NOiSE explained

Type:	manga
Author:	Tsutomu Nihei
Publisher:	Kodansha
Demographic:	Seinen
Magazine:	Afternoon Season Zōkan
First:	March 10, 2000
Last:	June 10, 2001
Volumes:	1

NOiSE is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It is a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!. Noise offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life. The book also includes Blame, a one-shot prototype for Blame!, which originally debuted in October 1995.

Plot

This story portrays Susono Musubi, a young police officer in a post-apocalyptic subterranean city that's thriving with activity, who is investigating recent child abductions. She finds a heavily toned down, sword-like Gravitational Beam Emitter as well as other elements that take different forms in the later publication (for example, Silicon life).

Publication

NOiSE, written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei, was serialized in Kodansha's from March 10, 2000,^[2] to June 10, 2001.^[3] Kodansha collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume released on October 20, 2001.^[4]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Tokyopop, who released the single volume on December 11, 2007.^[5] The manga was later re-released by Kodansha USA in digital on June 28, 2016 and in print on November 29, 2022.^{[6] [7]}

Further reading

• Web site: Douresseaux. Leroy. Tsutomu Nihei: NOiSE. ComicBookBin. December 14, 2007.
• Web site: Campbell. Scott. NOiSE. Active Anime. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110035540/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/18/noise/. January 10, 2012. December 18, 2007.
• Web site: McNeil. Sheena. NOiSE. Sequential Tart. December 24, 2007.
• Web site: A.E. Sparrow. Noise: Volume 1 Review. IGN. January 15, 2008.
• Web site: Haley. Ken. NOiSE. PopCultureShock. https://archive.today/20210701212244/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-review-noise/. July 1, 2021. February 1, 2008. usurped.
• Web site: Jones. Erin. Noise Vol. #01. Mania.com. https://archive.today/20150421003954/http://www.mania.com/noise-vol-01_article_83678.html. April 21, 2015. October 8, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tsutomu Nihei's classic NOiSE is BACK in digital—read Chapter 1 here. Kodansha USA. July 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701200743/https://kodansha.us/2016/07/12/tsutomu-nihei-noise-digital/. July 1, 2021. December 7, 2016. live.
2. Web site: ja:月刊アフタヌーン シーズン増刊 No.2. https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/ZNAWO21668. surugaya.co.jp. July 1, 2021. https://archive.today/20210701204520/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/ZNAWO21668. July 1, 2021. ja. live.
3. Web site: ja:月刊アフタヌーン シーズン増刊 No.7. https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/ZNAWO14962. surugaya.co.jp. July 1, 2021. https://archive.today/20210701204806/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/ZNAWO14962. July 1, 2021. ja. live.
4. Web site: ja:ＮＯｉＳＥ. https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030190. Kodansha. July 1, 2021. ja.
5. Web site: NOiSE Volume 1. Tokyopop. July 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012030810/http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1883/NOiSE/1. October 12, 2007.
6. Web site: NOiSE. Kodansha USA. July 1, 2021.
7. Web site: Hazra. Adriana. Kodansha Comics Announces 14 Manga Titles for Next Fall. Anime News Network. November 22, 2021. November 22, 2021.