A PREQUEL TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FANTASY SERIES IN JAPAN, THE FOLLOW-UP TO KIZUMONOGATARIThe Monogotari (Kodansha) series has sold millions of copies in Nishio Ishins native Japan, along with his rapturously received contribution to the Death Note novel series (Viz, 2008).A stand-alone prequel to the leading Monogatari (Kodansha) series by the 33-year-old novelist whose first printings are now second only to Haruki Murakamis, this story about a blond female vampire on a tourist visit to the country is being adapted into an animated feature for Japanese theatrical release in late 2015/early 2016. High schooler Koyomi, encountering a dying vampire on his way home from purchasing age-restricted magazines, offers his blood and must face the three vampire hunters who have stolen his mistresss limbs.