Zomia (manga)

Zomia
First tankōbon volume cover
ゾミア
GenreEpic, Historical[1][2]
Manga
Written bySohei Asamura
Illustrated byTen Ishida
Published byKodansha
ImprintYoung Magazine KC
Magazine
  • Weekly Young Magazine (February 2022–July 2022)
  • Yanmaga Web (August 2022–September 2022)
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 28, 2022 – September 17, 2022
Volumes3

Zomia (Japanese: ゾミア) is a Japanese manga series written by Sohei Asamura and illustrated by Ten Ishida. It started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine in February 2022. It finished in the magazine in July 2022, and moved to the Yanmaga Web website and app in August of the same year. The series ended its serialization in September 2022, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

In 2020, Zomia won two awards at 83rd Chiba Tetsuya Award in the shōnen category.

Publication

Zomia based on a one-shot that Sohei Asamura wrote and illustrated.[3] The manga series illustrated by Ten Ishida began its serialization in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on February 28, 2022.[4][5] The series finished in Weekly Young Magazine on July 15, 2022, and moved to the Yanmaga Web manga website and app on August 6 of the same year.[6][7][2] The series ended its serialization on September 17, 2022.[8][2] Kodansha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from May 6, 2022,[9] to November 4, 2022.[10]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1 May 6, 2022[11]978-4-06-527807-9
2 August 5, 2022[12]978-4-06-528802-3
3 November 4, 2022[13]978-4-06-529752-0

Reception

In 2020, Zomia won two awards at 83rd Chiba Tetsuya Award in the shōnen category.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ 『ヤンマガ』新連載は歴史大河スペクタクルで一部先行公開 『雨と君と』3巻が3月発売. Oricon News (in Japanese). February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c ゾミア. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  3. ^ 「Kollektion」にて、ヤングマガジン新連載『ゾミア』のNFTを2月28日より販売開始 (Press release) (in Japanese). Shinchosha. February 21, 2022. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024 – via PR Times.
  4. ^ ゾミア：「ヤンマガ」新連載 「マツコ会議」も話題の浅村壮平が原作. Mantan Web (in Japanese). February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. ^ 武将・仙石秀久の一代記、宮下英樹「センゴク」シリーズが約17年の連載に幕. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 28, 2022. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  6. ^ ヤングマガジン編集部 [@magazine_young] (July 15, 2022). \ #ヤンマガ 33号発売中！/西遼の王とゾミアを繋いだのは、死んだはずのミマの同胞——。『#ゾミア』(浅村壮平 / 石田 点)『ゾミア』は次回よりヤンマガWebに移籍します。第18話は8月6日(土)更新！✨新単行本第2巻は8月5日(金)発売です!!! (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ ヤングマガジン編集部 [@magazine_young] (August 6, 2022). \ヤンマガWeb移籍記念🎉✨/ 今だけ！ 全話無料で読めちゃう💥『#ゾミア』舞台は13世紀、モンゴルの侵攻に疲弊する金国の首都・中都大興府。元奴隷少年が言語を武器に戦う、巨大なスケールで中央アジアを描く歴史スペクタクル‼️ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ 魔導の系譜 2023/10/25 最終話. Yanmaga Web (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  9. ^ 【5月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 6, 2022. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  10. ^ 【11月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  11. ^ ゾミア（1） [Zomia Vol. 1] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  12. ^ ゾミア（2） [Zomia Vol. 2] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  13. ^ ゾミア（3） [Zomia Vol. 3] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  14. ^ 浅村壮平さんの『ゾミア』が第83回ちばてつや賞ヤング部門で佳作+編集長特別賞を受賞！. tokiwa-so.net (in Japanese). November 21, 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  15. ^ 『マツコ会議』で大活躍！？ 浅村壮平さんの『ゾミア』はヤンマガWebで読めます！. Yanmaga Web (in Japanese). Kodansha. December 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

Further reading

武将・仙石秀久の一代記、宮下英樹「センゴク」シリーズが約17年の連載に幕. Yanmaga Web (in Japanese). Kodansha. April 4, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.