Yūgai Toshi

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Yūgai Toshi
First tankōbon volume cover
有害都市
Manga
Written byTetsuya Tsutsui
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Jump X [ja] (2014)
  • Tonari no Young Jump (2015)
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 10, 2014 – October 9, 2015
Volumes2

Yūgai Toshi (有害都市, "Poison City") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X [ja] from April to October 2014, until the magazine ceased its publication, and later moved to the Tonari no Young Jump website, where it ran from February to October 2015. Its chapters were collected in two tankōbon volumes.

Created in response to what amounted to a ban of Tsutsui's previous work Manhole by the government of Nagasaki Prefecture,[1] Yūgai Toshi addresses censorship in Japan and follows fictional events similar to the circumstances of Manhole's ban.

Plot[edit]

In 2019, the Japanese government cracks down on censorship in the lead-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, making any material they deem "obscene" increasingly difficult to publish. During this time, manga author Hibino Mikio attempts to publish Dark Walker, which centers around a contagious disease that turns people into cannibals overnight. These efforts lead to him being embroiled in a conflict between the manga industry and the government over freedom of speech.

Publication[edit]

Written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui, Yūgai Toshi started in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X [ja] on April 10, 2014.[2] After Jump X ceased publication on October 10, 2014,[3][4] an extra chapter was published in Weekly Young Jump on November 27 of that year,[5] and the series was later transferred to the Tonari no Young Jump website,[6] where it ran from February 27, 2015,[7] until its conclusion on October 9 of the same year.[8] Shueisha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on April 17 and December 18, 2015.[9][10]

Reception[edit]

The manga was awarded the French ACBD's "Asie de la Critique" in 2015.[11] It received the Excellence Award at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2017.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nakagawa, Machiko (May 30, 2022). それでもあなたは間違っているーー漫画家・筒井哲也が「表現の自由」と「自己規制」の狭間で描いてきたもの. Real Sound [ja] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  2. ^ 「予告犯」実写映画化！動画サイトで犯罪予告する覆面描く. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 10, 2014. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (June 24, 2014). "Jump X Magazine Suspends Publication in October". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  4. ^ ジャンプ改最終号にて、連載作の移籍先発表. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 10, 2014. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  5. ^ 表現の自由めぐる、筒井哲也「有害都市」特別読切がヤンジャンに. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  6. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (October 13, 2014). "Shueisha's Jump X Magazine's Series' Fates Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  7. ^ 害都市. Tonari no Young Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  8. ^ "Poison City se termine". Animeland (in French). October 9, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  9. ^ 筒井哲也、表現の自由めぐる「有害都市」や「マンホール」新装版など同発. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  10. ^ 【12月18日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 18, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "Poison City remporte le Prix Asie ACBD 2015". Manga News (in French). July 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  12. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (March 16, 2017). "Blue Giant, 'your name.,' Shin Godzilla Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

External links[edit]

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