On a remote and mysterious island, one man builds a playground of hedonistic excess. His world is filled with splendor — waterfalls, palaces, and gardens — a grand back-drop for decadent bacchanalia and dark secrets. Set in 1920s Japan, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island follows the twisted path of failed novelist Hitomi, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the son and heir apparent of a rich industrialist family. Hitomi learns of the rich man's sudden passing and creates a desperate plan. He fakes his own death, digs up and hides the other man's body, and then washes himself up starving on a beach near the home of the dead man's family. After successfully impersonating the now-dead son, Hitomi takes over all aspects of the man's life, including his company, his fortune, and eventually his wife. The failed author soon redirects the family's wealth to his own perverse aims. A graphic novel based on the revered novella by Edogawa Rampo. Rampo was the godfather of Japanese pulp mysteries. Stunning artwork by master manga artist Suehiro Maruo deftly illustrates this Japanese pulp classic in fine detail. (Source: Last Gasp) *Note:* Panorama Toukitan received the 13th (2009) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for New Artist.

芋虫 \[The Caterpillar\], is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home to his young and beautiful wife. Sunaga initially is given a hero's welcome, but is quickly forgotten and shunned because of his injuries. Unable to speak or care for himself, he is completely at the mercy of his wife as she grows to loathe and toy with him.

A woman enters a furniture store in search of a chair, but the proprietor is all too eager to reveal its past...

The story takes place in 1924 in Tokyo. A handosome young trader named Kinnosuke Minoura learns that his fiancé is murdered in a locked room. The elite doctor Michio Moroto, who's been in love with Minoura for a long time, asks to help solve the case. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)

A collection of stories in genres ranging from supernatural to horror, to more typical mysteries—all with a gothic, psychological air to them. Adaptations of renowned 20th-century Japanese author Edogawa Ranpo's works.

The time period is the 2030s. Before the mysterious detective Kogorou Akechi, the Boys' Detective Team is assembled. Their actions have led to the resolution of various small and large incidents. One day, team member Kensuke Hanasaki meets a mysterious boy named Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi, who has an undying body because of an "unidentified fog," wishes his own death and refuses contact with others. Hanasaki takes an interest in Kobayashi and invites him to join the Boys' Detective Team. The encounter eventually leads them to the connection between the criminal nicknamed the "Fiend with Twenty Faces" and Kogorou Akechi. The fate of the two begins to move...

Ryôichi Ikegami's compilation of stories adapted from literary works by five Japanese writers: Jigokuhen (Akutagawa, Ryuunosuke), Osei Toujou (Rampo, Edogawa), Tojuro no Koi (Kikuchi, Kan), Matsukaze no Mon (Yamamoto, Shoguro), Tenshu Monogatari (Izumi, Kyoka).

Based on Rampo Edogawa's short story Panorama Toukitan.

This is a collection of three short stories associated with mangaka Takashina Ryouko. The first story, written by author Edogawa Ranpo, is illustrated by Takashina-sensei, while the latter two are both written and illustrated by Takashina-sensei. Doctor G no Shima: Sayoko is in love with her older sister's boyfriend, Shunichi, but it seems her tutor Moroto-san has also taken an interest in her. Caught in between these two, Sayoko is thrown into a world of murder, mystery, and horror. What happened in both Shunichi and Moroto-san's past that is now threatening Sayoko's life? Datenshi: Is an eerily beautiful, handsomely-crafted doll with a mysterious past responsible for the evil that befalls its owners? Does the doll really whisper satanic murmurs? Shiroi Senritsu: A girl wakes up in a hospital with no memories. Her fiance tells her her name is Titi, and that she is the heiress of a very wealthy estate, but why is it taking her forever to feel comfortable back at her own home?

*Almost every page of the original magazine manuscript has been renewed for publication as a book. Serialized in Suspiria 1992, June-September

「押絵と旅する男」 (1992「サスペリア11月号」秋田書店) 「妖刀の美少年」 (1996「月刊少女フレンド1月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「仮面の美少年」 (1996「月刊少女フレンド4月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「ゲームの美少年」 (1996「月刊少女フレンド6月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「F植物園」(1995「月刊少女フレンド6月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「魂の顔」 (1993「サスペリア5月号」秋田書店) 「コッペリア」 (1995「月刊ホラーM6月号」ぶんか社) 「人魚姫」(1995「月刊ホラーM8月号」ぶんか社) 「マッチ売りの少年」 (1997「別冊フレンド1月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「うさちゃんパニック」 (1997「別冊フレンド5月号増刊サスペンス＆ホラー」講談社) 「水の王」