boom, her stories were called traumatizing and disturbing by readers due to their focus on people becoming insane due to awful situations rather than the typical supernatural elements of ghosts and demons. This has led to her being called Queen of Situational Horror and Queen of Trauma. She wrote manga for '' Suspense & Horror'', ''Horror M'', ''The Horror'', '' Gekkan Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eko Eko Azarak (manga)
is a Japanese horror manga series by Shinichi Koga. It has been adapted into a live action film series with six films, two Japanese television drama series and an original video animation. Plot According to her fellow students, Misa is a star student and an idol of the classroom. However, she is also a young witch who goes from school to school using black magic in order to enact chaotic and brutal justice. Along the way, her strange past is revealed. Media Manga The manga was published by Akita Shoten, with serialization in ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from September 1, 1975 to April 9, 1979 and compiled into 19 volumes published from March 1976 to July 1979. After the end of the original series, a sequel, ''Majo Kuroi Misa'' was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' in 1982, and was compiled in 2 volumes.. A third series, ''Eko Eko Azarak II'', was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' and ''Suspiria'', starting in 1993 and compiled into 6 volumes. Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
