Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service GN (2006-2015 Dark Horse) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university, three guys and two girls, 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-you know, channeling, dowsing, 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 ("Black Heronî-their ominous bird logo) Corpse Delivery Service: whether suicide, murder, accident, or illness, they'll carry your body wherever it needs to go to free your soul! The kids from Kurosagi can smell a customer a mile away--it's a good thing one of the girls majored in embalming! The Kurosagi live-action film is tentatively scheduled for U.S. release in 2007. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. NOTE: "While there is cruelty, gore, violence, and implied unnatural sexual acts, the manga is also a complex and slyly ironic social commentary. Acquire this manga for adult collections for the naturalistic artwork that shows attention to human emotion, the social observation, and the banter between members of the delivery service. " - Christine Gertz, Library Journal Cover price $10.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university, three guys and two girls, 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-you know, channeling, dowsing, 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 ("Black Heronî-their ominous bird logo) Corpse Delivery Service: whether suicide, murder, accident, or illness, they'll carry your body wherever it needs to go to free your soul! The kids from Kurosagi can smell a customer a mile away--it's a good thing one of the girls majored in embalming! The Kurosagi live-action film is tentatively scheduled for U.S. release in 2007. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. NOTE: "While there is cruelty, gore, violence, and implied unnatural sexual acts, the manga is also a complex and slyly ironic social commentary. Acquire this manga for adult collections for the naturalistic artwork that shows attention to human emotion, the social observation, and the banter between members of the delivery service. " - Christine Gertz, Library Journal Cover price $10.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The Corpse Delivery Service has helped the dead who wanted justice from the living. Now, think about how many living people would like to take vengeance on the dead. What if it were possible? When Sasaki realizes that the latest corpse in their office is the man who murdered her parents years ago, the Kurosagi crew learns of a far darker business than their own, in this intensely disturbing one-volume story. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The Corpse Delivery Service has helped the dead who wanted justice from the living. Now, think about how many living people would like to take vengeance on the dead. What if it were possible? When Sasaki realizes that the latest corpse in their office is the man who murdered her parents years ago, the Kurosagi crew learns of a far darker business than their own, in this intensely disturbing one-volume story. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The Corpse Delivery Service has been helping dead people move on to the afterlife . . . but what about interred internal organs? In Volume Three, Kuro is surprised to learn that the voice enlisting his help is coming not from a dead man, but a live man housing a necrotic organ, the result of a faulty transplant. The pursuit of putrid parts leads the kids of Kurosagi all the way to the war in Iraq! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The Corpse Delivery Service has been helping dead people move on to the afterlife . . . but what about interred internal organs? In Volume Three, Kuro is surprised to learn that the voice enlisting his help is coming not from a dead man, but a live man housing a necrotic organ, the result of a faulty transplant. The pursuit of putrid parts leads the kids of Kurosagi all the way to the war in Iraq! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. A small country town's got more than the usual crop circles to claim aliens drop by . . . 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-blond, buxom, and an expert on maggots-not to mention a crossover appearance by Reiji Akiba, the gun-toting exorcist of Mail! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. A small country town's got more than the usual crop circles to claim aliens drop by . . . 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-blond, buxom, and an expert on maggots-not to mention a crossover appearance by Reiji Akiba, the gun-toting exorcist of Mail! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The corpses whose last wishes Kurosagi delivers usually died not too long ago . . . for reasons that are gruesomely obvious. But when the ominous Mr. Nire returns to the scene with a re-animated mummy in tow, what they're gonna do is go back . . . way back, as the kids kick it Egyptian Old Kingdom school! Then, travel from the past into the future of death, as the Kurosagi crew unlocks the cold business behind some cryogenically frozen heads! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. The corpses whose last wishes Kurosagi delivers usually died not too long ago . . . for reasons that are gruesomely obvious. But when the ominous Mr. Nire returns to the scene with a re-animated mummy in tow, what they're gonna do is go back . . . way back, as the kids kick it Egyptian Old Kingdom school! Then, travel from the past into the future of death, as the Kurosagi crew unlocks the cold business behind some cryogenically frozen heads! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. There's competition on all sides in the body baggage game, when Kurosagi finds its rather loose business model challenged by a corporate rival who guarantees the next world on time! But it's not only the clean-cut trying to dig into their market-the oddball duo calling itself the White Heron Corpse Cleaning Service aren't just out to eat Kurosagi's wormy lunch, they're going to start revealing trade secrets-namely, the hideous history behind the ghost which haunts Karatsu! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. There's competition on all sides in the body baggage game, when Kurosagi finds its rather loose business model challenged by a corporate rival who guarantees the next world on time! But it's not only the clean-cut trying to dig into their market-the oddball duo calling itself the White Heron Corpse Cleaning Service aren't just out to eat Kurosagi's wormy lunch, they're going to start revealing trade secrets-namely, the hideous history behind the ghost which haunts Karatsu! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 230 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Collecting can take over a fan's life . . . but what if it takes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku and plastic-surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues its eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash! Yet with Kuro trapped in a coma and seeing visions of the dark forces battling over him, it's up to the rest of the gang to survive the grotesque schemes of the Shirosagi pair . . . as dead flesh reaches for the living! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Collecting can take over a fan's life . . . but what if it takes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku and plastic-surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues its eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash! Yet with Kuro trapped in a coma and seeing visions of the dark forces battling over him, it's up to the rest of the gang to survive the grotesque schemes of the Shirosagi pair . . . as dead flesh reaches for the living! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. 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 during the school festival! But you've got to like corpses, you know. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. 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 during the school festival! But you've got to like corpses, you know. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Heads up! That's what the Kurosagi crew sees floating in midair . . . 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 program of World War II-whose effects can still be heard . Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Heads up! That's what the Kurosagi crew sees floating in midair . . . 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 program of World War II-whose effects can still be heard . Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. 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 . Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. NOTE: "I was sold by the first few pages . . . it's a lot of fun. It's a warped Saturday-morning cartoon for grown-ups." -David Welsh, Comic World News Cover price $10.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Paint it black! Designer Bunpei Yorifuji darkens the iconic cover design in honor of the sinister Class Cutter in Kurosagi's longest story since volume 2, inspired by one of the most infamous Japanese crimes of recent years. 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? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: "Volume nine is back to the hyper-informed horror synthesis of ideas that has made Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service a favorite. What originally seemed to rely on gross out spectacles has continually proven to be a remarkably smart take on spooky standards." - Ain't it Cool News Cover price $10.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. 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? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: "It actually reminds me a lot of Mike Allred's work . . . it's an attractive book, and the stories are just beginning to really showcase Yamazaki's abilities as an artist." - Greg McElhatton, Read About Comics Cover price $11.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Old friends and enemies alike return as Sasaki and Karatsu step off the plane from Okinawa-right into a gruesome scheme of zombifacation 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 . . . Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: "It actually reminds me a lot of Mike Allred's work . . . it's an attractive book, and the stories are just beginning to really showcase Yamazaki's abilities as an artist." - Greg McElhatton, Read About Comics Cover price $12.99.

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Volume 14 - 1st printing. Written by Eiji Otsuka. Art by Housui Yamazaki. Cover by Bunpei Yorifuji. The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is back . . . only to find they've got competition from an evil-rival version of themselves, not to mention an . . . American-cartoon version of themselves? But don't fear the reaper, because our original corpse-carrying crew is still ready for any gruesome weirdness, classical or modern-from a headless stiff who only does his séances in binary, to a good old-fashioned iron maiden! Excellent! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.