Ōtsuka, Eiji 1958-

Overview

Works:	228 works in 601 publications in 4 languages and 3,186 library holdings
Genres:	Graphic novels Comic books, strips, etc Horror comic books, strips, etc Comics (Graphic works) Fiction Fantasy fiction History Criticism, interpretation, etc Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc Interviews
Roles:	Author, Author of screenplay, Scribe, Illustrator, Editor
Classifications:	PN6790.J33, 741.5952

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Eiji Ōtsuka

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )
Gumin shakai by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

Most widely held works by Eiji Ōtsuka

The kurosagi corpse delivery service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

11 editions published between 2006 and 2016 in English and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Five graduates of a Buddhist college-- an embalmer, a hacker, a psychic, a dowser and a young man who channels an alien intelligence through a puppet-- start a business to fulfill the last wishes of the dead

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

7 editions published between 2007 and 2016 in English and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A country town's got more than crop circles to claim UFOs -- they say they've got the extraterrestrial's body! It's going to be a different kind of alien autopsy when the Kurosagi crew investigates their oddest client yet. And there's more strange visitors from afar when an American entomologist drops in--not to mention a crossover appearance by Reiji Akiba, the gun-toting exorcist of Mail!"--Page 4 of cover

Madara by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Madara grew up in a peaceful village, using his mechanical limbs as a blacksmith's apprentice. But when demons from the Emperor's army attack his village, he awakens the power to control his appendages as weapons. The village chief reveals that the young boy's destiny is to fight the invading demons and defeat the despotic Emperor. Now Madara must set out on a journey into an unknown world to face challenges beyond his imagination

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

5 editions published between 2000 and 2015 in English and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The members of the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service discover a far darker business than their own when their newest "client" turns out to be Sasaki's father's murderer

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service begins searching for putred organs that have been improperly transplanted into living people and their pursuit leads them all the way to the war in Iraq

The Kurosagi corpse delivery service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university find little call for their job skills in today's Tokyo -- among the living, that is! But all that stuff in college they were told would never pay off such as channeling, dowsing, and ESP, gives them a direct line to the dead, the dead who are still trapped in their corpses and can't move on to the next reincarnation. The five form the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service and whether it's suicide, murder, accident, or illness, they'll carry your body wherever it needs to go to free your soul!

The Kurosagi corpse delivery service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Zombie robot otaku and plastic surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues their eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash! But when Karatsu falls into a bizarre trap set for him by the sinister Shirosagi pair, can the rest of the gang save him ... or even themselves?"--Page 4 of cover

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Shigo kekkon-marrying the dead! It's a quaint old country custom in Japan that's becoming the next big fad in Tokyo ... and that makes it the business of the Corpse Delivery Service! And meanwhile back on campus, since they're technically a college club, the kids from Kurosagi host a membership drive at the start of the new semester! But you've got to like corpses, you know"--Amazon.com

MPD-psycho by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

5 editions published in 2008 in 3 languages and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madara by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

13 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and French and held by 69 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madara has joined forces with Seishinja and Kaos to challenge Kageo and the remaining Moki army in an attempt to crush this final threat

The Kurosagi corpse delivery service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Heads up! That's what the Kurosagi crew sees floating in mid-air ... above a moving motorcycle! But this headless horseman in reverse is linked to a corpse that can be smelled and felt ... but not seen! Then, the mystery moves from sight to sound, as the last words of an elderly veteran reveal the hideous crime behind a secret programme of World War Two - whose effects can still be heard ..."--Publisher description

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 66 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kurosagi faces off against the post office and gets another body psychoanalyzed

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

5 editions published between 2012 and 2015 in English and held by 63 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Old friends and enemies alike return as Sasaki and Karatsu step off the plane from Okinawa - right into a gruesome scheme of zombification both traditional and technical, courtesy of the sinister Shirosagi duo! Then, one man's freedom depends on Sasaki, as she's called to serve as a lay judge in Japan's unique trial system ... and where the pressure is on to reach the "correct" verdict."--Page 4 of cover

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

3 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Can a girl who committed a brutal murder in grade school ever truly return to society ... and why does Sasayama insist on dragging the Corpse Delivery Service into it?"--Amazon.com

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The dead don't walk in Kurosagi - that is, not without a little help ... and it's a shock to the system when the delivery service finds out what's making their clients rise up! Then, for Numata to take off his sunglasses for anyone, it must be a grave matter ... or, more likely, a matter of someone not yet in their grave ..."--Amazon.com

The Kurosagi corpse delivery service by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

5 editions published between 2002 and 2012 in English and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Second death! Two bodies found in the woods--one not quite departed, the other horribly mutilated--lead the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service to investigate a private online community. The virtual world offers you the chance to do all kinds of things in simulation that you couldn't do in life ... but are you sure everyone playing is still alive?"--Page 4 of cover

MPD-psycho by Sho-u Tajima( Book )

4 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

MPD-Psycho Volume 2 finds multiple personality detective Kazuhiko Amamiya on a new case - which will result in even more personalities emerging inside his confused, scattered mind! A wave of grisly, imaginative schoolgirl suicides hits Tokyo! Investigating the scenes of these gruesome deaths, Amamiya and the colorful characters of the Isono Criminal Research Lab come across a new villain who knows about a key event from Amamiya's past. What does the white-haired Zenitsu have to do with the suicides, Amamiya's "barcode puzzle" theory, and a stuttering victim from a decades-old night of murder and destruction?

"Otaku" no seishinshi : 1980-nendairon by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

11 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in Japanese and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sabukaruchā bungakuron by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

8 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in Japanese and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Monogatariron de yomu Murakami Haruki to Miyazaki Hayao : kōzō shika nai Nihon by Eiji Ōtsuka( Book )

4 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in Japanese and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide