Site Notes

All lists were current as of March 2018.  Updates have been irregular since then; please check the date at the top of each individual page.

Except for factual data, creators retain all copyright to their materials.

Special thanks to K Hindall, my beta-tester and proofreader; and to Michele Andina, for help with Italian translations.

Please send comments or corrections to ghc[at]thirteens.net.  (But please read the rest of the notes first.)

If parts of the listings appear as gibberish, this is probably just because of the Japanese text (UTF-8 encoding).  All material is presented in both languages except for external links, which appear only in the language of the site in question.

Transliterations of names and titles have been confirmed, whenever possible, in at least two sources, though of course that still does not guarantee their accuracy!  Those marked with an asterisk (*) are unconfirmed.  I’ve listed what seems to be most likely in those cases, but Japanese comics are notorious for using odd or "punny" readings of their titles.

Except for those cases where I have been able to determine that they have other preferences, the artists’ names are all listed in Western order with standard transliteration.

Unless otherwise indicated, works are listed by the release date (if a series, by the release date of the first volume).  Popular works are often rereleased in a new format or by a different publisher; all of a title’s releases are listed under the original release.

Full information is given only for titles that are comics, horror/mystery/suspense, and for girls.  Works that are known to be directly related to such a title (illustration books, novelizations, etc.) are listed under that title.  Other works by the same artist, if any, are listed at the bottom of the page.

Pieces that appeared only in magazines are not currently included.

Sources vary as to the intended audience for some of the comic labels.  The publishers are the only real authorities here, and even those with web sites generally don’t have information about their older publications.  So some labels are still uncertain.

Volume Sizes

This is a list of the most common page sizes for Japanese comics volumes ("tankoubon"), listed from the largest to the smallest.  There are also, of course, other less common sizes.

Please note that the measurements given are the ISO paper standards; volumes from different printers will vary somewhat in size.

• A5:  14.8 cm x 21 cm / 5.8 in x 8.3 in

  Used only for deluxe editions from some publishers, volumes released under certain comics labels such as Nemuki+ standardly come as A5s.

• B6:  12.5 cm x 17.6 cm / 4.9 in x 6.9 in
  (technically; it actually seems to be closer to 12.8 cm x 18.3 cm / 5.1 in x 7.2 in)

  Some other labels like Wings Comics use B6 as their default size.

• Shinsho-ban (新書版):  11.3 cm x 17.5 cm / 4.5 in x 6.9 in

  The "standard tankoubon"; the vast majority of volumes are printed in this size.

• A6 / Bunko-ban (文庫版):  10.5 cm x 14.8 cm / 4.1 in x 5.8 in

  The smallest format, but the volumes contain more pages than a shinsho-ban and the paper and print quality are significantly better to appeal to collectors.  These are often reprints, although there are some titles which have been released only in this format.

Most volumes have around 200 pages, but there are also "wide-ban" (ワイド版) releases which can have 400 or more.  Wide-ban are usually B6-sized reprints of titles that were popular as a shinsho-ban release.