Astral Project (Japanese: 月の光, Hepburn: Tsuki No Hikari) is a Japanese manga series written by Marginal and illustrated by Takeya Syuji. It began serialization in 2005 issue of the monthly seinen manga magazine Comic Beam. It was published in English by CMX Manga, in French by Casterman,[2] in German by Carlsen Manga,[3] and in Portuguese by Panini Comics.[4]
Astral Project | |
月の光 (Tsuki No Hikari) | |
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Genre | Mystery, supernatural[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Marginal |
Illustrated by | Syuji Takeya |
Published by | Enterbrain |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Comic Beam |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2005 – 2007 |
Volumes | 4[1] |
Reception
editEd Sizemore found the art in the first part of the first volume distracting, and the lead character to be unsympathetic, but felt that the manga was well written.[5] Deb Aoki described the manga as a "glass onion of a mystery".[6] Katherine Dacey found the story "immersive".[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "House of 1000 Manga - Astral Project". Anime News Network. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
- ^ "Astral project - Astral Project (Tome 1) - MARGINAL - Shûji TAKEYA - Casterman BD". bd.casterman.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Astral Project - CARLSEN Verlag". www.carlsen.de. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Astral Project Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading". Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ "Astral Project Volume 1 | About.com". manga.about.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Manga Recon » Blog Archive » Manga Minis, 10/27/08". Archived from the original on November 1, 2008.
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External links
edit- "CMX MANGA - Astral Project". Archived from the original on August 4, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- Astral Project - Tsuki no Hikari (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia