Blade of the Immortal creator Hiroaki Samura is always in demand in Japan, and Dark Horse's new anthology Hiroaki Samura's Emerald and Other Stories collects seven manga tales Samura has done in recent years—not just for Blade's home, Afternoon magazine, but four other publications including Flapper (home of Dance in the Vampire Bund andYoung Miss Holmes) and the well-known pop culture digest Quick Japan.
And as you might expect, Samura serves up flavors in Emerald and Other Stories that are sharp and spicy—everything from how not to to confess your love via cassette tape to gothic horror set amidst the rich and poor of post-WW I Europe. In the lead story, Emerald, Samura does his first adventure set in the Wild West, as femme fatale Black Rose hires one-armed rifleman Jimmy Weed to execute a nasty little caper in a town full of secrets!
Hiroaki Samura's Emerald and Other Stories is scheduled for release in February of 2013.