{"id":7769,"date":"2012-11-08T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2012-11-08T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:57:26","slug":"kitaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=7769","title":{"rendered":"Kitaro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7770\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image.jpg 500w, https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-257x350.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kitaro<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Shigeru Mizuki<br \/>\nTrade paperback \/ 6.5&#8243; x 8.75\u201c \/ 432 pages, b\/w with 16 page full color section.<br \/>\n$ 24.95<br \/>\nMarch 13<br \/>\n978-1-77046-110-9<br \/>\nPublished by Drawn and Quarterly<\/p>\n<p>Meet Kitaro. He\u2019s just like any other boy, except for a few small differences: he only has one eye, his hair is as an antenna that senses paranormal activity, his geta sandals are jet-powered, and he can blend in to his surroundings like a chameleon. Oh, and he\u2019s a three hundred and fifty year old\u00a0<em>yokai<\/em>\u00a0(spirit monster). With all the offbeat humor of an Addams Family story,\u00a0<em>Kitaro<\/em>\u00a0is a light-hearted romp where the bad guys always get what\u2019s coming to them. Kitaro is bestselling manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki\u2019s most famous creation. The\u00a0<em>Kitaro<\/em>\u00a0series was inspired by a kamishibai or paper theatre entitled\u00a0<em>Kitaro of the Graveyard<\/em>. Mizuki\u2019s series was created in 1959, and first appeared in\u00a0<em>Shonen<\/em>\u00a0comics magazine for boys, but quickly became a cultural landmark for young and old alike. Kitaro inspired half a dozen TV shows, plus numerous video games and films, and its cultural importance cannot be overstated. Presented to North American audiences for the first time in this lavish format, Mizuki\u2019s photo-realist landscapes and cartoony characters blend the eerie with the comic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitaro By Shigeru Mizuki Trade paperback \/ 6.5&#8243; x 8.75\u201c \/ 432 pages, b\/w with 16 page full color section. $ 24.95 March 13 978-1-77046-110-9 Published by Drawn and Quarterly Meet Kitaro. He\u2019s just like any other boy, except for a few small differences: he only has one eye, his hair is as an antenna &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=7769\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kitaro!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solicitations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7773,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions\/7773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}