Kaguyahime (manga)
A manga based on the legend of Kaguya-hime.
It was released in 27 volumes by Hakusensha and later reprinted in a 14-volume bunkobon edition in 2007 and 2008.[1][2] From October 1993 through February 2005, the manga "Kaguyahime" appeared in installments within LaLa magazine.[1]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Reiko Shimizu
- Genre
- Shōjo
- Volumes
- 27
- Serialized in
- LaLa
- Publication years
- 1993–2005
- Award
- 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo (2002)
Facts from the source article.
How it changed
The 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo was awarded to this series in 2002.[3] That Drama CD was bundled with a second CD that presented illustrations from the series in a slideshow format.[4] Panini Comics handled partial translations of the series into French and German.[5] The same publisher, Panini Comics, issued the entire series in Italian across 28 volumes.[5]
What the maker and period sources say
The publisher's listing for the first bunkobon volume calls the work a "grand-scale SF masterpiece of love, conspiracy, and revenge."[6] On manga-news.com, the series appears under the title "Princesse Kaguya" and is classified as shojo, with themes including suspense, fantasy, destiny, thriller, and military.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Kaguyahime (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: tukinouta.sakura.ne.jp (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kaguyahime (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "輝夜姫 1", 白泉社 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kaguyahime (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shogakukan (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kaguyahime (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kaguyahime Drama CD" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kaguyahime (manga)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Princesse Kaguya - Manga série", manga-news.com; "Prinzessin Kaguya 12", Paninishop; "La principessa splendente", Panini Comics, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "輝夜姫 1", 白泉社. facts only, no text reused. hakusensha.co.jp
- "Princesse Kaguya - Manga série", manga-news.com. facts only, no text reused. manga-news.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kaguyahime (manga) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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