title: Vampire Hunter D Volume 8: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part Two (Pt. 2, v.8)
author:  Hideyuki Kikuchi 
description: <b>Hideyuki Kikuchi</b> is a Japanese author famous for his horror novels. His most famous works include the<i> Vampire Hunter D </i>series, <i>Darkside Blues,</i>and <i>Wicked City</i>. He has been compared to both Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft. Kikuchi was born in Chshi, Japan, on September 25, 1949. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, <i>Demon City Shinjuku</i>, was published in 1982. Kikuchi became close friends with writer and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri during his adaption of <i>Wicked City</i> and the two have since collaborated on <i>Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust</i> and the OVA of <i>Demon City Shinjuku</i>.<br /><br /><b>Yoshitaka Amano </b>is a comic book and manga creator, artist, and cover artist known for his work on <i>Aliens, Sandman, </i>and <i>Speed Racer.</i>
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  Other Vampire Hunter D books published by
  
  
  Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing
  
  
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  vol. 1: Vampire Hunter D
  
  
  vol. 2: Raiser of Gales
  
  
  vol. 3: Demon Deathchase
  
  
  vol. 4: Tale of the Dead Town
  
  
  vol. 5: The Stuff of Dreams
  
  
  vol. 6: Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane
  
  
  vol. 7: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea part one
  
  
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  VAMPIRE HUNTER D 8:
  
  
  MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY TO THE NORTH SEA PART TWO
  
  
  © Hideyuki Kikuchi, 1988. Originally published in Japan in 1988 by ASAHI
  SONORAMA Co. English translation copyright © 2007 by Dark Horse Books and
  Digital Manga Publishing.
  
  
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  No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form
  or by any means, without the express written permission of the copyright
  holders. Names, characters, places, and incidents featured in this publication
  are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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