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Kazuo Umezu


Born
in Kōya, Japan
September 03, 1936

Died
October 28, 2024

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Genre
Manga, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy


Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz was a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is among the most famous artists of horror manga and has been vital for its development, considered the "god of horror manga". In 1960s shōjo manga like Reptilia, he broke the industry's conventions by combining the aesthetics of the commercial manga industry with gruesome visual imagery inspired by Japanese folktales, which created a boom of horror manga and influenced manga artists of following generations. He created successful manga series such as The Drifting Classroom, Makoto-chan and My Name Is Shingo, until he retired from drawing manga in the mid 1990s. He was a public figure in Japan, known for wearing red-and-white-str ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 22,378 ratings · 1,956 reviews · 130 distinct works • Similar authors
The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1
3.81 avg rating — 2,299 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3
3.89 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 4
3.92 avg rating — 698 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 5
3.85 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 6
3.88 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 7
3.89 avg rating — 579 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1 (Cat E...
3.74 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 8
3.88 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 9
3.87 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Series by Kazuo Umezu

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 4 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 5 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 6 The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 7
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Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1 Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 2
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L'École emportée, tome 1 L'École emportée, tome 2 L'École emportée, tome 3 L'École emportée, tome 4 L'École emportée, tome 5 L'École emportée, tome 6
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Scary Book, Vol. 2: Insects Scary Book, Vol. 3: Faces
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Baptism, Tome 1 Baptism, Tome 2 Baptism, Tome 3 Baptism, Tome 4
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