| Saturn Apartments | |
| 土星マンション (Dosei Mansion) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction, Slice of life story |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hisae Iwaoka |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Ikki |
| Original run | October 30, 2006 – August 30,2011 |
| Volumes | 7 |
Saturn Apartments (土星マンション Dosei Mansion) is a 7 volume manga series written and illusrated by Hisae Iwaoka. Saturn Apartments has been seralised in the Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Ikki from 2005 to 2011.It has been collected into 7 tankōbon volumes.Viz Media licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and as of November 2011, have released 4 volumes of the series. Saturn Apartments is licensed in Taiwan by Taiwan Tohan Co and Kana in France.
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It is a work of science fiction set in a distant future, where the Earth has been evacuated and humanity now inhabits a man-made ring-shaped city orbiting 35 kilometers above the planet's surface. The plot follows the life of a young man called Mitsu, whose job as a window cleaner allows him a glimpse into the lives of the ring's inhabitants, as he attempts to learn more about his father's disappearance while working in the same job.
Saturn Apartments is a manga series written and illustrated by Hisae Iwaoka. Saturn Apartments has been seralised in the Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Ikki from 2005 to 2011, as well as being published in 7 books. Viz Media licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and as of November 2011, have released 4 volumes of the series. [1] Saturn Apartments is licensed in Taiwan by Taiwan Tohan Co[2] and Kana in France. [3]
Chapters are called "floors".
| No. | Japanese | North American | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | ISBN | Release date | ISBN | ||
| 1 | October 30, 2006[4] | ISBN 4091883397 | May 25, 2010[5] | ISBN 9781421533643 | |
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| 2 | June 29, 2007[6] | ISBN 9784091883667 | November 16, 2010[7] | ISBN 1421533731 | |
| 3 | March 28, 2008[8] | ISBN 9784091884084 | May 17, 2011[9] | ISBN 142153374X | |
| 4 | January 30, 2009[10] | ISBN 9784091884367 | November 15, 2011[11] | ISBN 1421533758 | |
| 5 | November 30, 2009[12] | ISBN 9784091884886 | |||
| 6 | August 30, 2010[13] | ISBN 9784091885258 | |||
| 7 | August 30, 2011[14] | ISBN 9784091885562 | |||
Matthew Warner enjoyed the interesting world presented in the manga, and praised the 'simple, yet gorgeous art style'.[15] Johanna Draper Carlson compares the protagonist, Mitsu, to Charlie Brown, as they both have rounded heads and small eyes, and are "dealing with a grim life".[16] Later, she describes Mitsu as being a typical 'plucky young manga hero' who improves at his work, but is also noted for his talking to his upper-class clients.[17] Greg McElhatton compares Iwaoka's artwork to Travis Charest and Sean Chen, praising the details of the work.[18] YALSA included the first volume of the series on their 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list.[19]