Showa's Crazy Manga: The Deep World of Little-Known Rental Manga A book covering Showa-era horror, thriller, and shojo manga. By Hiroshi Kikuta. Manga, a culture that Japan boasts to the world. It's no exaggeration to say that it blossomed precisely because of the unique soil of "rental manga." While it produced creators who built manga culture, such as Shigeru Mizuki and Sanpei Shirato, rental manga, which was distributed to the general public, directly reflected what was demanded at the time, and allowed for expressions that were anything-goes and rarely seen today. In this book, we'll comment on many of these strange and peculiar works, sometimes with a bit of a commentary, and explain them in a relaxed manner, just like rental manga. The obi (sleeve) features comments from Yujiro Tsujinaka, Vice President of Mandarake, Koji Baba, owner of Kosho Bibibi, and Yuichi Akada, former editor-in-chief of Quick Japan, and a conversation with Mr. Akada is also included at the end! This is a book packed with shocking works that you won't see in today's manga. - Title: Showa's Crazy Manga - Price: 1380 yen - ISBN: 978-4-8013-0128-3 - Genre: Horror Manga - Genre: Thriller/Suspense - Genre: Tearjerker Shojo Manga Thank you for viewing.