“Novel expanding 1997 anime's world, retold by Cyrene Garbo, featuring original characters and creators.”
Eat-Man: The Killing Gene
EAT-MAN 殺しの遺伝子
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Novel expanding 1997 anime's world, retold by Cyrene Garbo, featuring original characters and creators.
This novel was written by Mashimo Kouichi, who directed, produced, and wrote the script for the 1997 anime, and illustrated by Toshiharu Murata, the character designer from the same adaptation. It shares the same worldview as the 1997 anime, and many of the original characters from that adaptation reappear in this new story. It is written from the perspective of Cyrene Garbo, a guest character from the anime's first episode, "The Glass Wall".
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 2 vol ch × vol
- Published Apr 1999 – Apr 1999
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M78959 catalog