The Drifting Classroom 9 - Softcover

Umezu, Kazuo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 142150961X ISBN 13: 9781421509617

Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc, 2007

Synopsis

IN A SINGLE INSTANT, A SCHOOL OF 862 STUDENTS AND STAFF VANISHED FROM THE EARTH. THIS IS THEIR STORY.

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported into a hostile world. Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part horror, part science fiction, The Drifting Classroom is a classic can't-put-down manga series from horror manga master Kazuo Umezu.

Pursued by grotesque mutants, Sho and his friends flee back to the school, where more horrors await! Barricaded against the nightmares outside, the students must perform an emergency medical operation under the most primitive of conditions. As the survivors' resources dwindle, the countdown draws closer and closer to the end...

About this title

About the Author

Kazuo Umezz started drawing professionally in the 1950s and is considered the most influential horror manga artist ever. His many horror and sci-fi/horror works include Cat Eyed Boy (1967-1968), Orochi, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974), Ultraman (a manga adaptation of the TV series), Senrei (Baptism), My Name is Shingo, The Left Hand of God/Right Hand of the Devil, and Fourteen. His popular gag series Makoto-Chan (1976) and Again prove that Umezz is also an accomplished humor cartoonist. Umezz's weird style, incredible ideas and sometimes terrifying imagery have made him a fixture of Japanese pop culture, and his work has been adapted into movies, anime and collectibles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 142150961X
• ISBN 13: 9781421509617
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192