San Francisco-based VIZ Media has highlighted a diverse collection of horror and supernatural-themed manga titles now available that make a perfect complement for Halloween.

The series include an array of stories ranging from the creepy and paranormal to the humorous:

• “Cat Eyed Boy” (rated T+ for older teens). Cat Eyed Boy is a half-human, half-monster child whose mostly human appearance bans him from the demon world. He lives hidden in the shadows of the human world, hated by humans and demons alike. Wherever he goes, awful events occur as the humans and demons interact.

In 11 stories of revenge and retribution full of disturbing images, Cat Eyed Boy acts as a trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out.

“Cat Eyed Boy” was created by Kazuo Umezu, the undisputed master of Japanese horror manga and creator of the critically acclaimed “Drifting Classroom.”

• “Cowa!” (rated A for all ages). This spooktacular manga story by Akira Toriyama (“Dragonball,” “Blue Dragon”) introduces readers to Paifu, a half-vampire, half-werekoala, who is always getting into trouble with his best buddy, José the ghost. But when the monster flu sweeps through town, the fun and games are over. If the monsters don’t get the medicine soon, everyone will die. With all the adults sick, it’s up to the kids to save the day.

• "Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun” (rated T for teens). For those who suffer nightmares, help awaits at the Silver Star Tea House, where patrons can order much more than just darjeeling. Hiruko is a special kind of private investigator; he’s a dream eater, and he’ll rid you of your darkest vision – for a price.

Each chapter is a self-contained story that offers a glimpse of mankind’s folly and gradually reveals a little more about Hiruko and his dark past.

A popular new series with a gothic edge, “Nightmare Inspector” was published in Japan by Square Enix, the publisher of the first manga series from Shin Mashiba. Fan buzz has abounded on this series and comparisons have been made to Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” and DC’s “House of Mystery/House of Secrets.”

• “Rosario + Vampire” (rated T+ for older teens). All-around average teenager Tsukune can’t get accepted to any high school save one, but on his first day, he finds the rest of the student body doesn’t appear average in the least. Best of all, the cutest girl on campus can’t wait to fling her arms around his neck. But Tsukune’s going to have one heck of a hickey when he gets home from Monster High.

Does he have a chance in hell of raising his grades at a school where the turf war isn’t between jocks and nerds but between vampires and werewolves? Find out in the new series from Akihisa Ikeda.

• “Vampire Knight” (rated T+ for older teens). Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school.

Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the academy’s dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires.

• “Death Note” live action DVD. Based on the hit supernatural action mystery manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the live action feature film was released in Japan in 2006 and mirrors the manga’s story of Light Yagami, an ace student with great prospects who is bored out of his mind. All of that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami (death god) named Ryuk.

Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light vows to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals mysteriously begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to investigate, and he is soon hot on the trail of Light, who must re-evaluate his one noble goal.

Both Light and L believe themselves to be on the side of justice, and they match wits trying to show exactly which of them is “good” and which of them is “evil.”

Owned by three of Japan’s largest creators and licensors of manga and anime, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English-speaking audiences.For more information, call (415) 546-7073 or visit the website at www.VIZ.com.