GoGo Monster

GoGo Monster

Cover of the Japanese edition
GOGOモンスター
(Gōgō Monsutā)
Manga
Written by Taiyō Matsumoto
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Published October 23, 2000
Volumes 1

GoGo Monster (Japanese: GOGOモンスター Hepburn: Gōgō Monsutā) is a manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto.

Release

A seinen manga,[1] GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single tankōbon volume on October 23, 2000.[2] The release of an English-language version of GoGo Monster was announced by Viz Media in February 2009;[3] the publisher released it on November 17, 2009.[4]

Reception

GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.[5] 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.[6] It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.[7]

The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,[8] Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,[9] Oliver Ho of PopMatters,[10] Publishers Weekly,[11] and Shaenon K. Garrity.[12] Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."[13] The Comics Reporter‍‍ '​‍s staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.[14]

Rereferences

  1. ↑ Alverson, Brigid (February 9, 2010). "Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "GOGOモンスター" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "GoGo Monster, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Japan Cartoonists Association. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Le palmarès 2006" (in French). ToutenBD.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ "2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ Aoki, Deb. "GoGo Monster". About.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Luster, Joseph (February 9, 2010). "GoGo Monster". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ Ho, Oliver (June 7, 2010). "Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood"". PopMatters. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Comics Reviews: 11/23/09". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. November 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Garrity, Shaenon K. (December 11, 2014). "Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Home Alone - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. December 28, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  14. ↑ "CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009". The Comics Reporter. April 4, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

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