Fantasium

Fantasium
First tankōbon volume cover
ファンタジウム
(Fantajiumu)
Manga
Written byAmi Sugimoto [ja]
Published byKodansha
ImprintMorning KC
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 10, 2006 – December 25, 2014
Volumes9

Fatasium (Japanese: ファンタジウム, Hepburn: Fantajiumu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] from August 2006 to September 2011, and later on the D Morning website from March to December 2011; its chapters were collected in nine tankōbon volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto [ja], Fantasium was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] from August 10, 2006,[a] to September 22, 2011.[b] The series went on an over two-year hiatus and resumed on the D Morning website on March 6, 2014;[5] it finished on December 25 of that same year.[6] Kodansha collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, released from June 22, 2007,[7] to July 23, 2015.[8]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 June 22, 2007[7]978-4-06-372608-4
2 February 22, 2008[9]978-4-06-372669-5
3 September 22, 2008[10]978-4-06-372736-4
4 June 23, 2009[11]978-4-06-372805-7
5 March 23, 2010[12]978-4-06-372885-9
6 September 22, 2010[13]978-4-06-372945-0
7 June 23, 2011[14]978-4-06-372983-2
8 August 22, 2014[15]978-4-06-387066-4
9 July 23, 2015[16]978-4-06-388494-4

Reception

The series ranked tenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ranking of best manga for male readers in 2009.[17] Fantasium was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.[18] It was nominated for the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011.[19] The manga was selected by the Nippon Foundation for its "This is Also a Learning Manga: World Discovery Project", a project to use manga as learning tools for young children. Fantasium was included in the "Diversity" category.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ It started in the magazine's debut issue,[1] released on August 10, 2006.[2]
  2. ^ It was serialized until the magazine's 50th issue,[3] released on September 22, 2011.[4]

References

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  2. ^ Pineda, Rafael (July 23, 2023). "Morning Two Magazine Moves to Digital Release in August". Anime News Network (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ^ ファンタジウム（８） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. ^ モーニング・ツー No.50　11月2日号　2011年09月22日（木）発売 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  5. ^ 杉本亜未「ファンタジウム」Dモーニング限定で新作発表. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. ^ 【週刊Dモーニング】 奇跡と希望のマジックストーリー、ついに終幕。"D限定"月イチ連載『ファンタジウム』の最終話が配信スタート！ 今月も壁紙プレゼントあり！. Morning (in Japanese). Kodansha. December 25, 2014. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  7. ^ a b ファンタジウム (1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  8. ^ 天才マジシャン描く「ファンタジウム」完結9巻、新宿で杉本亜未サイン会. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  9. ^ ファンタジウム (2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  10. ^ ファンタジウム (3) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  11. ^ ファンタジウム (4) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 17, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  12. ^ 【3月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 23, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  13. ^ 【9月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  14. ^ 【6月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  15. ^ 【8月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 22, 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  16. ^ 【7月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  17. ^ このマンガがすごい！2024 (in Japanese). eBook Initiative Japan [ja]. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  18. ^ "Manga Division – 2010 [14th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  19. ^ Loo, Egan (February 26, 2011). "15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  20. ^ Cadorniga, Carlos (October 13, 2015). "Nippon Foundation Selects 100 Manga as Learning Tools". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

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