{"id":12036,"date":"2010-09-29T17:33:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T00:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=12036"},"modified":"2010-09-29T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T04:52:49","slug":"attend-a-recital-filled-with-the-undead-in-new-manga-series-grand-guignol-orchestra-coming-in-october-from-shojo-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=12036","title":{"rendered":"Attend a Recital Filled with the Undead in New Manga Series &#8220;Grand Guignol Orchestra&#8221; Coming in October from Shojo Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/vizmedia.com\/\">VIZ Media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry\u2019s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the launch of a new series from iconic manga (graphic novel) creator Kaori Yuki. Her latest series, <em>Grand Guignol Orchestra<\/em>, will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint, is rated &#8220;T+&#8221; for Older Teens, and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. \/ $12.99 CAN. The series debuts on October 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Lucille loves heading up the traveling Grand Orchestra, roving from town to town, entertaining the masses and making money. But now the musicians have met their toughest audience yet: people infected with the Guignol Virus, turning them into zombie dolls intent on killing all humans!<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Grand Guignol Orchestra<\/em> is destined to become another dark masterpiece from the queen of gothic manga,\u201d says Pancha Diaz, Senior Editor, Shojo Beat. \u201cThe new series combines all of the elements that have made Kaori Yuki\u2019s work a favorite among manga fans. With richly detailed artwork and a twisted tale of horror and tortured romance, <em>Grand Guignol Orchestra<\/em> takes readers to a recital where no one may make it out alive!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manga creator Kaori Yuki was born in Tokyo and began drawing at a very early age. Following her debut work, <em>Ellie in Summer Clothes<\/em>, in the Japanese magazine <em>Bessatsu Hana to Yume<\/em>, she went on to write a compelling series of short stories: <em>Cruel Fairy Tales<\/em>, <em>Screw<\/em>, and <em>Gravel Kingdom<\/em>. As proven by her best-selling manga series <em>Angel Sanctuary<\/em>, <em>Godchild<\/em>, and <em>Fairy Cube<\/em> (all published in North America by VIZ Media), her celebrated body of work has etched an indelible mark on the gothic manga genre.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <em>Grand Guignol Orchestra<\/em>, or other shojo titles from VIZ Media, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/shojobeat.com\/\">ShojoBeat.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from VIZ Media: VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry\u2019s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the launch of a new series from iconic manga (graphic novel) creator Kaori Yuki. Her latest series, Grand Guignol Orchestra, will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint, is rated &#8220;T+&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=12036\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Attend a Recital Filled with the Undead in New Manga Series &#8220;Grand Guignol Orchestra&#8221; Coming in October from Shojo Beat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}