Nana is a Japanese manga created by mangaka, Ai Yazawa. It was first published in July 2000 in Shueisha's Cookie. In 2007, Nana was placed on hiatus, when Yazawa underwent an operation and needed time to recuperate.[1] The series was put on indefinite hold again in June 2009, after Yazawa fell ill.[2] She left the hospital in April 2010, but no set date for the series' return was announced.[3] In Cookie's March 2013 issue, Yazawa released a new installment of "Junko's Place".[4]
Shueisha collected Nana into twenty-one volumes.[5] The manga was licensed and published by Viz Media in North America. Viz serialized Nana in their Shojo Beat magazine until August 2007.[6]
Chapters
# | Japanese | English | Release dates | ISBN | Chapters |
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1 | May 15, 2000[7] December 6, 2005[8] |
4088562097 1421501082 |
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2 | December 11, 2000[9] February 7, 2006[10] |
4088562488 1421503786 |
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3 | May 15, 2001[11] June 6, 2006[12] |
4088562860 1421504790 |
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4 | December 10, 2001[13] October 3, 2006[14] |
4088563387 1421504804 |
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5 | May 15, 2002[15] February 6, 2007[16] |
4088563778 1421510197 |
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6 | September 13, 2002[17] June 5, 2007[18] |
4088564065 1421510200 |
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7 | October 15, 2002[19] October 2, 2007[20] |
4088564138 1421510219 |
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8 | May 15, 2003[21] January 1, 2008[22] |
4088564642 1421515393 |
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9 | November 14, 2003[23] March 4, 2008[24] |
4088565061 1421517450 |
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10 | March 15, 2004[25] May 6, 2008[26] |
4088565282 1421517469 |
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11 | August 11, 2004[27] July 1, 2008[28] |
4088565606 1421517477 |
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12 | March 15, 2005[29] September 2, 2008[30] |
4088565991 1421518791 |
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13 | August 12, 2005[31] November 4, 2008[32] |
4088566335 1421518805 |
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14 | December 15, 2005[33] January 6, 2009[34] |
4088566602 1421519720 |
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15 | March 15, 2006[35] March 3, 2009[36] |
4088566769 1421523744 |
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16 | September 12, 2006[37] May 5, 2009[38] |
4088567072 1421523752 |
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17 | March 15, 2007[39] July 7, 2009[40] |
408856734X 1421523760 |
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18 | September 14, 2007[41] September 1, 2009[42] |
4088567749 1421526700 |
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19 | May 15, 2008[43] November 3, 2009[44] |
4088568168 1421526719 |
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20 | September 12, 2008[45] January 5, 2010[46] |
4088568427 1421530759 |
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21 | March 13, 2009[47] July 6, 2010[48] |
4088568761 1421533081 |
Uncollected chapters
Merchandise
Books
Reception
Nana is a best-selling shojo manga in Japan, having sold 34 million copies by 2006[49] and 43 million by 2008.[50] The series' nineteenth and twentieth volumes both sold over one million copies in 2008, making Nana the best-selling shojo manga that year.[51][52] Nana's twenty-first volume sold an estimated 1,505,575 copies in 2009.[53] The twenty-first volume also made The New York Times best-selling manga list in July 2010.[54]
In 2003, Nana and Taeko Watanabe's Kaze Hikaru won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shojo category.[55] Oricon ranked Nana number one on their 2005 list, "Top 10 Shojo Manga", along with Yazawa's Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai at number five.[56] The manga was nominated in 2006 and 2008 for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[57][58] Nana's eighteenth volume was nominated for France's Angoulême Comics Awards in 2008.[59]
References
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-27/ai-yazawa-resumes-drawing-of-nana-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-26/nana-ai-yazawa-puts-manga-on-hold-due-to-illness
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-25/nana-manga-creator-ai-yazawa-returns-from-hospital
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-25/nana-yazawa-draws-new-junko-room-chapter
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856876-8 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-01/viz's-shonen-jump-shojo-beat-shake-up-manga-lineup
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856209-7 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-1/5283
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856248-8 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-2/5593
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856286-0 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-3/5738
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856338-7 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-4/5739
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856377-8 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-5/6324
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856406-5 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-5/6324
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856413-8 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-7/6326
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856464-2 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-8/6809
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856506-1 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-9/7033
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856528-2 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-10/7034
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856560-6 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-11/7035
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856599-1 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-12/7215
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856633-5 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-13/7216
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856660-2 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-14/7319
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856676-9 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-15/7750
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856707-2 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-16/7751
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856734-1 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-17/7752
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856774-7 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-18/8060
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856816-4 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-19/8061
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856842-3 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-20/8582
- ↑ http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-856876-8 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/nana-vol-21/8876
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-07/shojo-kageki-revue-starlight-franchise-gets-3rd-manga-adaptation/.126113
- ↑ http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20080522mog00m200030000c.html (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/2008-yearly-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-02/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-03/2009-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-16/new-york-times-manga-best-seller-list-july-4-10
- ↑ http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shogakukan.php
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-07/oricon-ranks-top-10-shoujo-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-04-08/10th-osamu-tezuka-cultural-award-finalists-announced
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-14/12th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-22/manga-nominated-for-france-angouleme-comics-awards