Zombie Hunter
Encyclopedia
is a dark and violent comic
by a collaboration between Japanese writer, Kazumasa Hirai
, and Korean comic book
artist, Yang Kyung-il
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It is about an ex-race car driver who hunts down and kills zombie
s. The main character, Toshio Tamura, was once a grand prix
champion who finds himself to be one of many people on a jungle island where he goes through a series of survival tests. He discovers that the purpose of the cruel and deadly games were to find people worthy enough to hunt down alien parasites that hid inside corpses, turning said corpses into zombies. Toshio initially rejects the offer to become a zombie hunter since he sees his would-be boss as a dangerous and sick man, but soon finds himself forced into the role when his loved ones are endangered.
After 26 episodes, the manga stopped.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
by a collaboration between Japanese writer, Kazumasa Hirai
Kazumasa Hirai (author)
is a Japanese novelist from Yokosuka, Kanagawa. He graduated from Yokosuka Industrial High School and the law department of Chuo University. Hirai is well known for his SF-manga work...
, and Korean comic book
Manhwa
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...
artist, Yang Kyung-il
Yang Kyung-il
Yang Kyung-il is a South Korean manhwa artist from Incheon, South Korea. In 2009 he and frequent collaborator, Youn In-Wan began serializing their manga Defense Devil in Shonen Sunday.- Works :* Blade of Heaven...
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It is about an ex-race car driver who hunts down and kills zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
s. The main character, Toshio Tamura, was once a grand prix
Grand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
champion who finds himself to be one of many people on a jungle island where he goes through a series of survival tests. He discovers that the purpose of the cruel and deadly games were to find people worthy enough to hunt down alien parasites that hid inside corpses, turning said corpses into zombies. Toshio initially rejects the offer to become a zombie hunter since he sees his would-be boss as a dangerous and sick man, but soon finds himself forced into the role when his loved ones are endangered.
After 26 episodes, the manga stopped.