Gaki

"Sawaki Takeyasu, the author of the book, is a popular Japanese game character designer. Takeyasu has been also working as an illustrator/writer, and this book is his first picture book to be published. The story of the book is about a girl who sees a monsters night parade - a concept based in Japanese folklore. Many types of Japanese monsters appears each turn of the page that will take audiences to a fantastic, mythical world. Video game/animation fans will of course adore this book, but the exotic touch of Takeyasu s work will also attract oriental art lovers. The story is as follows: A girl wakes up to find she is sitting on the shoulder of a red daemon. She can see a monsters night parade heading toward them. Monsters attack the girl one after the other, and the red daemon struggle to defend her against the monsters. So the long night has begun..."