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NonNonBa
のんのんばあとオレ
Autobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school and his first loves. The title character of the book, NonNonBa, is an old mystical and superstitious woman by which Shigeru discovers the world of yokai, supernatural beings and grotesque bestiary of medieval Japanese.
Won Best Album at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
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Biography / Autobiography4Youkai4Japanese Folklore4Childhood4Showa Era4Award-Winning Work3Shinto3Sibling/s220th Century1Japan1Japanese Mythology1Based on a True Story1Based on Real Life1Historical Fiction1Historical Persons1Historical References1Historical Setting1Real Life Facts1Old Woman1Superstition/s1Old-Style Drawings11930s1Reflections on One's Childhood1Nanny1
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Staff
Paweł Dybała
Translator (Polish)
Arnaldo Oka
Translator (Portuguese)
Shigeru Mizuki
Story & Art
Karolina Kluska
Lettering (Polish)
FAQ
- What is NonNonBa about?
- Autobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school
- Is NonNonBa still ongoing?
- NonNonBa is currently finished. It has 25 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in NonNonBa?
- The main characters are NonNon-Ba, Shigeru Mizuki.
