Yōkai Giga (妖怪ギガ)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satsuki Satō. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2017 to November 2021, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes.
| Yōkai Giga | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 妖怪ギガ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Supernatural[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Satsuki Satō |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics Special |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 26, 2017 – November 24, 2021 |
| Volumes | 11 |
Publication
editWritten and illustrated by Satsuki Satō, Yōkai Giga was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 26, 2017,[3][4] to November 24, 2021.[5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from September 15, 2017,[6] to March 17, 2022.[7]
Volumes
edit| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 15, 2017[6] | 978-4-09-127690-2 |
| 2 | March 12, 2018[8] | 978-4-09-128207-1 |
| 3 | September 12, 2018[9] | 978-4-09-128548-5 |
| 4 | March 12, 2019[10] | 978-4-09-129109-7 |
| 5 | October 11, 2019[11] | 978-4-09-129468-5 |
| 6 | March 12, 2020[12] | 978-4-09-850089-5 |
| 7 | July 16, 2021[13] | 978-4-09-850663-7 |
| 8 | August 18, 2021[14] | 978-4-09-850682-8 |
| 9 | January 18, 2022[15] | 978-4-09-850883-9 |
| 10 | February 18, 2022[16] | 978-4-09-850883-9 |
| 11 | March 17, 2022[7] | 978-4-09-851018-4 |
Reception
editThe series was recommended by manga author Inio Asano.[17] Gō Sasakibara of The Asahi Shimbun commended the depiction of the yōkai creatures presented in the series and compared Satō's detailed art with humorous touch to Shigeru Mizuki's work, the late manga artist and yōkai specialist known for GeGeGe no Kitarō.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Yōkai Giga can be translated as "Supernatural Giga". A giga is a picture or illustration of comical intent, roughly translated as "caricature". See Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Sasakibara, Gō (October 15, 2017). 「妖怪ギガ」 人間を映す鏡、ユーモラスに. The Asahi Shimbun via Good Life with Books (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Larking, Matthew (May 8, 2018). "The funny side of Edo Period culture". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 22, 2017). "Shonen Sunday Launches 6 Manga by The World God Only Knows Creator, Others". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ サンデーで青山剛昌特集！「まじっく快斗」新作や「から紅」付録、全サも. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 少年サンデー ２０２１年５２号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 16, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ a b 妖怪ギガ １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ a b 妖怪ギガ １１ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ６ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ７ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ８ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ ９ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ 妖怪ギガ １０ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ 妖怪たちの目線で綴られるサンデー発のオムニバス「妖怪ギガ」浅野いにおも推薦. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 15, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
External links
edit- Yōkai Giga at Web Sunday at the Wayback Machine (archived October 25, 2021) (in Japanese)