Picnic (ピクニック, Pikunikku) is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Yugi Yamada. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its June imprint, on 27 June 2007.[1]
| Picnic | |
| ピクニック (Pikunikku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Yaoi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yugi Yamada |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| English publisher | |
| Published | August 30, 2004 |
Reception
editErin Finnegan felt the anthology format worked well with the explicit themes.[2] Patricia Beard felt the volume was lifted by the Oikawa/Hashimoto stories, finding them "funny and unconventional".[3] Holly Ellingwood felt the stories had a tone of "nostalgic sentimentality".[4] Hannah Santiago, writing for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, felt the art was "dated", and that the stories were not long enough. Santiago felt that two of the stories had disturbing themes.[5] Leroy Douresseaux felt the writing was "cold and sometimes stiff", but noted that fans would enjoy the many sex scenes in the manga.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Picnic". Juné Books. Digital Manga, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ Finnegan, Erin (31 October 2007). "Manga Minis, October 2007: Picnic". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Beard, Patricia (26 June 2007). "Picnic Vol. #01". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ Ellingwood, Holly (7 June 2007). "Picnic (Advance Review)". Active Anime. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ Thompson, Jason (16 January 2010). "365 Days of Manga, Day 123: Picnic". Unbound Worlds. Penguin Random House. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (15 June 2007). "Picnic by Yugi Yamada (Yaoi Manga)". Comic Book Bin. Toon Doctor. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
External links
edit- Picnic (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia