Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist who is especially known for his adaptations of literary works by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. His manga has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Career
In Q4 2005, in the midst of a nonproductive period, he was exploring new ideas for "stories about monsters with no positive outcome". His publisher introduced him to the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In a subsequent interview with CNews2, Tanabe said how he was impressed by characters who "lose all hope and appetite for life. It is this common thread in Lovecraft's stories that particularly struck me".[1]
In 2007, he drew the romantic drama Template:Nihongo in the magazine Comic Beam, published in the same year by Enterbrain, as well as Template:Nihongo, loosely adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's short story.
In 2012, he drew an adaptation of Mr. Nobody in Monthly Comic Ryū and it was also subsequently published in three bound volumes by publisher Tokuma Shoten.[2]
In 2015, he drew Lovecraft's Template:Nihongo in Comic Beam, which was published by Enterbrain.
In 2016, Enterbrain published further Lovecraft's adaptations of Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo.
In 2018, he drew Lovecraft's Template:Nihongo, followed by Template:Nihongo in 2019.
On March 12, 2021, he completed Lovecraft's Template:Nihongo.[3]
Bibliography
Adaptations of Lovecraft's works
- Template:Cite book Stories by other authors: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov´s "The House with the Mezzanine", Maxim Gorky´s "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", Marley Caribu´s "A Barnstormer on Pont-Neuf", Sanyutei Encho´s "Kasane Souetsu Goroshi" and Gou Tanabe´s "Ju-ga"
- Template:Cite book Also adapted: "The Temple" and "The Nameless City"
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2017; - Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book Also adapted: "Dagon"
- Template:Cite book 4 Volumes
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2019 in 2 Volumes; - Template:Cite book
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To be translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in October 2024; - Template:Cite book 2 Volumes
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2023; - Template:Cite book 3 Volumes
- Template:Cite book Also adapted: "Celephaïs" and "The Other Gods"
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Series
- Template:Nihongo Based on the rakugo horror story Ghosts of Kasane Swamp by Sanyutei Encho.
- Volume 1, 2007
- Volume 2, 2007
- Template:Nihongo
- Volume 1, 2011
- Mr. Nobody
- Volume 1, 2012
- Volume 2, 2013
- Volume 3, 2014
- Template:Nihongo Based on Lafcadio Hearn's "The Story of O-Tei", Franz Kafka´s "A Hunger Artist", Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" and 3 original stories by Marley Caribu: "Fortune Teller Warika", "Hanging "tand" and "Competition"
- Volume 1, 2015