GoGo Monster
GoGo Monster | |
GOGOモンスター (Gōgō Monsutā) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Taiyō Matsumoto |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Published | October 23, 2000 |
Volumes | 1 |
GoGo Monster (Japanese: GOGOモンスター, Hepburn: Gōgō Monsutā) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto.
Release[]
A seinen manga,[3] GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single tankōbon volume on October 23, 2000.[4] The release of an English-language version of GoGo Monster was announced by Viz Media in February 2009;[5] the publisher released it on November 17, 2009.[6]
Reception[]
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GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.[7] In 2006, the manga earned a nomination for Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Artwork, which it lost to Le vol du corbeau by Jean-Pierre Gibrat.[8] It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.[9]
The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,[1] Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,[10] Oliver Ho of PopMatters,[11] Publishers Weekly,[12] and Shaenon K. Garrity.[13] Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."[14] The Comics Reporter's staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.[15]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Aoki, Deb. "GoGo Monster". About.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "The Official Website for GoGo Monster". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ Alverson, Brigid (February 9, 2010). "Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ GOGOモンスター (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "GoGo Monster, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Japan Cartoonists Association. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Le palmarès 2006" (in French). ToutenBD.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Luster, Joseph (February 9, 2010). "GoGo Monster". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Ho, Oliver (June 7, 2010). "Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood"". PopMatters. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Comics Reviews: 11/23/09". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. November 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Garrity, Shaenon K. (December 11, 2014). "Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "Home Alone - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. December 28, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009". The Comics Reporter. April 4, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
External links[]
- GoGo Monster at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2000 manga
- Horror anime and manga
- Mystery anime and manga
- Seinen manga
- Shogakukan manga
- Supernatural anime and manga
- Taiyō Matsumoto
- Viz Media manga