Manga like Kyouki no Sanmyaku nite: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Isekai no Shikisai: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Manga adaption of H. P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space"

In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby; vegetation grows large but foul tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die one by one.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Seinen , Historical

Cthulhu no Yobigoe: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

What links together two bands of worshippers, one deep in the Arctic snows, one hidden in the bayous of Louisiana, is more than their shared practice of blood sacrifice. It is the inhuman phrase they both chant: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn—“In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” Now these nightmares will disturb the sanity of Francis Thurston, a young man pursuing an investigation into the cult of Cthulhu that leads to the most forsaken spot in the vast Pacific…and to Earth's supreme terror, the risen corpse-city of R'lyeh.



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Cult , Classic Literature , Foreign , Ships , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju

Maken Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror

A pair of decadent young men pursue the abhorrent thrill of grave robbing...a German submarine's crew is driven mad by the call of an underwater temple...an explorer in the Arabian desert discovers a hideous city older than mankind. This moody and evocative manga gets back to the dark foundations of the Cthulhu Mythos, adapting three of H.P. Lovecraft's original stories that first shaped the outlines of cosmic horror!



1-2. Shinden (The Temple)
Maken (The Hound)
Na mo naki Miyako (The Nameless City)

Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Classic Literature , Historical

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere

Yami ni Hau Mono: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as H.P. Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror

The story (which is based on the diaries of its protagonist) is set in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft's hometown and a favorite locale for his fiction. The protagonist, Robert Blake—a young man with an interest in the occult—becomes fascinated by a large disused church set on Federal Hill in Providence's west—the Italian and migrant quarter—which he can see from his lodgings in Providence's Upper East side. His researches reveal that the church has a sinister history involving a cult called the Church of Starry Wisdom and is dreaded by the local inhabitants as being haunted by a primeval evil.



Note: this volume also includes an adaptation of Lovecraft's short story "Dagon"

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Foreign , Seinen

#DRCL midnight children

Also known as #DRCL midnight children.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

As Mina struggles to find her place as Whitby School’s first and only female student, a devilish horror is unleashed upon the academy and its unsuspecting students: Count Dracula. However, when this unspeakable evil lays claim to her beloved Lucy Westenra, Mina stands ready to join forces with her fellow students and fight against it with everything she has.

Loosely based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.



Notes:
Nominated for the Eisner Awards in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia and the Best Adaptation From Another Medium category in 2024.
Chapter count includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Vampire , Historical , Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Classic Literature , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Foreign , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Tragedy , Gender Bending , Dissociative Identities

Dunwich no Kai

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

A complete manga adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft novella.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Achronological Order , Historical , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Rural

Innsmouth no Kage

Also known as The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

The story centers on a student who is taking an antiquarian tour of New England. He goes to the seaport of Innsmouth and there he interacts with strange people and witnesses disturbing events.



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Foreign , Classic Literature , Seinen

Mejou Shigatai Mono: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The series is based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, with a focus on the recurring character Randolph Carter in H.P. Lovecraft's works that Kadokawa states is modeled after Lovecraft himself. Note: this includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror

Toki wo Koeru Kage

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Foreign , Travel , Seinen , Historical , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Amnesia