The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 5 - Softcover

Kazuo Umezu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421509571 ISBN 13: 9781421509570

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC, 2007

Synopsis

In the aftermath of a strange earthquake, an entire elementary school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and authorities investigate, the students and teachers of find themselves somewhere far away¿somewhere cold and dark... a lifeless, nightmarish wasteland among which their school stands like a lone fortress. As panic turns to terror, as the rules start to fall apart, a 6th-grade boy named Sho and his friends must try to survive in a hostile new world...

About this title

About the Author:

Kazuo Umezu was born September 3, 1936 in Wakayama, Japan. Umezu, who started drawing professionally in the 1950s, is considered the most influential horror manga artist ever. His many horror and sci-fi/horror works include Nekome Kozo ("The Cat-Eyed Kid", 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 Umezu is also an accomplished humor cartoonist. (He is also a musician.) Umezu'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.

About this edition

• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1421509571
• ISBN 13: 9781421509570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Kazuo Umezu