HORRORS OF NOROI MICHIRU

For the first time ever, the master of horror Noroi Michiru will be available in English. The collection the two volumes will comprise of his one-shots and each page will be rendered in exquisite detail to showcase his splendid artwork – each panel worthy of being framed. Noroi Michiru’s aesthetic is impressive in that it conforms to Western expectations, both amongst illustrated covers and also pages of narrative – focused, realistic anatomy opposed to more exaggerated, fanciful forms. His concepts, artwork and narratives are admirable as the efforts of Junji Ito, but his circulation, and consequently his fanbases, has mainly…