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A small country town's got more than the usual crop circles to claim aliens drop by... they've got the extraterrestrial's body! It's going to be a different kind of alien autopsy when the Kurosagi crew investigates their oddest client yet. And there's more strange visitors from afar when an American entomologist drops in-blond, buxom, and an expert on maggots-not to mention a crossover appearance by Reiji Akiba, the gun-toting exorcist of Mail! [EIJI OTSUKA (W), HOUSUI YAMAZAKI (A), and BUNPEI YORIFUJI (Cover)]
Collecting can take over a fan's life . . . but what if it takes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku and plastic-surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues its eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash! Yet with Kuro trapped in a coma and seeing visions of the dark forces battling over him, it's up to the rest of the gang to survive the grotesque schemes of the Shirosagi pair . . . as dead flesh reaches for the living! Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. On sale Sept. 3. [Eiji Otsuka (W) and Housui Yamazaki (A)]
Shigo kekkon-marrying the dead! It's a quaint old country custom in Japan that's becoming the next big fad in Tokyo . . . and that makes it the business of the Corpse Delivery Service! And meanwhile back on campus, since they're technically a college club, the kids from Kurosagi host a membership drive during the school festival! But you've got to like corpses, you know. Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.
[Eiji Otsuka (W), Housui Yamazaki (A), and Bunpei Yorifuji (Cover)]
THE KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE VOLUME 9 Eiji Otsuka (W) and Housui Yamazaki (A) scheduled to arrive May 13 b&w, 216 pages TPB, 5" x 7" Heads up! That's what the Kurosagi crew sees floating in midair . . . above a moving motorcycle! But this headless horseman in reverse is linked to a corpse that can be smelled and felt . . . but not seen! Then, the mystery moves from sight to sound, as the last words of an elderly veteran reveal the hideous crime behind a secret program of World War II-whose effects can still be heard . . . o Writer Eiji Otsuka is best known for his unnerving thriller MPD-Psycho (now out from Dark Horse!), an eleven-volume series adapted for television by Takashi Miike, director of the notorious film Audition. o Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. Corpse Delivery Service volume 9 © EIJI OTSUKA OFFICE 2009. © HOUSUI YAMAZAKI 2009. First published in Japan by KADOKAWA SHOTEN Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo. English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA SHOTEN Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo,Through TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo
The dead don't walk in Kurosagi-that is, not without a little help . . . and it's a shock to the system when the delivery service finds out what's making their clients rise up! Then, for Numata to take off his sunglasses for anyone, it must be a grave matter . . . or, more likely, a matter of someone not yet in their grave . . . Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. ""I was sold by the first few pages . . . it's a lot of fun. It's a warped Saturday-morning cartoon for grown-ups."" -David Welsh, Comic World News
Eiji Otsuka (W) and Housui Yamazaki (A) B&W. 232 pages TPB, 5"" x 7"" Paint it black! Designer Bunpei Yorifuji darkens the iconic cover design in honor of the sinister Class Cutter in Kurosagi's longest story since volume 2, inspired by one of the most infamous Japanese crimes of recent years. Can a girl who committed a brutal murder in grade school ever truly return to society . . . and why does Sasayama insist on dragging the Corpse Delivery Service into it? ""Volume nine is back to the hyper-informed horror synthesis of ideas that has made Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service a favorite. What originally seemed to rely on gross out spectacles has continually proven to be a remarkably smart take on spooky standards."" -Ain't it Cool News ""I was sold by the first few pages . . . It's a lot of fun. It's a warped Saturday-morning cartoon for grown-ups."" -David Welsh, Comic World News Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. One of the Best Book Covers of 2009-Amazon. [(w) Eiji Otsuka (a) Housui Yamazaki (ca) Housui Yamazaki]
Eiji Otsuka (W), Housui Yamazaki (A), and Bunpei Yorifuji (Cover) Two bodies found in the woods-one not quite departed, the other horribly mutilated-lead the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service to investigate a private online community. The virtual world offers you the chance to do all kinds of things in simulation that you couldn't do in life . . . but are you sure everyone playing is still alive? ""It actually reminds me a lot of Mike Allred's work . . . it's an attractive book, and the stories are just beginning to really showcase Yamazaki's abilities as an artist."" -Greg McElhatton, Read About Comics ""I was sold by the first few pages . . . it's a lot of fun. It's a
Eiji Otsuka (W), Housui Yamazaki (A), and Bunpei Yorifuji (Cover) Old friends and enemies alike return as Sasaki and Karatsu step off the plane from Okinawa-right into a gruesome scheme of zombifacation both traditional and technical, courtesy of the sinister Shirosagi duo! Then, one man's freedom depends on Sasaki, as she's called to serve as a lay judge in Japan's unique trial system . . . and where the pressure is on to reach the ""correct"" verdict . . . [(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji]
As the mysteries surrounding the devious Gakuso Society and the "eyeball murderers" continue to unravel, multiple personality detective Kazuhiko Amamiya seems to have returned from the grave, taking control of the Nishizono clone! Or is this just a ploy for young Tetora to negotiate his release and go off on another killing spree? The thickest MPD-Psycho volume yet brings us over two hundred pages of colorful characters, bizarre deaths, and horrific twists and turns. Lucy Monostone's descendant, a former Gakuso scientist who has a strange, mystical power over people's minds, joins the Isono Criminal Research staff, enraging the bitter, bumbling police detective Sasayama, but perhaps providing clues that Sasayama needs to solve the new "angel cult" murders. With its main characters evolving-for better or worse-and new faces coming to the forefront, this inventive manga series continues to earn its reputation as one of the most controversial, violent, and engaging modern crime sagas. Each volume of MPD-Psycho comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. B&W. 208 pages TPB, 5" x 7"
MPD-Psycho, the most-requested manga series in recently memory, has found a fitting home at Dark Horse Manga, where it will be presented uncut and uncensored in all of its controversial and unflinchingly grotesque glory! If Takashi Miike's MPD-Psycho television series still has you confused and reeling, the original manga series that inspired the show is sure to take you on a longer, darker journey into madness. Enjoy the MPD-Psycho series for all of its absurd twists, sci-fi touches, and inventive torture scenes, but you'll also be mesmerized by the plethora of odd conspiracies and case files found in Otsuka and Tajima's uncontrollable, urban horrorshow. In MPD-Psycho Volume One, police detective Kobayashi Yousuke's life is changed forever after a serial killer notices something special about him. That same killer mutilates Kobayashi's wife and kick-starts a multiple personality battle within Kobayashi that pushes him into a complex tempest of interconnected deviants and evil forces. Earning praise for its consistently shocking plotlines and Tajima's clean, arresting art style, MPD-Psycho is the manga event of the decade! MPD-Psycho was rated the eighth most wanted Japanese series in U.S. fan polls! Originally licensed by another U.S. publisher, MPD-Psycho was deemed too shocking for them to release. But Dark Horse is always prepared to give manga readers what they want! MPD-Psycho has sold more than four million copies in Japan! Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. On sale June 6 [EIJI OTSUKA (W) and SHO-U TAJIMA (A)]
MPD-Psycho Volume Two finds multiple personality detective Kazuhiko Amamiya on a new case-which will result in even more personalities emerging inside his confused, scattered mind! A wave of grisly, imaginative schoolgirl suicides hits Tokyo! Investigating the scenes of these gruesome deaths, Amamiya and the colorful characters of the Isono Criminal Research Lab come across a new villain who knows about a key event from Amamiya's past. What does the white-haired Zenitsu have to do with the suicides, Amamiya's barcode puzzle theory, and a stuttering victim from a decades-old night of murder and destruction? Dark Horse Manga is proud to present this unabridged and uncensored masterpiece of horror in all of its controversial glory. Fans of Takashi Miike's MPD-Psycho television series are sure to be enlightened and unsettled by the manga series that preceded it!
[EIJI OTSUKA (W) and SHO-U TAJIMA (A)]
MPD-Psycho has earned praise for its complex, shocking story arcs and artist Sho-u Tajima's stark, arresting art style-that draws comparison with artist Charles Burns' work. Adult fans of the Death Note and Paranoia Agent anime series, the Takashi Miike MPD-Psycho television adaptation, and nihilistic parables like the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Monster, and Death Note manga will be surprised by the inventive murders, mysterious sci-fi touches, and surprisingly humorous moments in this smart series. Step onto this crazy ride, as even more strange deviants are introduced and writer Eiji Otsuka continues to astound with his inventive plot twists and atrocities. Each volume of MPD-Psycho comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. [Eiji Otsuka (W) and Sho-U Tajima (A)]
Eiji Otsuka (W) and Sho-u Tajima (A) ""Multiple personality detective"" Kobayashi Yosuke seems to live on as a complex personality program inside the young, violent Tetora Nishizono-but the boy is now on a suicidal mission to destroy Japan's political leaders! This series will appeal to fans of nihilistic parables, like Paranoia Agent, Se7en, and the works of Takashi Miike, as well as other intelligent, adult manga series like The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service and Monster.
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