Wombs (manga)

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Wombs
Wombs (manga) vol. 1.png
First volume cover
GenreScience fiction[1]
Manga
Written byYumiko Shirai
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
Magazine
  • Monthly Ikki
  • (April 25, 2009 – April 25, 2012)
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 25, 2009 – January 29, 2016
Volumes5 (List of volumes)
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Wombs (stylized as WOMBS) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Shirai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from April 2009 to June 2012, and later directly published via tankōbon volumes, with the fifth and last one released in January 2016.

Publication[]

Wombs is written and illustrated by  [ja]. The series began in the June 2009 issue Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki, published on April 25, 2009.[2] It was regularly published in the magazine for 16 chapters, until the December 2010 issue, and it was then directly released via tankōbon volumes,[3][4] although another chapter was published in the June 2012 issue of Monthly Ikki, released on April 25, 2012.[5] Five tankōbon volumes were released from January 29, 2010 to January 29, 2016.[6][7]

Volume list[]

No. Release date ISBN
1 January 29, 2010[6]978-4-09-188494-7
2 January 28, 2011[8]978-4-09-188539-5
3 April 27, 2012[9]978-4-09-188318-6
4 June 28, 2013[10]978-4-09-188626-2
5 January 29, 2016[7]978-4-09-188687-3

Reception[]

Wombs was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.[11] The series won the 37th Nihon SF Taisho Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ).[12][13][14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ WOMBS発売記念、白井弓子×上田早夕里トークショー. Natalie (in Japanese). July 31, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. ^ はがきを出せば必ずもらえる。IKKI特製ポストカード. Natalie (in Japanese). April 25, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  3. ^ 白井弓子「WOMBS」2巻発売、3巻からは描き下ろしに移行. Natalie (in Japanese). January 28, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  4. ^ 白井弓子「WOMBS」描き下ろしの4巻発売、書店特典も. Natalie (in Japanese). June 28, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  5. ^ 月刊IKKI 2012年6月号. Neowing (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b ＷＯＭＢＳ １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b ＷＯＭＢＳ ウームズ ５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  8. ^ ＷＯＭＢＳ ２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  9. ^ ＷＯＭＢＳ ３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  10. ^ ＷＯＭＢＳ ウームズ ４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  11. ^ "Manga Division – 2010 [14th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  12. ^ 第37回日本ＳＦ大賞・受賞作決定！ (in Japanese). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. February 25, 2017. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  13. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (April 11, 2017). "Shin Godzilla, 'your name.,' Kabaneri, Erased Nominated for Seiun Sci-Fi Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  14. ^ 日本SF大賞受賞・白井弓子の新作短編集「イワとニキの新婚旅行」. Natalie (in Japanese). August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  15. ^ 第37回日本SF大賞を妊婦が戦場に赴くマンガ「WOMBS」で白井弓子さんが受賞. IGN Japan (in Japanese). April 22, 2017. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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