Abstract

"Urban Legends of the World" is a new addition to the popular Illustrated Encyclopedia series, featuring ultra-realistic illustrations! It's crazy! It's too scary! 124 stories in total. Introducing mysterious phenomena and terrifying stories that are rumored all over the world. "Urban legends" that have been passed down to people all over the world are recreated with amazing illustrations! Red rain, the White Lady in a wedding dress, the Enfield poltergeist, the crazy chair, the otherworldly elevator... The supernatural phenomena that change with the times are always targeting the gaps in your heart. The definitive compilation of urban legends told all over the world! Introducing terrifying rumors that could suddenly happen to you one day with super-visual images. Also includes Japanese urban legends that could not be included in the previous work, "Illustrated Encyclopedia: Japanese Urban Legends." Full color, powerful illustrations! 240 pages with full furigana. The hugely popular "Illustrated Encyclopedia" series

Author’s Information

Asazato Itsuki
Born in Hokkaido in 1990. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Hosei University in 2014, majoring in Japanese literature.
Currently working as a civil servant, he also collects and researches supernatural phenomena and monsters in private practice.
His books include "Encyclopedia of Japan's Strange Modern Monsters" (Gentosha), "Encyclopedia of Modern Japanese Strange Things" (Kasama Shoin), "Supplementary Reading for the Encyclopedia of Modern Japanese Strange Things" (Kasama Shoin), "Encyclopedia of Strange Stories about Historical Figures" (Gentosha), "Encyclopedia of Modern World Strange Things" (Kasama Shoin), and "Powerful! Terrifying Encyclopedia of Urban Legends" (Seitosha).