The World Is Mine (manga) explained

The World Is Mine
Ja Kanji:ザ・ワールド・イズ・マイン
Ja Romaji:Za Wārudo izu Main
Type:manga
Author:Hideki Arai
Publisher:Shogakukan
Magazine:Weekly Young Sunday
First:1997
Last:2001
Volumes:14

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideki Arai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from 1997 to 2001, with its chapters collected in fourteen volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Hideki Arai, The World Is Mine was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from 1997 to 2001.[1] [2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen volumes, released from June 5, 1997, to May 1, 2001.[3] Enterbrain republished the manga in a five-volume revised edition,, from August 31 to October 25, 2006.[4] [5]

The manga was licensed in France by Casterman and published under their Sakka imprint.[6] [7]

Reception

The manga was a finalist for the fourth and sixth installments of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2000 and 2002, respectively.[8] [9] [10]

Tomo Machiyama of Pulp included the series on the "Most Hellish (Untranslated) Manga....ever!!!" list. Machiyama described the series as "A Clockwork Orange meets Natural Born Killers". Machiyama said that the story "sounds really stupid and meaningless", but that it is "meticulously rendered in detailed super-realism", highlighting its art. Machiyama concluded: "To get through this comic is a challenge to your humanity."[11]

Legacy

Manga author Tatsuki Fujimoto commented the influence that Arai's The World Is Mine and Kiichi!! had on his manga series Fire Punch.[12] Film director Tetsuya Mariko said that the manga influenced him for the 2016 film .[13]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ja:ヤングサンデー連載作品年表. http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/history/table.html. Weekly Young Sunday. Shogakukan. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20060118122952/http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/history/table.html. January 18, 2006. ja.
  2. Web site: ja:ヤングサンデー　２００１年１５号. http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2k_code?sho=086115&sha=1&type=c. s-book.com. Shogakukan. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20010420042022/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2k_code?sho=086115&sha=1&type=c. April 20, 2001. ja. live.
  3. Web site: ja:THE WORLD IS MINE 14件中1～14件. http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=6880. s-book.com. Shogakukan. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20041123234413/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=6880. November 23, 2004. ja.
  4. Web site: ja:真説 ザ・ワールド・イズ・マイン 1巻. http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/jp/p_catalog/book/2006/4-7577-2920-0.html. Enterbrain. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20081106071809/http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/jp/p_catalog/book/2006/4-7577-2920-0.html. November 6, 2008. ja.
  5. Web site: ja:真説 ザ・ワールド・イズ・マイン 6巻. http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/jp/p_catalog/book/2006/4-7577-2996-0.html. Enterbrain. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20061110102425/http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/jp/p_catalog/book/2006/4-7577-2996-0.html. November 10, 2006. ja.
  6. Web site: The World is mine (Tome 1). Casterman. January 11, 2022. https://archive.today/20130625020915/http://www.sakka.info/Albums_Detail.cfm?id=32442. June 25, 2013. fr. live.
  7. Web site: The World is mine (Tome 14). Casterman. January 11, 2022. https://archive.today/20130625020916/http://www.sakka.info/Albums_Detail.cfm?id=23697. June 25, 2013. fr. live.
  8. Web site: 2000 (4th) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes. Hahn. Joel. Comic Book Awards Almanac. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030173410/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/tezuka00.shtml. October 30, 2007.
  9. Web site: 2002 (6th) Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes. Hahn. Joel. Comic Book Awards Almanac. June 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030173415/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/tezuka02.shtml. October 30, 2007.
  10. Web site: ja:第６回手塚治虫文化賞 選考委員のコメント集. http://www.asahi.com/tezuka/02e.html. asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. January 11, 2022. https://archive.today/20130915022735/http://www.asahi.com/tezuka/02e.html. September 15, 2013. ja. live.
  11. Web site: Machiyama. Tomo. The Most Hellish (Untranslated) Manga....ever!!! (Maybe). Pulp. Viz Media. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20021002050735/http://www.pulp-mag.com/archives/6.08/feature_tomo.shtml. October 2, 2002. August 2002.
  12. Web site: ja:【インタビュー】藤本タツキ『ファイアパンチ』ネットでも話題騒然になった第1話・衝撃的なネームを超特別公開!!. https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2. Kono Manga ga Sugoi!. Takarajimasha. January 11, 2022. ja. June 9, 2017. October 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019113710/https://konomanga.jp/interview/112091-2. live.
  13. Web site: Kotzathanasis, Panos. Interview with Tetsuya Mariko: Sometimes you Find Yourself in a Position that you Have to Use Violence. Asian Movie Plus. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111092626/https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/09/interview-with-tetsuya-mariko-sometimes-you-find-yourself-in-a-position-that-you-have-to-use-violence/. January 11, 2022. ja. September 9, 2020. live.

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