Material Puzzle Explained
Ja Kanji: | マテリアル・パズル |
Ja Romaji: | Materiaru Pazuru |
Genre: | Fantasy[1] |
Type: | manga |
Author: | Masahiro Totsuka |
Magazine: | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
First: | January 12, 2002 |
Last: | September 12, 2008 |
Volumes: | 22 |
Series titles |
Content: | - Material Puzzle (2002–2008, 20 volumes)
- Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen (2008, 2 volumes)
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Type: | manga |
Material Puzzle: Zero Kreuz |
Author: | Masahiro Totsuka |
Illustrator: | Kimitake Yoshioka |
First: | October 11, 2008 |
Last: | March 22, 2012 |
Volumes: | 9 |
Type: | manga |
Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai |
Author: | Masahiro Totsuka |
Publisher: | Kodansha |
First: | May 22, 2018 |
Last: | December 22, 2022 |
Volumes: | 10 |
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahiro Totsuka. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2002 to 2007, followed by chapters and a short series subtitled Saikō Shōnen, published from 2007 to 2008. A prequel series by Kimitake Yoshioka, titled Material Puzzle: Zero Kreuz, was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and Gangan Online from 2008 to 2009. Nine years after the original series' finale, Totsuka started another series, titled Material Puzzle: Kaminaki Sekai no Mahoutsukai, in Kodansha's manga magazine , which ran from 2018 to 2022.
Plot
Set in a fictional world where magic is used, Mikaze is sent by the two elders of his village to ask the 3 great immortal magicians to help his village from being overtaken by a large fungi called the Yamakuidake (Mountain eating Mushroom). So he starts his quest and climbs up the mountain that the Three Magicians live on to ask but upon meeting the 3 Magicians he learns that the other two are gone and he is left with Aqua, a young girl who uses candy as a wand. Eventually they strike an agreement, she will go and help his village as long as he brings her back safe and sound to the mountain afterwards. The only problem is that as a sign of their agreement he has to wear a mask until the agreement is fulfilled.
Publication
Written and illustrated by, Material Puzzle started in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan on January 12, 2002. The main series finished on June 12, 2007.[2] A story started on August 11, 2007,[3] and finished on March 12, 2008.[4] A four-chapter story, titled, was published in the same magazine from June 12 to September 12, 2008.[5] [6] Square Enix collected the Material Puzzle chapters in 20 volumes, released from June 22, 2002,[7] to September 22, 2007,[8] and the Material Puzzle: Saikō Shōnen chapters were collected in two volumes, released from September 22, 2008, to February 21, 2009.[8] In 2018, Kodansha started re-releasing the manga volumes in a new edition as ebooks, which were numbered 1–22.[9] [10]
A prequel manga by, titled, started in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on October 11, 2008.[11] The series was later moved to Gangan Online in 2009 and finished on March 22, 2012.[12] Square Enix collected its chapters in nine volumes, released from September 22, 2008, to May 22, 2012.[8] In 2018, Kodansha republished the series in 10 ebooks.[13]
Nine years after the original series finale, Totsuka published a chapter in Kodansha's manga magazine on January 22, 2018,[14] and another series, titled, started in the same magazine on May 22 of that same year.[1] [15] The magazine ceased print publication and move to a digital release starting on August 4, 2022.[16] [17] The series finished on December 22 of that same year.[18] Kodansha collected its chapters in ten volumes, released from February 22, 2019,[19] to February 21, 2023.[20]
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Masahiro Totsuka Launches New Material Puzzle Manga After 9 Years. Anime News Network. April 7, 2020. April 20, 2018. April 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407015201/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-20/masahiro-totsuka-launches-new-material-puzzle-manga-after-9-years/.130625. live.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン7月号 6月12日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200706121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20071103201824/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200706121.html. November 3, 2007. ja.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン9月号 8月11日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200708121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004165124/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200708121.html. October 4, 2008. ja. October 4, 2008.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン4月号 3月12日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200803121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20080712190222/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200803121.html. July 12, 2008. ja.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン7月号 6月12日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200806121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114063853/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200806121.html. November 14, 2009. ja.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン10月号 9月12日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200809121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114081228/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200809121.html. November 14, 2009. ja.
- Web site: ja:マテリアル・パズル 1巻. http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/top/introduction/detail/9784757507197.html. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819065607/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/top/introduction/detail/9784757507197.html. August 19, 2011. ja.
- Web site: ja:ガンガンコミックス. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/lineup-book/janrubetu/gangan_c.html. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060856/http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/lineup-book/janrubetu/gangan_c.html. October 23, 2013. ja.
- Web site: ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル」が再始動、電書完全版の配信が本日スタート. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266399. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. June 3, 2023. ja. January 23, 2018. December 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221225195144/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266399. live.
- Web site: ja:土塚理弘「マテリアル・パズル ~神無き世界の魔法使い~」. https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/material_puzzle/page/2. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. June 3, 2023. ja. February 22, 2019. December 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221224010137/https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/material_puzzle/page/2. live.
- Web site: ja:少年ガンガン11月号 10月11日発売!. http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200810121.html. Gangan Net. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114081233/http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/lineup/backnumber/200810121.html. November 14, 2009. ja.
- Web site: ja:マテリアル・パズル ゼロクロイツ. http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/ganganonline/comic/zero_k/index.html. Gangan Online. Square Enix. June 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20120416092239/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/ganganonline/comic/zero_k/index.html. April 16, 2012. ja.
- Japanese: 土塚理弘スタジオねこ. 1056129053239914496. studionekot. ja:マテリアル・パズル第0章ゼロクロイツ 講談社電子完全版で全10巻発売中ー 作画の吉岡先生は現在ぐらんぶる連載中ー http://sinkan.net/?uid=1062&inc_kindle=1&action_keyword=true. October 27, 2018. June 3, 2023. ja.
- Web site: ja:倉薗紀彦の近未来ヒーローアクションがモーツーで始動「マテパ」新作も. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266230. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. June 3, 2023. ja. January 22, 2018. January 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150212/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266230. live.
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- Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Morning Two Magazine Moves to Digital Release in August. Anime News Network. January 23, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230926154721/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-23/morning-two-magazine-moves-to-digital-release-in-august/.187842. September 26, 2023. July 23, 2022. live.
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