Goth (novel)

Goth
Front cover of the manga
ゴス
(Gosu)
GenreHorror[1]
Novel
Written byOtsuichi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
PublishedMay 30, 2003
Manga
Written byOtsu-ichi
Illustrated byKendi Oiwa
Published byKadokawa Comics
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
Published2004
Feature films

GOTH (ゴス, Gosu) is a Japanese horror novel written by Otsuichi about two high school students fascinated by murder. The novel won the Honkaku Mystery Award in 2003.[2] It was adapted into a manga by Kendi Oiwa. In October 2008, they were published in Japan by Kadokawa. Following this, they were published in English by Tokyopop in September, 2008. In 2008, the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Gen Takahashi. The manga and novel was rereleased in North America by VIZ Media in August 2015. The stories were originally published in a single hardcover edition and then later published in the form of two paperback books.

  1. ^ "The Official Website for Goth". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan