The Birth of Kitaro (Shigeru Mizuki’s Kitaro series)

This English translation gathers seven early stories featuring Kitaro, a one-eyed yōkai boy from another realm. Across the collected comics, Kitaro faces ghosts and spirits. The volume presents material from Shigeru Mizuki’s Kitaro series in a newly translated English edition and includes pen-and-ink illustrations. Its central figure is a monster boy, while the stories focus on his encounters and conflicts with supernatural beings. The book is a collection rather than a single continuous tale.