Cantarella (manga) explained

Cantarella
Ja Kanji:	カンタレラ
Ja Romaji:	Kantarera

Type:	manga
Author:	You Higuri
Publisher:	Akita Shoten
Publisher En:	(expired)
Demographic:
Imprint:	Princess Comics
Magazine:	Princess Gold
First:	2000
Last:	2010
Volumes:	12
Volume List:	Volume list

is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by You Higuri. Set during the Italian Renaissance, it follows the life of Cesare Borgia, whose soul is damned in a pact made with the Devil. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Princess Gold magazine from 2000 to 2010, with its chapters collected into 12 bound volumes. It was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Go! Comi, who published 10 volumes before going out of business in 2010.

Synopsis

Cesare Borgia was an Italian aristocrat, politician, and Italian: [[condottiero]] (mercenary leader) 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 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.

Publication

Cantarella was written and illustrated by You Higuri. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's (girls') manga magazine Princess Gold, starting in 2000.^[1] It went on hiatus for four years and two weeks in June 2005, resuming serialization in Princess Golds September 2009 issue on August 17, 2009.^[2] The manga concluded in 2010.^[3] Akita Shoten collected the individual chapters into 12 (bound volumes) published under the Princess Comics imprint from March 8, 2001, to June 16, 2010.^{[4] [5]}

Go! Comi licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America;^[6] they published 10 volumes before going out of business in 2010.^{[7] [8]} Cantarella has also been translated into Traditional Chinese by Ever Glory Publishing, French by Asuka, German by Carlsen Comics, Russian by Palma Press, and Italian by Free Books.

Volume list

Reception

In 2007, Cantarella was listed as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens.^[9]

See also

• Cesare – another manga series about Cesare Borgia's early life

Further reading

• Web site: Cantarella Vol. 1 Review. IGN. October 21, 2005. November 10, 2020.
• Web site: Alverson. Brigid. Cantarella v1. Manga Life. https://web.archive.org/web/20060204001138/http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/Cantarellav1.htm. February 4, 2006. November 10, 2020.
• Web site: Dacey. Katherine. Weekly Recon, 1/23/08. Pop Culture Shock. January 23, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122610/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/weekly-recon-12308/#cantarella9. March 8, 2012. usurped.
• News: King. Patrick. Cantarella Vol. 1. Animefringe. 6. 12. 37. December 2005. November 10, 2020.
• News: Rosato. Julie. Cantarella Vol. #01. Mania. December 8, 2005. Demand Media. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004090850/http://www.mania.com/cantarella-vol-01_article_82409.html. October 4, 2012. dead.
• Web site: Sizemore. Ed. Cantarella Book 1. Manga Worth Reading. April 28, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100206015221/http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/04/28/cantarella-book-1-recommended/. February 6, 2010.

External links

• Cantarella at Go! Comi (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine)

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson. Jason. Jason Thompson (writer). Manga: The Complete Guide. Manga: The Complete Guide. 2007. Del Rey Books. New York. 978-0-345-53944-1. 43. Kindle. Cantarella • You Higuri • Go! Comi (2005–ongoing) • Akita Shoten (Princess Gold, 2000–ongoing) ....
2. Web site: Loo. Egan. You Higuri Resumes Cantarella Manga After 4-Year Break. Anime News Network. January 14, 2010. August 17, 2009.
3. Web site: ja:カンタレラ 12. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M366138. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. November 10, 2020. Japanese. Text: Japanese: 「初出：『プリンセスGOLD』2010 001～005」 Translation: "First appearance [of the chapters included in volume 12]: Princess Gold 2010 001~005."
4. Web site: ja:カンタレラ. https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/258. Akita Shoten. November 10, 2020. Japanese.
5. Web site: Index. You Higuri's Official Website. November 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20100706004335/http://www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/higuri/. July 6, 2010. Japanese. dead. Text: Japanese: 「発売中!『カンタレラ』12巻完結!」 Translation: "Now on sale! Cantarella, 12 volumes, complete!"
6. Web site: New Manga Publisher Blasts Off In October. Anime News Network. June 28, 2017. Press release. May 14, 2005.
7. Web site: You Higuri to End Gakuen Heaven: Double Scramble Boys-Love Manga. Anime News Network. November 10, 2020. February 8, 2015. Go! Comi published the first 10 volumes of Higuri's Cantarella series in North America ....
8. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Go! Comi Lets Its Website Expire. Anime News Network. November 10, 2020. May 11, 2010.
9. Web site: Go! Comi Releases Aimee Major Steinberger's Japan Ai, Along With Unique Web Content. Anime News Network. November 10, 2020. Press release. December 16, 2007. ... Cantarella, recently named one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 'Great Graphic Novels for Teens' of 2007..