The Summit of the Gods

The Summit of the Gods

Cover of the first volume of The Summit of the Gods, as released by Shueisha
神々の山嶺
(Kamigami no Itadaki)
Genre Historical, fantasy
Manga
Written by Jiro Taniguchi
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
NA / UK
Fanfare/Ponent Mon
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Business Jump
Original run 2000 – 2003
Volumes 5
Live-action film
Studio Asmik Ace Entertainment
Released 2016

The Summit of the Gods (Japanese: 神々の山嶺 Hepburn: Kamigami no Itadaki) is a manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. Based a 1998 novel by Baku Yumemakura,[1][2] it follows Fukamachi, a photographer who finds a camera supposedly belonging to George Mallory, a mountaineer who went missing on Mount Everest, and goes on a mountain-climbing adventure along with his friend Habu Joji.[3]

Asmik Ace Entertainment announced a film adaptation, Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 Everesuto Kamigami no Itadaki), to be released on roadshow in 2016.[4]

Release

The manga was originally serialized in the magazine Business Jump by Shueisha between issues May 2000 and July 2003.[5] It was collected into five tankōbon published between December 2000 and March 2003,[6][7] then re-released in bunkoban between October 18, 2006 and January 18, 2007.[8][9] An English-language version was licensed by British company Fanfare/Ponent Mon in 2007.[10] On July 23, 2009, its first volume was released,[11] and the last is set to be released on April 30, 2015.[12] It has also been licensed in French by Kana,[13] German by Schreiber & Leser,[14] and Spanish by Ponent Mon.[15]

Reception

In 2001, it was awarded a prize for excellence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the Japan Media Arts Festival, which praised its "powerful illustrations [that] seem to transport the reader right up into the mountains."[1] Its English adaptation received a nomination for Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Series in 2010.[3] The fourth English volume also was nominated at the 2014 Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia".[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Excellence Award - Kamigami no Itadaki". Japan Media Arts Festival. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Summit of the Gods - House of 1000 Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Red Snow, Summit of the Gods Nominated for Ignatz Awards". Anime News Network. August 19, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "夢枕獏『神々の山嶺』が実写映画化、エベレストと登山家の謎に魅せられた男たちを描く" (in Japanese). Cinra.net. June 10, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "神々の山嶺(いただき)" (in Japanese). CiNii. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "神々の山嶺(いただき) (1) (BUSINESS JUMP愛蔵版)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "神々の山嶺(いただき) (5) (BUSINESS JUMP愛蔵版)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ "神々の山嶺/1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "神々の山嶺/5" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Fanfare Adds to List of 2007 Releases". Anime News Network. April 27, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Summit of the Gods Vol.1". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Summit of the Gods, The: Volume 5". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Le Sommet des Dieux tome 1" (in French). Kana. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Gipfel der Götter 1 – Kamigami no itadaki" (in German). Schreiber & Leser. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ "La cumbre de los dioses" (in Spanish). Ponent Mon. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Suehiro Maruo's The Strange Tale of Panorama Island Manga Nominated for Eisner Award". Anime News Network. April 15, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

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