The Trial of Kitaro [Paperback]

The final showdown for the legendary yokai!

In the seventh volume of Shigeru Mizukis defining series, our beloved hero Kitaro stands accused of exposing the secret yokai world on television. He is put on trial for crimes against yokai. Witnesses are called from both sides, but when Nezumi Otoko takes the stand, all bets are off. Will Nezumi Otoko be for Kitaro or against him? Only the biggest bribe will tell!

The Trial of Kitaro features five bizarre and amusing adventures. In every story, Kitaro has his hands full. He faces off against Kasha, a vicious demon cat; tries to quell a magical cooking pot; battes a sea monster; and solves the mystery of a three-eyed bird.

This volume features comics from the late 1960s, which was the golden age of GeGeGe no Kitaro. These stories appear in English for the first time in a kid-friendly edition, with translations by the Mizuki scholar and series translator Zack Davisson. The Trial of Kitaro also concludes Davissons History of Kitaro essay and offers another round of Yokai Files, which introduce the folklore of Japans monsters and supernatural beings. This final volume of Mizukis renowned Kitaro series is not to be missed! Mizuki [shifts] from the eminently realistic to the cartoonish, presenting a world beneath the surface of our own in a stunningly believable fashion.Publishers Weekly

Mizukis Kitaro stories remain some of the most influential works of horror and folkloric dark fantasy&a wonderful piece of manga history.Anime News NetworkShigeru Mizuki (19222015) was one of Japans most respected artists. A creative prodigy, he lost an arm in World War II. After the war, Mizuki became one of the founders of Japans latest crazemanga. He invented the yokai genre with GeGeGe no Kitaro, his most famous charls0