Abstract

A mysterious and gentle nighttime picture book drawn with overwhelming skill by the popular manga artist of ``Children of the Sea''

A bus abandoned in the forest.
For decades forgotten, it has rusted, become tangled with weeds and ivy, and is falling apart.
--One day, his hands and legs finally grew, and he became a Bathsaurus and began to move!
Tired from walking for the first time, Bussaurus was taking a break at a bus stop when an old woman got on the bus.
From then on, every night at a fixed time, Bassaurus rides the old woman into the night.
The number of passengers gradually increases, bringing with them both visible and invisible things.
But one night, the old woman disappeared.
Bassaurus continues to wait for the old lady day after day...

Author’s Information

Daisuke Igarashi Born in 1969. Cartoonist. In 2004, won the Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the Japan Media Arts Festival for ``Majo'' (Shogakukan). In 2009, he won the 38th Japan Cartoonists Association Award for Excellence and the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Excellence Award for ``Children of the Sea'' (Shogakukan). An animated film produced by STUDIO 4℃ was also released in 2019 and received positive reviews. Other art books include ``Sea Monsters and Souls'' (Shogakukan), and picture books include ``I Can Hear the Mermaid's Song'' (East Press).