Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War features adventures of Shigeru Mizuki\u2019s beloved yokai boy.<\/p>\n
In the epic title story, Kitaro battles the tanuki, a Japanese animal that features prominently in the country\u2019s yokai legends. The furry beasts draw on the power of the blood moon to awaken the monstrous catfish that lives in the depths of the Earth. The twisting of the catfish causes earthquakes that threaten to destroy all of Japan. With his yokai allies captured, Kitaro is the only one left who can take on the great tanuki and his army. Will he be up for the challenge?<\/p>\n
This volume contains two additional stories about traditional folklore monsters as seen through Mizuki\u2019s whimsical and genre-defining lens. In \u201cMokumokuren,\u201d Kitaro faces off against a paper screen come to life, while \u201cThe Obebenuma Yokai\u201d introduces a grisly swamp creature. Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War showcase the golden age of Gegege no Kitaro series from the 1960s \u2013 and have never appeared in English before.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War features adventures of Shigeru Mizuki\u2019s beloved yokai boy.<\/p>\n
In the epic title story, Kitaro battles the tanuki, a Japanese animal that features prominently in the country\u2019s yokai legends. The furry beasts draw on the power of the blood moon to awaken the monstrous catfish that lives in the depths of the Earth. The twisting of the catfish causes earthquakes that threaten to destroy all of Japan. With his yokai allies captured, Kitaro is the only one left who can take on the great tanuki and his army. Will he be up for the challenge?<\/p>\n
This volume contains two additional stories about traditional folklore monsters as seen through Mizuki\u2019s whimsical and genre-defining lens. In \u201cMokumokuren,\u201d Kitaro faces off against a paper screen come to life, while \u201cThe Obebenuma Yokai\u201d introduces a grisly swamp creature. Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War showcase the golden age of Gegege no Kitaro series from the 1960s \u2013 and have never appeared in English before.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":55263,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2189,2330],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-55198","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-manga-and-ranobe","product_cat-manga-in-english","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/55198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=55198"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=55198"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=55198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}