GoGo Monster
GoGo Monster (Japanese: GOGOモンスター, Hepburn: Gōgō Monsutā) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto.
GoGo Monster | |
Cover of the Japanese edition | |
GOGOモンスター (Gōgō Monsutā) | |
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Genre | Mystery[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Taiyō Matsumoto |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Published | October 23, 2000 |
Volumes | 1 |
Release
A seinen manga,[2] GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single tankōbon volume on October 23, 2000.[3] The release of an English-language version of GoGo Monster was announced by Viz Media in February 2009;[4] the publisher released it on November 17, 2009.[5]
Reception
GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.[6] In 2006, the manga earned a nomination for Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Artwork, which it lost to Le vol du corbeau by Jean-Pierre Gibrat.[7] It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.[8]
The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,[9] Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,[10] Oliver Ho of PopMatters,[11] Publishers Weekly,[12] and Shaenon K. Garrity.[13] Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."[14] The Comics Reporter's staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.[15]
References
- "The Official Website for GoGo Monster". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- Alverson, Brigid (February 9, 2010). "Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "GOGOモンスター" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "GoGo Monster, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Japan Cartoonists Association. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "Le palmarès 2006" (in French). ToutenBD.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- Aoki, Deb. "GoGo Monster". About.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- Luster, Joseph (February 9, 2010). "GoGo Monster". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- Ho, Oliver (June 7, 2010). "Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood"". PopMatters. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "Comics Reviews: 11/23/09". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. November 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- Garrity, Shaenon K. (December 11, 2014). "Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "Home Alone - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. December 28, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- "CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009". The Comics Reporter. April 4, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2014.