Saru (manga)
| Saru | |
_vol._1.png) First volume cover | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Daisuke Igarashi |
|---|---|
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Ikki Comix |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | February 25, 2010 – October 29, 2010 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Saru (stylized as SARU, lit. "Monkey") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was created by a project with novelist author Kōtarō Isaka, in which they together shared ideas to create independents novel and manga works. Saru was launched by Shogakukan in two volumes in February and October 2010.
Publication
[edit]Saru is written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was created by a project with novelist author Kōtarō Isaka, in which they together shared ideas to create independent novel and manga works. Isaka wrote the novel SOS no Saru (SOSの猿, "SOS Monkey"), released by Chuokoron-Shinsha on November 25, 2009,[1] and Igarashi published an introductory chapter of Saru on the same day on Monthly Ikki's website Ikki Paradise.[2] The two volumes of Saru were published by Shogakukan under the "Ikki Comix" imprint on February 25 and October 29, 2010.[3][4]
The manga has been licensed in France by Éditions Sarbacane,[5] and in Italy by J-Pop.[6]
Volumes
[edit]| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 25, 2010[7] | 978-4-09-188497-8 |
| 2 | October 29, 2010[8] | 978-4-09-188518-0 |
Reception
[edit]Saru was nominated for the fourth Manga Taishō in 2011.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ SOSの猿 (in Japanese). Chuokoron-Shinsha. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ 五十嵐大介×伊坂幸太郎。20日の読売新聞朝刊で対談. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 19, 2009. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ 五十嵐大介描き下ろし単行本「SARU」が2月25日発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ 「SARU」待望の下巻発売記念して、五十嵐大介サイン会. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 28, 2010. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Nouveau manga de Daisuke Igarashi chez Sarbacane". manga-news.com (in French). July 25, 2014. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Quinto anniversario J-POP: Annunci in esclusiva e promozioni". AnimeClick.it (in Italian). April 8, 2011. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ ＳＡＲＵ / 上 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ ＳＡＲＵ / 下 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ Loo, Egan (January 16, 2011). "13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Saru read trial at Ikki Paradise at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-03) (in Japanese)
- Saru at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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