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Gyo (manga)

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Alternative title:
Gyo: Odore di morte (Italian) 
ギョ (Japanese) 
魚 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: horror , psychological 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Someting in Okinawa reeks, and it isn't long before Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori realize that the smell are coming from dead fish, which are walking out of the sea. The fish are fused to metal legs and are infected with a disease contractable by humans that was invented as a weapon by the Japanese government. After Kaori is infected, Tadashi goes to find a solution to this putrid takeover, if there even is an answer to be found. Also contains two short stories: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post and The Enigma of Amigara Fault. 
User Ratings: 168 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:3, Eng:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 32 votes (Eng:21, sub:8, edit.dub:1, dub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 45 votes (Eng:28, sub:12, dub:5)
 Good: 43 votes (Eng:27, sub:11, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Decent: 19 votes (Eng:9, sub:7, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (Eng:7, dub:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (Eng:7, dub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 299 users, rank: #287 (of 6930)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.214 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7291, rank: #2717 (of 7783)
Weighted mean: 7.177 (Good+), rank: #3196 (of 7783) (seen all: 7.26 / seen some: 7.25 / won't finish: 4.26)
Bayesian estimate: 7.189 (Good+), rank: #2210 (of 3529)
Number of tankoubon: 2 
Number of pages: 208 
Vintage: 2001-11-12 to 2002-04-15 (Big Comic Spirits, 2001 #50 - 2002 #20) 
Release dates: We have 12
Links: We have 1
Reviews:
Gyo [2-in-1 Deluxe Edition] GN (Aug 1, 2015)
Gyo GN 2 (Feb 22, 2008)
Gyo GN 1 (Jan 21, 2008)
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eBook
    Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps (eBook 1) 2012-12-25
    Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps (eBook 2) 2012-12-25
Graphic novel
    Gyo (GN 1) 2007-10-09 (from $29.81)
    Gyo (GN 2) 2008-01-08 (from $3.79)
    Gyo [2-in-1 Deluxe Edition] (GN) 2015-04-21 (from $19.90)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Junji Ito 
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Yuji Oniki 

Adaptation: Yuji Oniki 
Design:
Izumi Evers 
Sam Elzway (Deluxe Edition) 
Editing:
Alvin Lu 
Ian Robertson (VIZ Signature Edition) 
Jason Thompson 
Masumi Washington (Deluxe Edition) 
Lettering: Steve Dutro 
Touch-up Art: Steve Dutro 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media 
French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Editions Tonkam 
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Pablo Tschopp (Argentina) 
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina) 
Panini Comics (Mexico) 
Publisher: ECC Ediciones (Spain) 
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
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Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics 
Italian cast
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Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Paweł Dybała 
(none)
Polish companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: Devir (Brazil) 
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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