Tokusatsu Gagaga Explained

Ja Kanji:トクサツガガガ
Genre:Office comedy[1]
Type:manga
Author:Niwa Tanaba
Publisher:Shogakukan
Magazine:Weekly Big Comic Spirits
First:August 11, 2014
Last:May 11, 2020
Volumes:20
Type:drama
Producer:Sho Yoshinaga
Music:Akio Izutsu
Network:NHK General TV
First:January 18, 2019
Last:March 1, 2019
Episodes:7

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Niwa Tanaba. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 2014 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 volumes.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Niwa Tanaba, Tokusatsu Gagaga was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 11, 2014,[2] to May 11, 2020.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in twenty volumes, released from November 28, 2014, to August 28, 2020.

Volumes

Drama

A 7-episode Japanese television drama series adaptation, starring Fuka Koshiba as Kano Nakamura, was broadcast on NHK General TV from January 18 to March 1, 2019.[4] [5]

Reception

Tokusatsu Gagaga ranked 17th on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook list of 2016 top manga series for male readers.[6] Tokusatsu Gagaga ranked 15th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2016.[7] The manga was nominated for the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.[8] In 2019, on Da Vincis magazine 18th annual "Book of the Year" list, Tokusatsu Gagaga ranked 29th.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chapman. Paul. Otaku Office Comedy "Tokusatsu Gagaga" Gets Live-Action TV Drama. Crunchyroll. April 25, 2021. September 11, 2018. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425092338/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/09/11-1/otaku-office-comedy-tokusatsu-gagaga-gets-live-action-tv-drama. live.
  2. Web site: ja:スピで新連載5作開幕!相田裕、楠みちはるら. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/123304. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 25, 2021. ja. August 11, 2014. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425091634/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/123304. live.
  3. Web site: ja:特撮オタクOL描く「トクサツガガガ」完結、図書カードプレゼント企画も. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/378509. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 25, 2021. ja. May 11, 2020. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425091635/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/378509. live.
  4. Web site: Ressler. Karen. Tokusatsu Gagaga Manga About Tokusatsu-Loving Woman Gets Live-Action Show. Anime News Network. April 25, 2021. September 14, 2018. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425091635/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-14/tokusatsu-gagaga-manga-about-tokusatsu-loving-woman-gets-live-action-show/.136704. live.
  5. Web site: ja:第1回トクサツジョシ. https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/gagaga/story/01/. NHK. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021225807/https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/gagaga/story/01/. October 21, 2020. ja. live.

    Web site: ja:最終回スキナモノハスキ. https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/gagaga/story/07/. NHK. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202094742/https://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/gagaga/story/07/. December 2, 2020. ja. live.

  6. Web site: Ressler. Karen. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers. Anime News Network. April 25, 2021. December 10, 2015. June 13, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180613053916/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-10/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2016-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.96294. live.
  7. Web site: ja:全国書店員が選んだマンガランキング2016、1位は「ダンジョン飯」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174886. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 26, 2021. ja. February 4, 2016. April 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428200920/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174886. live.
  8. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced. Anime News Network. April 25, 2021. February 23, 2017. April 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425190643/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-23/21st-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.112584. live.
  9. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Detective Conan Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking. Anime News Network. April 25, 2021. December 6, 2018. June 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220612032951/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-06/detective-conan-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.140435. live.