{"product_id":"liminal-zone-vol-2","title":"Liminal Zone; Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFour-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Welcome to the liminal zone, where things beyond your wildest imagination await.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What fate awaits when death is not the end?\u003cbr\u003e A group of four university students stumbles upon a deserted, decaying village deep in the mountains only to find an enormous perpetual motion machine still at work there. Before they can answer the questions of who made it and to what end, the friends begin to disappear, one after the other. Another story sees the return of the strange Hikizuri siblings! A girl weighed down since birth by an invisible burden meets the odd siblings and moves in with them in order to understand the truth about herself. But after a string of bizarre occurrences, the siblings' uncle appears on the scene\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists in the horror genre. His long-form masterpieces include \u003ci\u003eGyo, No Longer Human, Tomie,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUzumaki,\u003c\/i\u003e and his short stories have been collected into volumes such as \u003ci\u003eAlley, Deserter, Shiver, Smashed, The Liminal Zone,\u003c\/i\u003e and several more, all available from VIZ Media. Ito's professional memoir, \u003ci\u003eUncanny: The Origins of Fear,\u003c\/i\u003e details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the \"Best Adaptation from Another Medium\" category, and in 2021 he was awarded \"Best Writer\/Artist,\" while \u003ci\u003eRemina\u003c\/i\u003e received the award for \"Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).\" \u003ci\u003eLovesickness\u003c\/i\u003e won \"Best U.S. Edition\" in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His titles have been adapted into live-action films and anime. The Netflix series \u003ci\u003eManiac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre\u003c\/i\u003e is based on his short stories, and \u003ci\u003eUzumaki\u003c\/i\u003e has inspired an anime miniseries.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Loot Hoarder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53182812553584,"sku":"9781974752256","price":35.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/3085\/6304\/files\/255872_liminal_zone_vol_2_main.jpg?v=1768639912","url":"https:\/\/loothoarder.com.au\/products\/liminal-zone-vol-2","provider":"Loot Hoarder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}