Gou Tanabe
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gou Tanabe
| native_name = 田邊剛
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = 1975
| birth_place = Tokyo
| nationality = Japanese
| occupation = Manga artist
| known_for = Adaptation of Lovecraft's work
| awards = {{awards|Nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize|2019 and 2020|Best Series}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/bd/festival-de-bd-d-angouleme/angouleme-2020-saison-des-roses-recoit-le-prix-du-public-france-televisions-revolution-t-1-sacre-fauve-d-or_3808633.html|title=Angoulême 2020 : le Fauve d'or est attribué à "Révolution", le Prix du Public France Télévisions à "Saison des roses"|last=|first=|date=2020-02-01|website=France Info|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
}}
{{nihongo|Gou Tanabe|田邊剛|Tanabe Gō}} is a Japanese manga artist who is especially known for his adaptations of literary works by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. His manga has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Career
In Q4 2005, in the midst of a nonproductive period, he was exploring new ideas for "stories about monsters with no positive outcome". His publisher introduced him to the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In a subsequent interview with CNews2, Tanabe said how he was impressed by characters who "lose all hope and appetite for life. It is this common thread in Lovecraft's stories that particularly struck me".{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnews.fr/culture/2020-09-17/lappel-de-cthulhu-le-mangaka-gou-tanabe-nous-raconte-sa-vision-de-lovecraft |title=L'appel de Cthulhu: le mangaka Gou Tanabe nous raconte sa vision de Lovecraft |date=2020-09-17 |website=CNews |last=Cailleaud |first=Nicolas}}
In 2007, he drew the romantic drama {{nihongo|Kasane|累}} in the magazine Comic Beam, published in the same year by Enterbrain, as well as {{nihongo|The Outsider|アウトサイダー}}, loosely adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's short story.
In 2012, he drew an adaptation of Mr. Nobody in Monthly Comic Ryū and it was also subsequently published in three bound volumes by publisher Tokuma Shoten.{{Cite web |url=http://www.manga-sanctuary.com/fiche_serie_editions.php?id=12827&id_edition=15343 |title=Mr. Nobody |access-date=2020-11-29 |website=Manga Sanctuary}}
In 2015, he drew Lovecraft's {{nihongo|The Color Out of Space|異世界の色彩}} in Comic Beam, which was published by Enterbrain.
In 2016, Enterbrain published further Lovecraft's adaptations of {{nihongo|The Haunter of the Dark|闇に這う者}} and {{nihongo|At the Mountains of Madness|狂気の山脈にて}}.
In 2018, he drew Lovecraft's {{nihongo|The Shadow Out of Time|時を超える影}}, followed by {{nihongo|The Call of Cthulhu|クトゥルフの呼び声}} in 2019.
On March 12, 2021, he completed Lovecraft's {{nihongo|The Shadow Over Innsmouth|インスマウスの影}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mangaforever.net/704450/gou-tanabe-conclude-the-shadow-over-innsmouth |title=Manga Forever |access-date=2023-01-19 |archive-date=2021-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304101545/https://www.mangaforever.net/704450/gou-tanabe-conclude-the-shadow-over-innsmouth |url-status=dead }}
Bibliography
= Adaptations of Lovecraft's works =
- {{Cite book |title=The Outsider|trans-title=アウトサイダー | publisher=Comic Beam |year=2007 |isbn=978-4-7577-3580-4 |language=ja}} Stories by other authors: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov´s "The House with the Mezzanine", Maxim Gorky´s "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", Marley Caribu´s "A Barnstormer on Pont-Neuf", Sanyutei Encho´s "Kasane Souetsu Goroshi" and Gou Tanabe´s "Ju-ga"
- {{Cite book |title=The Hound and Other Stories|trans-title=魔犬 ラヴクラフト|publisher=Comic Beam |year=2014 |isbn=978-4-04-729911-5 |language=ja}} Also adapted: "The Temple" and "The Nameless City"
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2017; {{ISBN|978-1-5067-0312-1}} - {{Cite book |title=The Color Out of Space |trans-title=異世界の色彩 |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2015 |isbn=978-4-04-730804-6 |language=ja}}
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2025; {{ISBN|978-1-50674-632-6}} - {{Cite book |title=The Haunter of the Dark |trans-title=闇に這う者 |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2016 |isbn=978-4-04-730838-1
|language=ja}} Also adapted: "Dagon"
- {{Cite book |title=At the Mountains of Madness |trans-title=狂気の山脈にて |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2016 |isbn=978-4-04-728316-9 |language=ja}} 4 Volumes
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2019 in 2 Volumes; {{ISBN|978-1-5067-1022-8}} - {{Cite book |title=The Shadow Out of Time |trans-title=時を超える影|publisher=Comic Beam |year=2018 |isbn=978-4-04-735483-8 |language=ja}}
- {{Cite book |title=The Call of Cthulhu |trans-title=クトゥルフの呼び声 |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2019 |isbn=978-4-04-735853-9 |language=ja}}
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2024; {{ISBN|978-1-5067-4140-6}} - {{Cite book |title=The Shadow Over Innsmouth |trans-title=インスマウスの影 | publisher=Comic Beam |year=2020 |isbn= 978-4-04-736660-2 |language=ja}} 2 Volumes
Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2023; {{ISBN|978-1-5067-3603-7}} - {{Cite book |trans-title=ダニッチの怪|title=The Dunwich Horror |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2021 |isbn= 978-4-04-737400-3 |language=ja}} 3 Volumes
- {{Cite book |title=The Cats of Ulthar and Other Stories |trans-title=ウルタールの猫 |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2023 |isbn= 978-4-04-737907-7 |language=ja}} Also adapted: "Celephaïs" and "The Other Gods"
- {{Cite book |title=Randolph Carter's Story |trans-title=ランドルフ・カーターの物語 |publisher=Comic Beam |year=2024 |language=ja}}
= Series =
- {{nihongo|Kasane|累}} Based on the rakugo horror story Ghosts of Kasane Swamp by Sanyutei Encho.
- Volume 1, 2007
- Volume 2, 2007
- {{nihongo|Genius Loci|ゲニウス・ロキ 異形建築家阿修羅帖控}}
- Volume 1, 2011
- Mr. Nobody
- Volume 1, 2012
- Volume 2, 2013
- Volume 3, 2014
- {{nihongo|Saudade|サウダージ}} Based on Lafcadio Hearn's "The Story of O-Tei", Franz Kafka´s "A Hunger Artist", Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" and 3 original stories by Marley Caribu: "Fortune Teller Warika", "Hanging "tand" and "Competition"
- Volume 1, 2015
See also
References
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Category:Cthulhu Mythos writers
Category:Japanese horror artists