I Am a Hero (Manga)
| I am a hero | ||||
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| Original title | ア イ ア ム ア ヒ ー ロ ー | |||
| transcription | Ai Amu A Hīrō | |||
| genre | Zombie, psychological thriller | |||
| Manga | ||||
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 Japan
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| author | Kengo Hanazawa | |||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||
| magazine | Big comic spirits | |||
| First publication | April 20, 2009 - February 27, 2017 | |||
| expenditure | 22nd | |||
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I Am a Hero ( Japanese ア イ ア ム ア ヒ ー ロ ー , Ai Amu A Hīrō ) is a manga by Kengo Hanazawa that was published from 2009 to 2017. Shinsuke Satō adapted the work as the film I Am a Hero , which premiered on October 13, 2015 at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya . In 2015 the offshoot I Am a Hero was published in Osaka , which, like the first series, was also published in German.
action
The protagonist is the 35-year-old unsuccessful manga artist Hideo Suzuki ( 鈴木 英雄 ), who has to get by as a manga assistant because no publisher wants to publish his series because the characters are too boring. The only bright spot in his life is his girlfriend Tetsuko Kurokawa ( 黒 川 徹 子 ), known as Tekko. One day a strange disease called ZQN breaks out that turns people into zombies and Tekko falls victim to it, so he has to kill her in self-defense.
Only armed with a shotgun and a backpack, Hideo has to flee from the city and fight for survival, always considering the big question of whether the zombies or the other people are the greater danger.
Publications
The manga by Kengo Hanazawa was published from April 20, 2009 (issue 22–23 / 2009) to February 27, 2017 (issue 13/2017) in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits published by Shogakukan . The chapters were summarized in 22 anthologies ( Tankōbon ), the final volume was published on March 30, 2017. From June to December 2015, an offshoot series by Yūki Honda was published under the title I Am a Hero in Osaka.
The manga was published in full in German by Carlsen from July 2012 to June 2018 . In June 2017 I Am a Hero was also released in German in Osaka . Further translations are published by Dark Horse Comics in the USA, Kana in France, Editorial Ivréa in Argentina, Panini Comics in Mexico, Norma Editorial in Spain, GP Manga in Italy, and Tong Li in Taiwan.
On April 12, 2016, the anthology comic 8 Tales of the ZQN was released for the other mangaka who drew short stories set in the world of I Am a Hero . The mangaka involved (with their main work in brackets) were Etsuko Mizusawa ( Hana no Zubora-Meshi ), Mengo Yokoyari ( Kuzu no Honkai ), Masakazu Ishiguro ( Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru ), Makoto Ojiro ( Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki ), Junji Itō ( Uzumaki ), Akane Torikai ( Sensei no Shiroi Uso ), Tarō Nogizaka ( Iryū ) and Yōji Yoshimoto ( Hikage Kin'yū (Jigoku) Den ).
The anthology novel I Am a Hero: The Novel with short stories by seven authors is due to appear on March 27, 2017 .
reception
The manga won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Prize in the general category in 2013 . In the same year he received a nomination for the Angoulême International Comics Festival . Between the end of November 2015 and May 2016, the manga sold just under a million times in Japan.
Web links
- Big Comic Spirits website (Japanese)
- Website at Carlsen
- Entry in the Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silver Spoon, I Am a Hero Win Shogakukan Manga Awards. In: Anime News Network. January 24, 2013, accessed March 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Thermae Romae, SOIL, I Am a Hero Nominated at France's Angoulême. In: Anime News Network. November 27, 2012, accessed March 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2016 (First Half). In: Anime News Network. May 29, 2016, accessed March 19, 2017 .