Cantarella (manga)
Cantarella | |
Cover of Cantarella volume 1 as published by Akita Shoten | |
カンタレラ (Kantarera) | |
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Genre | Historical, supernatural, shōnen-ai |
Manga | |
Written by | You Higuri |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher |
‹See Tfd› |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Princess Gold Magazine |
Original run | March 2001 – August 17, 2009 |
Volumes | 12 |
Cantarella (Japanese: カンタレラ Hepburn: Kantarera) is a manga series by You Higuri, serialized in the Japanese monthly comic magazine Princess Gold Magazine and published in tankōbon format by Akita Shoten. The first volume was published March 2001 and there have been 12 volumes published in Japan as of July 2010. The series went on a four-year two-month hiatus in Princess Gold Magazine, resuming in the September 2009 issue.[1] Cantarella has also been translated into Traditional Chinese by Ever Glory Publishing in Taiwan (also sale to Hong Kong), French by Asuka (first volume May 2005), German by Carlsen Comics, English by Go! Comi (first volume October 2005), Russian by Palma Press (Палма Пресс) (first volume July 2010) and Italian by Free Books.
Plot
Cantarella is the story of Cesare Borgia, an Italian aristocrat during the Renaissance. In the manga, Cesare's father Rodrigo Borgia, a Cardinal, sells his infant son's soul to the Devil as part of a deal that will one day make him Pope (Rodrigo will become Pope with the name of Alexander VI). Cesare is consequently shunned by his father, who is unable to see him as anything but an agent of darkness and reminder of his sin. Increasingly alienated, Cesare eventually comes to rely on the dark powers within himself. He becomes obsessed with the idea of conquest, and is aided in his political machinations by the assassin Don Michelotto.
Release
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | March 8, 2001[2] | ISBN 978-4-253-19095-4 | October 19, 2005[3] | ISBN 0-9768957-0-6 |
2 | September 13, 2001[4] | ISBN 978-4-253-19096-1 | February 2006[5] | ISBN 0-9768957-4-9 |
3 | March 20, 2002[6] | ISBN 978-4-253-19097-8 | May 2006[7] | ISBN 0-9768957-8-1 |
4 | September 19, 2002[8] | ISBN 978-4-253-19098-5 | August 2006[9] | ISBN 1-933617-02-0 |
5 | March 27, 2003[10] | ISBN 978-4-253-19099-2 | December 2006[11] | ISBN 1-933617-08-X |
6 | August 28, 2003[12] | ISBN 978-4-253-19100-5 | March 2007[13] | ISBN 978-1-933617-09-1 |
7 | December 25, 2003[14] | ISBN 978-4-253-19208-8 | June 2007[15] | ISBN 978-1-933617-26-8 |
8 | May 27, 2004[16] | ISBN 978-4-253-19209-5 | September 2007[17] | ISBN 978-1-933617-30-5 |
9 | December 22, 2004[18] | ISBN 978-4-253-19210-1 | December 2007[19] | ISBN 978-1-933617-39-8 |
10 | June 16, 2005[20] | ISBN 978-4-253-19268-2 | March 2008[21] | ISBN 978-1-933617-40-4 |
11 | December 16, 2009[22] | ISBN 978-4-253-19269-9 | — | — |
12 | June 16, 2010[23] | ISBN 978-4-253-19270-5 | — | — |
See also
- Cesare - another manga about Cesare Borgia's early life.
References
- ↑ "You Higuri Resumes Cantarella Manga After 4-Year Break". Anime News Network. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第1巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Go Comi Releases". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第2巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 2". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第3巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 3". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第4巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 4". Go! Comi. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第1巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 5". Go! Comi. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第6巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 6". Go! Comi. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第7巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella Volume 7". Go! Comi. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第8巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella: Volume 8". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第9巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella: Volume 9". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第10巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Cantarella: Volume 10". Go! Comi. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第11巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ カンタレラ 第12巻 (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
Further reading
- King, Patrick (December 2005). "Cantarella Vol. 1". Animefringe. 6 (12). p. 37.
- Sizemore, Ed (28 April 2008). "Cantarella Book 1". Manga Worth Reading. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06.
- Alverson, Brigid. "Cantarella v1". Manga Life. Archived from the original on 4 February 2006.
- Dacey, Katherine (23 January 2008). "Weekly Recon, 1/23/08". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
- Rosato, Julie (8 December 2005). "Cantarella Vol. #01". Mania. Santa Monica, California: Demand Media. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012.
- "Cantarella Vol. 1 Review". IGN. New York: Ziff Davis. 21 October 2005.
External links
- Cantarella (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Official site of Go! Comi publishing
- You Higuri's official site (Japanese)