NOiSE is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It is a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!. Noise offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life. The book also includes Blame, a one-shot prototype for Blame!, which originally debuted in October 1995.
| NOiSE | |
 Volume cover, featuring Musubi on top of early silicon creatures | |
| Genre | Cyberpunk[1] |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsutomu Nihei |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Afternoon Season Zōkan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 10, 2000 – June 10, 2001 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Plot
editThis story portrays Susono Musubi, a young police officer in a post-apocalyptic subterranean city that's thriving with activity, who is investigating recent child abductions. She finds a heavily toned down, sword-like Gravitational Beam Emitter as well as other elements that take different forms in the later publication (for example, Silicon life).
Publication
editNOiSE, written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei, was serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon Season Zōkan from March 10, 2000,[2] to June 10, 2001.[3] Kodansha collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume released on October 20, 2001.[4]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Tokyopop, who released the single volume on December 11, 2007.[5] The manga was later re-released by Kodansha USA in digital on June 28, 2016 and in print on November 29, 2022.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Tsutomu Nihei's classic NOiSE is BACK in digital—read Chapter 1 here". Kodansha USA. December 7, 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ 月刊アフタヌーン シーズン増刊 No.2. surugaya.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ 月刊アフタヌーン シーズン増刊 No.7. surugaya.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ ＮＯｉＳＥ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "NOiSE Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "NOiSE". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Hazra, Adriana (November 22, 2021). "Kodansha Comics Announces 14 Manga Titles for Next Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
Further reading
edit- Douresseaux, Leroy (December 14, 2007). "Tsutomu Nihei: NOiSE". ComicBookBin.
- Campbell, Scott (December 18, 2007). "NOiSE". Active Anime. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012.
- McNeil, Sheena (December 24, 2007). "NOiSE". Sequential Tart.
- A.E. Sparrow (January 15, 2008). "Noise: Volume 1 Review". IGN.
- Haley, Ken (February 1, 2008). "NOiSE". PopCultureShock. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Jones, Erin (October 8, 2008). "Noise Vol. #01". Mania.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015.
External links
edit- NOiSE at Anime News Network's encyclopedia