horobi

CREATOR

Name: VIZ Media (Japanese comics corporation based in the USA).
Personal dates: Founded 1986 in California by Japanese born Seiji Horibuchi. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under VIZ in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation publishes Manga stories and uses a variety of logos; the one to the left is one of many.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1990. Stopped the same year after 8 issues, but was continued as a second run from 1990 to 1991 (additional 7 issues).

A series of mysterious deaths among students is accompanied by the appearance of huge monsters that come and go. It appears that two families are triggers for these events that are supposedly the foretelling of Horobi, the God of Destruction. Among the recurring characters are two friends, Schuichi and Zen, who try to solve the mysteries.