GoGo Monster explained

Ja Kanji:GOGOモンスター
Ja Romaji:Gōgō Monsutā
Type:manga
Author:Taiyō Matsumoto
Publisher:Shogakukan
Published:October 23, 2000
Volumes:1

is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto.

Plot

In an elementary school, more and more unfortunate events accumulate. The third grader Yuki claims to have a connection with and visions about a parallel world and he claims that the unfortunate series of events are connected to this parallel world. Creatures form another world would live on the last floor of school. The fifth grader IQ, who is a prodigy in mathematics and wears a cardboard box over his head at all times, sees Yuki as a mentally ill and lonely person, but hangs out with him. Both IQ and Yuki are mostly excluded in their classes. Yuki's classmate Makoto is friends with him.

Publication

A manga,[1] GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single 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] releasing it on November 17 of that same year.[4] In October 2023, Viz Media announced the reprint the manga,[5] which was released on July 23, 2024.[6]

The manga was also translated into Spanish,[7] French,[8] and German.[9]

Reception

GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.[10] 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.[11] It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.[12]

The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,[13] Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,[14] Oliver Ho of PopMatters,[15] Publishers Weekly,[16] and Shaenon K. Garrity.[17] Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."[18] The Comics Reporter staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups. Alverson, Brigid. February 9, 2010. Publishers Weekly. December 11, 2014. July 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160715064608/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/41988-viz-signature-and-manga-for-grownups.html. live.
  2. Web site: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_409179341X. ja:GOGOモンスター. Shogakukan. December 11, 2014. Japanese. https://archive.today/20141211211913/http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_409179341X. December 11, 2014.
  3. Web site: Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue. Anime News Network. December 11, 2014. 2019-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190709081902/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue. live.
  4. Web site: GoGo Monster. Viz Media. December 11, 2014. August 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121947/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster/product/2278. live.
  5. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Viz Media Licenses Battle Royale: Enforcers, Naruto: Konoha's/Sasuke's Story, Star Wars: Visions, More Manga. Anime News Network. October 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231013224216/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-13/viz-media-licenses-battle-royale-enforcers-naruto-konoha-sasuke-story-star-wars-visions-more-manga/.203404. October 13, 2023. October 13, 2023. live.
  6. Web site: GoGo Monster. Viz Media. July 25, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240627021336/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster-second-edition/product/7920. June 27, 2024. live.
  7. Web site: GoGo Monster. July 24, 2023. www.eccediciones.com. July 24, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213231/https://www.eccediciones.com/comic/gogo-monster. live.
  8. Web site: Gogo Monster - Manga série. July 24, 2023. manga-news.com. fr. July 24, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213230/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Gogo-Monster. live.
  9. Web site: GoGo Monster. July 24, 2023. Reprodukt. de. July 24, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213230/https://reprodukt.com/products/gogo-monster. live.
  10. Web site: http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10. ja:協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者. Japan Cartoonists Association. December 11, 2014. Japanese. December 15, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215140842/http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10. live.
  11. Web site: Le palmarès 2006. ToutenBD.com. December 11, 2014. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093920/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=1480. October 6, 2014 .
  12. Web site: 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners. Los Angeles Times. December 11, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111014236/http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/previous-winners/year-2009/. November 11, 2014. dead .
  13. Web site: GoGo Monster. Aoki, Deb. About.com. December 11, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011017/http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/GoGoMonster.htm. March 5, 2016.
  14. Web site: GoGo Monster. Luster, Joseph. February 9, 2010. Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. April 19, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124719/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/GoGo-Monster-1769.aspx. April 27, 2015 .
  15. Web site: Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood". Ho, Oliver. June 7, 2010. PopMatters. December 11, 2014.
  16. Web site: Comics Reviews: 11/23/09. November 23, 2009. Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. April 19, 2015. April 27, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143546/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/28323-comics-reviews-11-23-09.html. live.
  17. Web site: Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga. December 11, 2014. Garrity, Shaenon K.. Anime News Network. December 11, 2014. December 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213135233/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-12-11/gogo-monster/.82047. live.
  18. Web site: Home Alone - Shelf Life. December 28, 2009. Anime News Network. December 11, 2014. March 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150326100554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2009-12-28. live.
  19. Web site: CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009. April 4, 2010. The Comics Reporter. December 11, 2014. January 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150115014535/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_feature_best_of_2009/. live.

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