Gou Tanabe

Gou Tanabe (田邊剛, Tanabe Gō) is a Japanese manga artist who is especially known for his adaptations of literary works by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. His manga have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Gou Tanabe
田邊剛
Born1975
Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forAdaptation of Lovecraft's work
AwardsAngoulême International Comics Festival Prize
2020 Best Series
[1]

Career

In the Q4 2005, in the midst of non productive period, he was exploring new ideas for "stories about monsters with no positive outcome". His publisher introduced him to the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In a subsequent interview with CNews2, Tanabe said how he was impressed by characters who "lose all hope and appetite for life. It is this common thread in Lovecraft's stories that particularly struck me".[2]

In 2007, he drew the romantic drama Kasane (累) in the magazine Comic Beam, published in the same year by Enterbrain, as well as The Outsider (アウトサイダー), loosely adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's short story.

In 2012, he drew an adaptation of Mr. Nobody in Monthly Comic Ryū and it was also subsequently published in a three bound volumes by publisher Tokuma Shoten.[3]

In 2015, he drew Lovecraft's The Color Out of Space (異世界の色彩) in Comic Beam, which was published by Enterbrain.

In 2016, Enterbrain published further Lovecraft's adaptations of The Haunter of the Dark (闇に這う者) and At the Mountains of Madness (狂気の山脈にて).

In 2018, he drew Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time (時を超える影), followed by The Call of Cthulhu (クトゥルフの呼び声) in 2019.

On March 12, 2021, he completed Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (インスマウスの影).[4]

Bibliography

Adaptations of Lovecraft's works
  • The Outsider [アウトサイダー] (in Japanese). 2007.
  • The Color Out of Space [異世界の色彩] (in Japanese). Comic Beam. 2015. ISBN 9784047308046.
  • The Haunter of the Dark [闇に這う者] (in Japanese). 2016.
  • The Hound and Other Stories. Dark Horse Manga. 2017. ISBN 9781506703121.
  • The Shadow Out of Time [時を超える影] (in Japanese). Comic Beam. 2018.
  • The Call of Cthulhu [クトゥルフの呼び声] (in Japanese). Comic Beam. 2015.
  • At the Mountains of Madness (2016-2017; translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2019)

Series
  • Kasane (累)
    • Volume 1, 2010
    • Volume 2, 2010
  • Mr. Nobody
    • Volume 1, 2014
    • Volume 2, 2014
    • Volume 3, 2014

See also

References
  1. "Angoulême 2020 : le Fauve d'or est attribué à "Révolution", le Prix du Public France Télévisions à "Saison des roses"". France Info. 2020-02-01.
  2. Cailleaud, Nicolas (2020-09-17). "L'appel de Cthulhu: le mangaka Gou Tanabe nous raconte sa vision de Lovecraft". CNews.
  3. "Mr. Nobody". Manga Sanctuary. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  4. Manga Forever
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