Beastars
| Beastars | |
 | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Paru Itagaki |
|---|---|
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | September 8, 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
Beastars is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. The series has won multiple awards, including being the first Akita Shoten title to take home the Manga Taishō Award.
Publication
Paru Itagaki launched the manga in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion on September 8, 2016.[1][2] The series has been compiled into 8 tankōbon volumes to date.[3]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 6, 2017[4] | ISBN 978-4-253-22754-4 |
| 2 | April 7, 2017[5] | ISBN 978-4-253-22755-1 |
| 3 | May 8, 2017[6] | ISBN 978-4-253-22756-8 |
| 4 | July 7, 2017[7] | ISBN 978-4-253-22757-5 |
| 5 | October 6, 2017[8] | ISBN 978-4-253-22758-2 |
| 6 | December 9, 2017[9] | ISBN 978-4-253-22759-9 |
| 7 | February 8, 2018[10] | ISBN 978-4-253-22760-5 |
| 8 | May 8, 2018[11] | ISBN 978-4-253-22761-2 |
Reception
The series had 1.3 million copies in print as of April 2018.[12]
In December 2017, the series placed second in the list of top male-targeted manga for 2018 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, placing after The Promised Neverland.[13] The series won the 11th annual Manga Taishō Award in March 2018, the first time a series from Akita Shoten took the award.[2] In April 2018, it won the New Creator Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes.[14] In May 2018, it won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 42nd annual Kodansha Manga Awards.[15] It also won a New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in March 2018.[16]
References
- ↑ Green, Scott (August 31, 2018). ""Squid Girl" Author Prepares New Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- 1 2 Loo, Egan; Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 22, 2018). "Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS Wins 11th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第1巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第2巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第3巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第4巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第5巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第6巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第7巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "BEASTARS 第8巻". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 7, 2018). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 8, 2017). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ Ressler, Karen (April 24, 2018). "Golden Kamuy Wins 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ Sherman, Jennifer (May 10, 2018). "42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 16, 2018). "In This Corner of the World, Lu over the wall, 'Nee, Mama' Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2018.