Mori Kanda (神田森莉, Kanda Mori, born December 3, 1963) is a Japanese musician and manga artist known for his horror manga that mix splatter and comedy horror.

Biography

He grew up in a single-parent household. As a child, he loved the shōjo magazines her grandmother picked up from the trash dump, and he aspired to be a shōjo manga artist until he was 25, but was unable to make her debut. Mori began submitting manga to ladies' comics magazines instead.

In 1989, he made his debut with Kasakura Shuppansha's josei thriller and mystery manga magazine "Labien" (ラビアン, Rabian) with the oneshot Black Coffee in Bed (ブラックコーヒーインベッド, Burakku Kōhī in Beddo.)[1] He gained popularity in the early 90s due to his appearances in Horror M and Kyōfu no Yakata DX, his violent and humorous splatter horror comedies separated him from other artists in the genre.[2] In 1997 he made a pamphlet manga adaptation of Frank Grow's Love God.[3]

After the horror boom's end, Mori has faced financial difficulties as his style of manga nowadays is niche and not marketable, he has even had to make erotic manga for men and lives with the help of his wife.[4][5]

Even though his usual style is characterized by absurd and humorous extreme violence, he has also made manga based on people's real supernatural experiences.

In 2001 the label Inundō released the CD album Antonio Seishun no Alien SEX Taiken (アントニオ青年のエイリアンＳＥＸ体験) and in 2013, Attack of the Killer Hamster was released by Monofonus Press.[6]

He has established a private publishing company, Kanda Mori Publishing (Hamster Books) to publish e-books.[7] Mori also secretly runs an adult video site.[4]

Books

  1. Kaiki Kaeru-hime (Bunkasha, September 1994) ISBN 978-4821194155
  2. Kaiki Miira Shōjo (LEED, April 1995) ISBN 978-4845811434
  3. 37564 Gakuen (Bunkasha, August 1995) ISBN 978-4821194438
  4. Shōjo Dōmei (Bunkasha, August 1996) ISBN 978-4821194926
  5. Honto ni Atta Osoroshii Hanashi (Sōmasha, October 1996) ISBN 978-4916124098
  6. Hakaba Kyōshitsu (LEED, August 1997) ISBN 978-4845814114
  7. The Horror Specialist (KADOKAWA, December 1, 1997; January 8, 1998; January 30th, 1998) Volumes 1–3
  8. Kani-Onna (Bunkasha, February 1998) ISBN 978-4821196555

References

  1. ^ Kanda, Mori (1997). ザ • ホラー • スペシャリスト 1 [The Horror Specialist 1] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Japan: KADOKAWA. p. 120. ISBN 978-4048528979.
  2. ^ "プロフィール". www2u.biglobe.ne.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  3. ^ "その他". 2007-11-18. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  4. ^ a b "年収1000万から月収3000円になった漫画家が怖がる上司". Wedge ONLINE(ウェッジ・オンライン). 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  5. ^ "【新連載】ピーク時700万円あった年収が100万円台へ激減！少女ホラー漫画家が明かす生活保護より悲惨な日常". ダイヤモンド・オンライン (in Japanese). 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  6. ^ "Kanda Mori". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  7. ^ "ハムスター商事（Hamster Books, ハムスターブックス, 神田森莉出版, Hamster co.）の電子書籍の紹介". www2u.biglobe.ne.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori_Kanda
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