GoGo Monster

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

GoGo Monster
Cover of the Japanese edition
GOGOモンスター
(Gōgō Monsutā)
Genre
Manga
Written byTaiyō Matsumoto
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
PublishedOctober 23, 2000
Volumes1

Release

A seinen manga,[3] GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single tankōbon volume on October 23, 2000.[4] The release of an English-language version of GoGo Monster was announced by Viz Media in February 2009;[5] the publisher released it on November 17, 2009.[6]

Reception

GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.[7] 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.[8] It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.[9]

The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,[1] Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,[10] Oliver Ho of PopMatters,[11] Publishers Weekly,[12] and Shaenon K. Garrity.[13] Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."[14] The Comics Reporter's staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.[15]

References
  1. Aoki, Deb. "GoGo Monster". About.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  2. "The Official Website for GoGo Monster". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  3. Alverson, Brigid (February 9, 2010). "Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  4. GOGOモンスター (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. "Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. "GoGo Monster, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  7. "協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Japan Cartoonists Association. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. "Le palmarès 2006" (in French). ToutenBD.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. "2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  10. Luster, Joseph (February 9, 2010). "GoGo Monster". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  11. Ho, Oliver (June 7, 2010). "Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood"". PopMatters. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  12. "Comics Reviews: 11/23/09". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. November 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  13. Garrity, Shaenon K. (December 11, 2014). "Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  14. "Home Alone - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. December 28, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  15. "CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009". The Comics Reporter. April 4, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
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