Designs (manga)

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Designs
First volume cover
ディザインズ
(Dizainzu)
GenreScience fiction[1]
Manga
Written byDaisuke Igarashi
Published byKodansha
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 25, 2015 – March 25, 2019
Volumes5

Designs (Japanese: ディザインズ, Hepburn: Dizainzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from April 2015 to March 2019, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. The series revolved around genetically engineered humanized animals.

Publication[edit]

Designs is written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from April 25, 2015,[1][2] to March 25, 2019.[3][4] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from February 23, 2016,[5] to November 22, 2019.[6]

Volumes[edit]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 23, 2016[5]978-4-06-388124-0
2 March 23, 2017[7]978-4-06-388246-9
3 January 23, 2018[8]978-4-06-510776-8
4 October 23, 2019[9]978-4-06-517177-6
5 November 22, 2019[6]978-4-06-517484-5

Reception[edit]

The series ranked ninth on "The Best Manga 2017 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine.[10] Designs was nominated for the Yomiuri Shimbun's Sugoi Japan Award 2017.[11] The series ranked eighteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook 2017 list of top manga for male readers.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 五十嵐大介、始動！アフタヌーンでハードSF新連載「ディザインズ」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). April 25, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. ^ アフタヌーン 2015年6月号. Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 24, 2019). "Daisuke Igarashi's Designs Manga Enters Climax (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  4. ^ アフタヌーン 2019年5月号. Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  5. ^ a b 【2月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 23, 2016. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  6. ^ a b 【11月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 22, 2019. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  7. ^ 【3月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 23, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  8. ^ 【1月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  9. ^ 【10月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  10. ^ 「このマンガを読め！」今年の1位はスケラッコ「盆の国」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 26, 2016. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  11. ^ Stimson, Eric (November 18, 2017). "Voting Begins for Yomiuri Shimbun's Sugoi Japan Awards 2017". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Ressler, Karen (December 9, 2016). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

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