Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
Cover art for the first volume, featuring the main character, Akiko Hayashi
かくかくしかじか
(Kakukaku Shikajika)
Genre Autobiography, slice of life
Manga
Written by Akiko Higashimura
Published by Shueisha
English publisher Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic Josei
Magazine Cocohana
Original run January 2012 – March 2015
Volumes 5

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey, known in Japan as Kakukaku Shikajika (Japanese: かくかくしかじか), is an autobiographical josei manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Shueisha's Cocohana manga magazine between the inaugural January 2012 issue sold on November 28, 2011[1][2] and the March 2015 issue sold on January 28, 2015.[3] It will be published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment starting on May 21, 2019.[4]

Volumes

The chapters, referred to as "canvases", were serialized in Cocohana and were later published by Shueisha in five tankōbon volumes. Volumes three, four and five also include a bonus "sketchbook" chapter.

No.Release date ISBN
1 July 25, 2012[5] ISBN 978-4-08-782457-5
  • Chapters 1–7
2 May 24, 2013[6] ISBN 978-4-08-782653-1
  • Chapters 8–14
3 January 24, 2014[7] ISBN 978-4-08-782746-0
  • Chapters 15–21
  • Sketchbook
4 July 25, 2014[8] ISBN 978-4-08-782797-2
  • Chapters 22–28
  • Sketchbook
5 March 25, 2015[9] ISBN 978-4-08-792004-8
  • Chapters 29–34
  • Sketchbook

Reception

It was number five on the 2013 and 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers surveys and number seven on the 2015 survey.[10][11][12] It was number four in the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize.[13] In 2015, it won the eighth annual Manga Taishō award,[14] and was awarded the grand prize in the manga division by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival.[15]

Volume 2 sold 49,232 copies as of June 2013[16] and volume 3 sold 47,446 copies as of February 2014.[17]

References

  1. ↑ ココハナ　2012年1月号 [Cocohana January 2012 issue] (in Japanese). Tohan Corporation. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Limited Free Reading Time for "Cocohana" & "You" Opens!". Pixiv. November 17, 2011. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura to End Kakukaku Shikajika Manga". Anime News Network. December 27, 2014. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas". Anime News Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ かくかくしかじか 1 [Kakukaku Shikajika 1] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ かくかくしかじか 2 [Kakukaku Shikajika 2] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ かくかくしかじか 3 [Kakukaku Shikajika 3] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  8. ↑ かくかくしかじか 4 [Kakukaku Shikajika 4] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  9. ↑ かくかくしかじか 5 [Kakukaku Shikajika 5] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2013 Voters". Anime News Network. December 10, 2012. Archived from the original on March 20, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015's Series Ranking for Female Readers". Anime News Network. December 9, 2014. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize". Anime News Network. September 18, 2013. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Manga Wins Media Arts Award". Anime News Network. November 27, 2015. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 27-June 2". Anime News Network. June 5, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2". Anime News Network. February 5, 2014. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
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