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Elex Media Licenses Mimori's Jigokudō Reikai Tsūshin Manga
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian publisher Elex Media Komputindo announced last week that it has licensed Mimori's Jigokudō Reikai Tsūshin (Jigokudō Spiritual World Communication) manga.
Mimori launched the Jigokudō Reikai Tsūshin manga based on Hinowa Kōzuki's novel series in the inaugural issue of Good! Afternoon in November 2008. Kodansha published the 10th compiled volume on April 9.
The supernatural fantasy novels follows three elementary school troublemakers who open the door to another world. The first novel, Warugaki, Yūrei ni Bibiru! (Brats, Afraid of Ghosts!), debuted in 1994 and won Kōzuki the Japan Juvenile Literature Writers Association's "Rookie of the Year" award. The manga entered the final arc of its first season on Monday.
The novels inspired a two-episode original video anime from Toei Animation and Trans Arts in 1996. The novels also inspired a live-action film from director Hiroyuki Nasu (live-action Devilman) in 1996.
Kōzuki also wrote the Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō (Elegant Yokai Apartment Life) light novel series from 2003 to 2009. The novels inspired a 26-episode anime adaptation last year and an ongoing manga adaptation that launched in Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in 2011. Kōzuki passed away in December 2014.
