GoGo Monster
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = GoGo Monster.png{{!}}border
| caption = Volume cover
| ja_kanji = GOGOモンスター
| ja_romaji = Gōgō Monsutā
| genre = {{ubl|Horror|Mystery{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/gogo-monster|title=The Official Website for GoGo Monster|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702021241/http://www.viz.com/gogo-monster|url-status=live}}|Supernatural}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Taiyō Matsumoto
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher| NA=Viz Media}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| published = October 23, 2000
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|GoGo Monster|GOGOモンスター|Gōgō Monsutā|lead=yes}} 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 Seinen manga,{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/41988-viz-signature-and-manga-for-grownups.html|title=Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups|author=Alverson, Brigid|date=February 9, 2010|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=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|url-status=live}} GoGo Monster was published by Shogakukan in a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume on October 23, 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_409179341X|script-title=ja:GOGOモンスター|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 11, 2014|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141211211913/http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_409179341X|archive-date=December 11, 2014}}
The release of an English-language version of GoGo Monster was announced by Viz Media in February 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|title=Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709081902/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|url-status=live}} releasing it on November 17 of that same year.{{cite web|title=GoGo Monster|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster/product/2278|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121947/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster/product/2278|url-status=live}} In October 2023, Viz Media announced the reprint the manga,{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Media Licenses Battle Royale: Enforcers, Naruto: Konoha's/Sasuke's Story, Star Wars: Visions, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-13/viz-media-licenses-battle-royale-enforcers-naruto-konoha-sasuke-story-star-wars-visions-more-manga/.203404|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-url=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|archive-date=October 13, 2023|date=October 13, 2023|url-status=live}} which was released on July 23, 2024.{{cite web|title=GoGo Monster|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster-second-edition/product/7920|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=July 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627021336/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/gogo-monster-second-edition/product/7920|archive-date=June 27, 2024|url-status=live}}
The manga was also translated into Spanish,{{Cite web|title=GoGo Monster|url=https://www.eccediciones.com/comic/gogo-monster|access-date=July 24, 2023|website=www.eccediciones.com|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213231/https://www.eccediciones.com/comic/gogo-monster|url-status=live}} French,{{Cite web|title=Gogo Monster - Manga série|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Gogo-Monster|access-date=July 24, 2023|website=manga-news.com|language=fr|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213230/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Gogo-Monster|url-status=live}} and German.{{Cite web|title=GoGo Monster|url=https://reprodukt.com/products/gogo-monster|access-date=July 24, 2023|website=Reprodukt|language=de|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724213230/https://reprodukt.com/products/gogo-monster|url-status=live}}
Reception
GoGo Monster won the Special Award at the 30th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2001.{{cite web| url=http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10| script-title=ja:協会賞案内 / 歴代受賞者| publisher=Japan Cartoonists Association| access-date=December 11, 2014| language=Japanese| archive-date=December 15, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215140842/http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10| url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=1480|title=Le palmarès 2006|publisher=ToutenBD.com|access-date=December 11, 2014|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093920/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=1480|archive-date=October 6, 2014 }} It was nominated to the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel but David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp won it.{{cite web| url=http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/previous-winners/year-2009/| title=2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners| work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=December 11, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111014236/http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/previous-winners/year-2009/| archive-date=November 11, 2014| url-status=dead }}
The manga was generally received positively by critics, including Deb Aoki of About.com,{{cite web| url=http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/GoGoMonster.htm| title=GoGo Monster| author=Aoki, Deb| publisher=About.com| access-date=December 11, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011017/http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/GoGoMonster.htm|archive-date=March 5, 2016}} Joseph Luster of Otaku USA,{{cite web|url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/GoGo-Monster-1769.aspx|title=GoGo Monster|author=Luster, Joseph|date=February 9, 2010|work=Otaku USA|publisher=Sovereign Media|access-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124719/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/GoGo-Monster-1769.aspx|archive-date=April 27, 2015 }} Oliver Ho of PopMatters,{{cite web| url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/126642-four-eyed-stranger-11-the-light-is-full-of-blood/| title=Four-Eyed Stranger #11: "The Light Is Full of Blood"| author=Ho, Oliver| date=June 7, 2010| work=PopMatters| access-date=December 11, 2014}} Publishers Weekly,{{cite web| url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/28323-comics-reviews-11-23-09.html| title=Comics Reviews: 11/23/09| date=November 23, 2009| work=Publishers Weekly| publisher=PWxyz LLC| access-date=April 19, 2015| archive-date=April 27, 2015| archive-url=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| url-status=live}} and Shaenon K. Garrity.{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-12-11/gogo-monster/.82047| title=Gogo Monster - House of 1000 Manga| date=December 11, 2014| author=Garrity, Shaenon K.| publisher=Anime News Network| access-date=December 11, 2014| archive-date=December 13, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213135233/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-12-11/gogo-monster/.82047| url-status=live}} Erin Finnegan of Anime News Network called it "one of the best manga of 2009."{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2009-12-28| title=Home Alone - Shelf Life| date=December 28, 2009| publisher=Anime News Network| access-date=December 11, 2014| archive-date=March 26, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326100554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2009-12-28| url-status=live}} The Comics Reporter{{'s}} staff elected it the 9th best comic of the year.{{cite web| url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_feature_best_of_2009/| title=CR Sunday Feature: Best Of 2009| date=April 4, 2010| work=The Comics Reporter| access-date=December 11, 2014| archive-date=January 15, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115014535/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_feature_best_of_2009/| url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Anime News Network|manga|8113|noparen=true}}
{{Taiyō Matsumoto}}
Category:Horror anime and manga
Category:Mystery anime and manga