Onibi - Stories of Hidden Japan

Content : Between a traveler diary and a fantastic story!

Hidden along country lanes, and in the shadows of old Shinto shrines, are ancient Japanese spirits, foxes, tanuki and other yokai who lie in wait, ready to play tricks on unsuspecting passersby. Cécile and Olivier - newly settled on the shores of the Sea of Japan in Niigata - purchase a special old camera that is supposed to print these spirits on film. In their quest to capture them on camera, they draw a portrait of a Japan in balance between two worlds.

Despite the modernization of the country, the Japanese still take ghost stories very seriously. The stories of yokai and other spirits remain very present and rooted in popular folklore.

JAPAN INTERNATIONAL MANGA AWARD - SILVER in 2018.
Selected for the ‘Première Bulle’ prize 2017 (Angers BD Festival)
Selected for the 2018 ‘Bull'Gomme’ prize (Mayenne Departmental Library)

About the authors:
The Atelier Sento, a duo formed by Cécile Brun and Olivier Pichard, was born out of trips to Japan, encounters, drawings and photographs brought back from the Land of the Rising Sun. They like to show us an unusual Japan, made up of villages lost in the mountains, popular festivals and forgotten spirits.

Rights sold: English, Italian, Japanese, Russian.