Velveteen & Mandala
Velveteen & Mandala | |
Cover of the Japanese tankōbon | |
べっちんとまんだら (Becchin to Mandara) | |
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Genre | Dystopia |
Manga | |
Written by | Jiro Matsumoto |
Published by | Ohta Publishing |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Manga Erotics F |
Original run | June 2007 – October 2009 |
Volumes | 1 |
Velveteen & Mandala, known in Japan as Becchin & Mandara (Japanese: べっちんとまんだら Hepburn: Becchin to Mandara), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Matsumoto.
Plot
Velveteen & Mandala takes place in a dystopian Tokyo[1] that is in the midst of a war. The story focuses on the high school students Velveteen (べっちん Bechhin),who lives in a battle tank on a riverbed in Tokyo's Suginami ward, and Mandala (まんだら Mandara). After a large air raid, zombies start to fall from the sky.[2] and the girls get involved in exterminating the zombies in the dry river bed area.[3] Although they have to fight the zombies, most of conflict is between them[4] as they are both deeply disturbed, and both are harboring dark secrets that even they don't know.[2]
Release
A seinen manga,[4] Velveteen & Mandala first appeared as a serial from June 2007 and October 2009 in Ohta Publishing's Manga Erotics F magazine.[2][5][6] The 14 chapters[6] of the series were compiled into a single tankōbon released by Ohta Publishing on November 26, 2009.[7] In the following year, at the Anime Weekend Atlanta, Vertical announced that it had licensed the manga for an English-language translation in North America.[3] Vertical's representative Ioannis Mentzas said the series was chosen among other Matsumoto's title on the basis that it had not been scanlated.[8] Vertical released the manga on August 30, 2011.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Velveteen & Mandala". Random House. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 McCulloch, Joe (September 6, 2011). "This Week in Comics! (9/7/11 – Machine Power)". The Comics Journal. Fantagraphics Books. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- 1 2 "Vertical Adds Jiro Matsumoto's Velveteen & Mandala Manga (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 19, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Lamb, Lynzee (July 30, 2011). "Vertical Industry Panel - Otakon 2011". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ "『革命家の午後』カバーUP!&予告コマ" (in Japanese). Ohta Publishing. June 29, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- 1 2 "「べっちんとまんだら」があつい!" (in Japanese). Ohta Publishing. October 15, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ "べっちんとまんだら" (in Japanese). Ohta Publishing. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Cha, Kai-Ming (October 12, 2010). "Despite Sales Drops, Manga Makes News at New York Comic Con". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
External links
- Velveteen & Mandala (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia