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Moribito (novel)



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Alternative title:
守り人 (Japanese) 
Vintage: 1996-07
Release dates: We have 53
Official website:
Kaiseisha's Official Website (Japanese) 
Shinchosha's Dedicated Website (Japanese) 
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    Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (eBook 1) 2014-07-29 (from $5.99)
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Novel
    Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit [Hardcover] (Novel 1) 2008-06-01 (from $4.80)
    Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (Novel 1) 2009-04-15 (from $19.95)
    Moribito - Guardian of the Darkness (Novel 2) 2009-05-01 (from $13.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story: Nahoko Uehashi 

Illustration:
Yūkei Nakagawa (Shincho Bunko) 
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher:
Shinchosha (Paperback) 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Cathy Hirano 

Illustration: Yūko Shimizu 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Scholastic 
Korean staff
Korean cast
Translation: Ok Hee Kim 
(none)
Korean companies
French staff
French cast
Translation:
Yoshimi Minemori 
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Milan 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Gonzalo Fernández 

Illustration: Estudio Fenix 
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: SM 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Luca Tarenzi 
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Salani 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation: Rodrigo Neves 
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: WMF Martins Fontes 

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