Saturn Apartments

Saturn Apartments
土星マンション
(Dosei Mansion)
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, 2006August 30,2011
Volumes 7
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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.

Contents

Story

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.

Manga

Volume List

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]

Chapter list

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
  • 1. "Earth"
  • 2. "Work"
  • 3. "Lights"
  • 4. "A Place Far Away"
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

Reception

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]

References

  1. ^ "Saturn Apartments". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/saturn-apartments. 
  2. ^ http://www.tohan.com.tw/comic_2-3?id=471 Taiwan Tohan
  3. ^ "La cité saturne". Kana. http://www.mangakana.com/s723/La-cite-saturne.html. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  4. ^ 土星マンション 1 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  5. ^ Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 | VIZ
  6. ^ 土星マンション 2 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  7. ^ Saturn Apartments, Vol. 2 | VIZ
  8. ^ 土星マンション 3 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  9. ^ Saturn Apartments, Vol. 3 | VIZ
  10. ^ 土星マンション 4 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  11. ^ "Saturn Apartments GN4". Anime News Network. August 16,2011. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=19475. 
  12. ^ 土星マンション 5 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  13. ^ 土星マンション 6 | IKKI COMIX | IKKI COMIX系 | コミックス | 小学館
  14. ^ "Dosei-Mansion-jp/vol-7". http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga-vo/Dosei-Mansion-jp/vol-7. 
  15. ^ http://www.mania.com/saturn-apartments-vol-01_article_122296.html
  16. ^ *Saturn Apartments Book 1 — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading
  17. ^ Saturn Apartments Book 2 » Manga Worth Reading
  18. ^ Review: Saturn Apartments Vol. 1 - Comic Book Resources
  19. ^ ALA | 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

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