Edens Zero

Edens Zero
First volume of Edens Zero, released by Kodansha on September 14, 2018 in Japan
エデンズゼロ
(Edenzu Zero)
Genre Fantasy, science fiction[1][2]
Manga
Written by Hiro Mashima
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run June 27, 2018 – present
Volumes 1

Edens Zero (Japanese: エデンズゼロ, Hepburn: Edenzu Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. First releasing on June 27, 2018, it is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine with tankōbon volumes being released by Kodansha, who have been publishing the series simultaneously on digital platforms in six other languages.

Plot

Edens Zero centers around Shiki Granbell, an orphan who is raised by sentient animatronics on a deserted theme park planet in the Sakura Cosmos.[Jp. 1] The park is visited by two space adventurers, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy, whom Shiki befriends while they are there recording videos for the video-sharing website B-Cube.[Jp. 2] Nearing the end of their battery lifespans, the robots force a complacent Shiki to leave with Rebecca and Happy by staging an attempt to kill the three and steal Rebecca's spaceship, the Aqua Wing,[Jp. 3] saving Shiki from becoming stranded alone on the planet. Following this, Shiki joins Rebecca and Happy to explore the universe in the hope of making new friends for himself.

Characters

Main characters

Shiki Granbell (シキ・グランベル, Shiki Guranberu)
Shiki is the sole human denizen of the Granbell Kingdom,[Jp. 4] a fantasy theme park on the robot-inhabited planet Granbell, which Rebecca derives his surname from. Adopted as the Demon King Ziggy's grandson, he is the inheritor of the Demon King's gravity-based Ether Gear,[Jp. 5] a superhuman ability that reconfigures the flow of latent "ether" energy in his body into that of a machine, allowing him to change the strength and direction of gravity for himself and others. Shiki aspires to make as many friends outside his planet as possible by completing his late grandfather's unfulfilled dream of finding the cosmic goddess Mother. However, he is socially awkward around other humans due to spending most of his life among robots.
Rebecca (レベッカ, Rebekka)
Rebecca is a girl from the planet Blue Garden[Jp. 6] who travels to different planets to record videos for her and her partner Happy's online B-Cube account, Aoneko Channel,[Jp. 7] with the goal of obtaining one million subscribers. She is also the owner and pilot of the Aqua Wing, a spaceship that doubly functions as a seaboat. Ordinarily a bright and energetic girl, she adopts a crass and aggressive personality when in battle, and displays excellent marksmanship with Happy's twin blaster form.
Happy (ハッピー, Happī)
Happy is a blue, anthropomorphic cat alien from the planet Exceed,[Jp. 8] based on the character of the same name from Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail series. During Rebecca's childhood, he is killed in a roadside accident and revived as a cyborg with a prosthetic body created by Professor Weisz. Acting as Rebecca's companion, he can reconfigure his body into a pair of rayguns called Happy Blasters,[Jp. 9] that Rebecca uses, which fire non-lethal rounds of ether bullets.
Weisz Steiner (ワイズ・シュタイナー, Waizu Shutainā)
Weisz is an elderly professor and former thief from the planet Norma[Jp. 10] who uses a form of Ether Gear called Machina Maker[Jp. 11] to instantaneously rebuild and modify machines. He is responsible for reconstructing Happy as a robot for Rebecca, serving as their benefactor. As a result of a time-devouring Chronophage rewinding Norma's time by fifty years, a younger, alternate version of Weisz co-exists with his present self and accompanies Shiki's group on their adventures.

Supporting characters

  • Demon King Ziggy[Jp. 12] is a benevolent robot and Shiki's adoptive grandfather at the Granbell Kingdom, where he served as the park's animatronic villain character before breaking down during Shiki's childhood.
  • Mother[Jp. 13] is a planet-sized humanoid that exists beyond the Sakura Cosmos, where she is regarded as a mythical goddess. She is the subject of countless failed search efforts made by space explorers, with Shiki determined to be the first to verify her existence.
  • Elsie Crimson[Jp. 14] is an armored space pirate who is notorious for conquering the universe's seven "cosmic seas". She becomes one of Shiki's allies after delivering Ziggy's battleship to him out of debt to the Demon King. Her name and appearance are similar to those of Erza Scarlet, a character from the Fairy Tail series.
  • Clarisse Layer[Jp. 15] is the sensitive and friendly receptionist of Shooting Starlight,[Jp. 16] an adventurers guild on Blue Garden that Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy are members of.
  • Labilia Christy[Jp. 17] is a famous B-Cube personality and Shooting Starlight member who has an antagonistic relationship with Rebecca. She becomes fascinated with Shiki after being subjected to his gravity powers, intending to make him the focus of her next video.
  • Xiaomei[Jp. 18] is an omniscient girl who serves as the series narrator by breaking the fourth wall.
  • E.M. Pino[Jp. 19] is a miniature "anti-bot" android capable of creating EMPs that disable machinery and Ether Gear for short periods of time. She is the Demon King's property, and accompanies the crew to have her memory of her "master" restored after it is erased by Weisz's former criminal gang.
  • Justice,[Jp. 20] Victory,[Jp. 21] and Creed[Jp. 22] are officers of the Interstellar Union Army,[Jp. 23] the cosmic government's military force that pursues Elsie Crimson.

Production

Following the conclusion of his series Fairy Tail on July 26, 2017, Hiro Mashima posted a Tweet on December 31, 2017 promising to start a new series sometime in 2018.[3] After his visit to the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, Mashima revealed that the new series would be "a new form of fantasy", and that the character Plue from his earlier series Rave Master would appear in the manga.[1] On May 14, 2018, Mashima commented on Twitter that he was becoming "a little confused" due to working simultaneously on this series, a Fairy Tail continuation, and another "secret" project. He also stated that he was coming up with new ideas for the series "one after another".[4] On May 30, 2018, Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed that the series was tentatively titled Eden's Zero.[5]

Publication

The series launched in 2018's 30th issue of Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on June 27, 2018.[6] The series is published simultaneously in six different languages: English, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Brazilian Portuguese.[5][7] North American publisher Kodansha USA will release chapters of the series on digital platforms such as Crunchyroll Manga, ComiXology, and Amazon Kindle.[5] The first tankōbon volume will be released on September 14, 2018.[8]

Volume list

No.TitleJapanese releaseEnglish release
1To Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Blow
Sakura Mau Sora ni (桜舞うソラに)		September 14, 2018[8][9]
ISBN 978-4-06-513234-0
ISBN 978-4-06-513235-7 (SE)		November 6, 2018[10]
ISBN 978-1-63-236756-3
  1. "To Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Blow" (桜舞うソラに, Sakura Mau Sora ni)
  2. "The Girl and the Blue Cat" (少女と青猫, Shōjo to Ao Neko)
  1. "Adventurers" (冒険者たち, Bōkensha-tachi)
  2. "Norma" (ノーマ, Nōma)
Shiki is raised from childhood by a community of robots at the abandoned Granbell Kingdom theme park. The park is visited by two travelers – Rebecca and her cybernetic cat companion, Happy – whom Shiki quickly befriends. The next day, the park's robots turn hostile and hold the visitors captive, declaring revenge against humans for discarding them. When the robots attack Shiki as well, he fights back and saves Rebecca using his Gravity Ether Gear ability. Rebecca and Happy flee the planet with Shiki on their spaceship, the Aqua Wing, while the robots express satisfaction over Shiki's escape before simultaneously breaking down, having staged their rebellion to save him from being marooned. The three arrive at the planet Blue Garden and register Shiki into the adventurers guild Shooting Starlight, where Shiki recognizes a hologram of a cosmic entity called Mother. When the guild disbelieves Shiki's supposed encounter with her, he and his friends decide to find Mother and prove her existence, traveling to the planet Norma to acquire a more spaceworthy ship from Rebecca and Happy's benefactor, Professor Weisz Steiner. Upon visiting Weisz's laboratory, they are confronted by a stranger who introduces himself with the professor's name.
2TBA—February 5, 2019[11]
ISBN 978-1-63-236757-0
3TBA—April 2, 2019[12]
ISBN 9781632367587
4TBA—June 4, 2019[13]
ISBN 9781632367587

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in Japanese in issues of Weekly Shōnen Magazine and in English in issues of Crunchyroll Manga from July 2018.

  1. "A Man Named Weisz" (ワイズという男, Waizu Toiu Otoko)
  2. "Thief" (盗賊 (シーフ), Shīfu)
  3. "Iron Tears" (鉄の涙, Tetsu no Namida)
  4. "Clash!! The Sibir Family" (激突!! シビルファミリー, Gekitotsu!! Shibiru Famirī)
  5. "Vs. the Foote Brothers" (VS. フットブラザーズ, VS. Futto Burazāzu)
  6. "We're Friends, Aren't We?" (友達だろ, Tomodachi Daro)
  7. "Machina Maker" (マキナ・メイカー, Makina Meikā)
  8. "The Skull Fairy" (スカルフェアリー号, Sukaru Fearī-gō)
  9. "Edens Zero" (シキVSエルシー, Shiki VS Erushī, lit. "Shiki vs. Elsie")
  10. "Born Again" (もう一度生まれる, Mō Ichido Umareru)
  11. "The Demon King's Ship" (魔王戦艦, Maō Senkan)
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

Notes

  1. ↑ 桜宇宙, サクラコスモス Sakura Kosumosu, lit. "Cherry Blossom Cosmos"
  2. ↑ B・キューブ B Kyūbu
  3. ↑ アクアウイング Akua Uingu
  4. ↑ グランベル王国 Guranberu Ōkoku
  5. ↑ エーテルギア Ēteru Gia
  6. ↑ ブルーガーデン Burū Gāden
  7. ↑ AONEKOチャネル Aoneko Chaneru, lit. "Blue Cat Channel"
  8. ↑ エクシド星 Ekushido-hoshi
  9. ↑ ハッピーブラスター Happī Burasutā
  10. ↑ ノーマ Nōma
  11. ↑ マキナ・メイカー Makina Meikā
  12. ↑ 魔王ジギー Maō Jigī
  13. ↑ マザー Mazā
  14. ↑ エルシー・クリムゾン Erushī Kurimuzon
  15. ↑ クラリス・レイヤー Kurarisu Reiyā
  16. ↑ 流星の灯 Ryūsei no Tomoshibi
  17. ↑ ラビリア・クリスティ Rabiria Kurisuti
  18. ↑ シャオメイ Shaomei
  19. ↑ EMピーノ Ī Emu Pīno
  20. ↑ ジャスティス Jasutisu
  21. ↑ ビクトリー Bikutorī
  22. ↑ クリード Kurīdo
  23. ↑ 星系連盟軍 Seikei Renmeigun

References

  1. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 28, 2018). "Hiro Mashima Teases More Details About Planned New Work". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "EDENS ZERO #1". Comixology. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Sherman, Jennifer (December 31, 2017). "Fairy Tail Creator Hiro Mashima: 'I'll Work Hard to Launch a New Manga Next Year'". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Sherman, Jennifer (May 14, 2018). "Fairy Tail Manga's Hiro Mashima Teases 'Secret' Project". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 29, 2018). "Hiro Mashima's New Manga Gets Tentative Title, Simultaneous Release in 5 Languages". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 5, 2018). "Hiro Mashima Launches New Manga on June 27, Also Plans Fairy Tail Sequel & Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ "#NovidadeJBC: Edens Zero!!! - Henshin". Henshin (in Portuguese). 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  8. 1 2 "ＥＤＥＮＳ　ＺＥＲＯ（１）". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ "ＥＤＥＮＳ　ＺＥＲＯ（１）特装版". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Edens Zero 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Edens Zero 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Edens Zero 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Edens Zero 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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