Manga like Cthulhu no Yobigoe: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Kyouki no Sanmyaku nite: Lovecraft Kessakushuu

Also known as At the Mountains of Madness.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent.



Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Foreign , Aviation , Aliens , Lost Civilization , Snowscape , Classic Literature , Historical , Educational , Mythology , Gore , Slavery , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast

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 , Tragedy , Classic Literature , Seinen , Historical

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

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

Frankenstein

Also known as Frankenstein.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster—and the fouler beast who created him—to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for.



Tags: Body Horror , Tragedy , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Historical , Foreign , Crime

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

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 , Classic Literature , Foreign , Seinen

Cthulhu no Yobigoe

Also known as Call of Cthulhu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." This Monthly Horror Magazine fan favorite is based on the cosmic horror Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft. Main stories like The Call of Cthulhu and The Dunwich Horror are comicalized by Satoshi Ogawa, the genius representing Japanese science fiction to the world!



Tags: Lost Civilization , Classic Literature , Cosmic Horror , Foreign

Kafka: Classics in Comics

Also known as Kafka.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

A sublimely eerie manga adaptation of classic Kafka stories, with a starkly beautiful illustration style – part of Pushkin's second series of Japanese novellas.

Nine of Franz Kafka's most memorable tales are here given fresh life with dazzling graphic renderings by the brother-and sister manga creators Nishioka Kyodai . With their distinctive, surreal style of illustration, they have reimagined the fantastic, the imperceptible and the bizarre in Kafka's work, creating a hauntingly powerful visual world.

These stories of enigmatic figures and uncanny transformations are stripped to their core, offering profound new understandings.

The Cares of a Family Man
The Metamorphosis
The Bucket Rider
Jackals and Arabs
A Fratricide
The Vulture
A Country Doctor
A Hunger Artist
In the Penal Colony

Tags: Classic Literature , Anthology , Dystopian , Foreign , Tragedy , Torture , Family Life , Henshin , Body Horror

Tsumi to Batsu

Also known as Crime and Punishment.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

In Russia, on the eve of the revolution, a young student named Raskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker over a pocket watch. Although an innocent man is quickly arrested for the crime, Raskolnikovs’s own published essay - suggesting that people who are “extra-ordinary” are above such things as “right” and “wrong” - draws the suspicion of judge Porfiry. Who will catch up to Raskolnikov first? Porfiry … or his own guilty conscience?



Tags: Foreign , Classic Literature , Historical , Philosophy , Shounen