10-20
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A01=Cecile Brun
A01=Olivier Pichard
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Author_Cecile Brun
Author_Olivier Pichard
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ghost book
ghost graphic novel
ghost stories
ghost stories for kids
japanese young adult
Language_English
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Price_€10 to €20
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yokai
yokai books
yokai japan
young adult fiction
young adult literature
Product details
- ISBN 9784805314968
- Dimensions: 254 x 191mm
- Publication Date: 07 Aug 2018
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
- Publication City/Country: JP
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Part fantasy, part travelogue, Diary Of A Yokai Ghost Hunter follows the adventures of two foreign visitors as they tour Japan. When they buy an antique camera along the way, they discover they can capture images of Japan's invisible spirit world. The forgotten spirits they meet can be kindly, mischievous, and some, downright dangerous. Everywhere they go from forests to Shinto temples to fishing villages they are met with Yokai, the Japanese word for supernatural monsters, ghosts, and demons. The subject of Yokai is wildly popular right now and is featured prominently in books, websites, and online videos. Google receives thousands of searches on the topic daily. Readers 10-18 who cherished books like Cool Japan Guide and Diary of a Tokyo Teen will delight in this comic book style adventure. The graphic novel format will appeal to diehard anime and manga fans while stressing the importance this ancient spirit world is to the Japanese culture.
Cecile Brun and Olivier Pichard are French comic book artists known collectively as Atelier Sento. Through traditional techniques using watercolours and coloured pencils, their work conveys an unusual side of Japan;of small villages in the mountains, colourful matsuri festivals and forgotten spirits of an ancient world. Marie Velde is a freelance photographer and translator in Santa Monica, CA. She is the translator of Tokyo on Foot, My First Book of Chinese Calligraphy and other books.
