I got this amazing Kitaro set from @takisoma.bsky.social and @oeming.bsky.social !!! Thanks!!! It is SO cool!!!

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A young boy dressed as the Japanese manga and anime character GeGeGe no Kitarō in a Japanese garden.

Another Halloween from long ago. My son remains a big GeGeGe no Kitarō fan.
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Exploring Other Worlds Through Koizumi Yakumo and Shigeru Mizuki's Lens A fascinating new book sheds light on the connections between literary master Koizumi Yakumo and manga legend Shigeru Mizuki, delving into the realm of the supernatural.

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More pages from Mizukis manga. More of the protagonist, the cat and sometimes plant-shaped, at other times brain-like biological structures. Also, for some reason, naked female bodies.

Another double page from Mizukis manga. We see Kumagusu walking around town, lying naked on his home's floor writing something, and what looks like a drawing of a mythical Japanese merman-esque sea creature. Kumagusu often relied on folk tales to find the slime mold specimen he wanted to study.

Through his extensive studies of slime molds (粘菌, nenkin)...

– creatures that are not plants, fungi or animals, yet move
– that have hundreds of sexes
– that lack a nervous system yet process data, decentralized

...Kumagusu developed a holistic understanding […]

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