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| Original Title: | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters |
| ISBN: | 1840232048 (ISBN13: 9781840232042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sandman #One-shot |
| Characters: | Dream of the Endless, Matthew the Raven, Cain (DC Comics), Abel (DC Comics), Mildred (Hecatae), Mordred/Morganna (Hecatae), Cynthia (Hecatae) |
| Setting: | Japan |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative (2000), Hugo Award Nominee for Best Related Work (2000), Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Comics-Related Book (2000) |
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Sandman fans should feel lucky that master fantasy writer Neil Gaiman discovered the mythical world of Japanese fables while researching his translation of Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. At the same time, while preparing for the Sandman 10th anniversary, he met Yoshitaka Amano, his artist for the 11th Sandman book. Amano is the famed designer of the Final Fantasy game series. The product of Gaiman's immersion in Japanese art, culture, and history, Sandman: Dream Hunters is a classic Japanese tale (adapted from "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming") that he has subtly morphed into his Sandman universe. Like most fables, the story begins with a wager between two jealous animals, a fox and a badger: which of them can drive a young monk from his solitary temple? The winner will make the temple into a new fox or badger home. But as the fox adopts the form of a woman to woo the monk from his hermitage, she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, in far away Kyoto, the wealthy Master of Yin-Yang, the onmyoji, is plagued by his fears and seeks tranquility in his command of sorcery. He learns of the monk and his inner peace; he dispatches demons to plague the monk in his dreams and eventually kill him to bring his peace to the onmyoji. The fox overhears the demons on their way to the monk and begins her struggle to save the man whom at first she so envied. Dream Hunters is a beautiful package. From the ink-brush painted endpapers to the luminous page layouts--including Amano's gate-fold painting of Morpheus in a sea of reds, oranges, and violets--this book has been crafted for a sensuous reading experience. Gaiman has developed as a prose stylist in the last several years with novels and stories such as Neverwhere and Stardust, and his narrative rings with a sense of timelessness and magic that gently sustains this adult fairy tale. The only disappointment here is that the book is so brief. One could imagine this creative team being even better suited to a longer story of more epic proportions. On the final page of Dream Hunters, in fact, Amano suggest that he will collaborate further with Mr. Gaiman in the future. Readers of Dream Hunters will hope that Amano's dream comes true. --Patrick O'KelleySpecify Based On Books The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot)
| Title | : | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot) |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | 2000 by Titan Books Ltd. (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Fantasy. Comics. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics |
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Ratings: 4.39 From 18215 Users | 617 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot)
This is not an adaptation of a single fairy tale as purported, though elements of the Japanese mythic tradition remain strong if not always exactly perfected. In particular, Gaiman captures the elusive spirit of the fox (or 'kitsune', which are as mysterious and versatile as they are pervasive in Japanese myth) exceedingly well, weaving about it a tale of fear against contentment and love against sacrifice morphed (forgive the pun) to fit seamlessly with the established Sandman canon.YoshitakaI love stories like this. Strangely, I felt teleported to a time when stories are told beside a warm fire of the night.
This isn't a graphic novel but a beautifully illustrated book. In fact the illustrations are the best part. Neil does his best attempt at a Japanese style version of a Sandman story. It didn't feel quite right to me. It had some of the elements of a Japanese fairy tale, but it felt a little clumsy round the edges and the transitions. But then I'm not that familiar with Japanese literature, just know my Buddhist literature and fox spirits from Chinese literature and religion so perhaps that was
Me. Gaiman delivers a decent story in this installation to the Sandman series, but what really stands out is the work of Mr. Amano as illustrator. Mr. Amano's work is beautiful, and it adds a whole lot to this story. I doubt anyone else could have illustrated Mr. Gaiman's story so well.
A great story and amazing artwork.
Gorgeous artwork. This tale is less a graphic novel and more an illustrated novella. I love this visit to Dream and the world of Sandman mixed with Japanese myth.
Beautifully written and haunting artwork . I have never been disappointed by anything Gaiman has been associated with .
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