NOiSE

NOiSE
Tankōbon volume cover, featuring Susono Musubi on top of early Silicon Creatures
GenreCyberpunk
Manga
Written byTsutomu Nihei
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineAfternoon Season Zōkan [ja]
Original runFebruary 10, 2000 – May 10, 2001
Volumes1
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NOiSE is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zōkan [ja] from February 2000 to May 2001, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. It is a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!, and offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon Life.

Plot

This story portrays Susono Musubi, a young police officer in a dystopian subterranean city thriving with activity, who is investigating recent child abductions. She finds a heavily toned down, sword-like Gravitational Beam Emitter as well as other elements that take different forms in the later publication (for example, Silicon Life).

Publication

NOiSE, written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zōkan [ja] from February 10, 2000, to May 10, 2001. Kodansha collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on October 23, 2001. The volume also includes Blame, a one-shot prototype for Blame!, which originally debuted in the October 1995 issue of Monthly Afternoon.

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Tokyopop, who released the single volume on December 11, 2007. The manga was later re-released by Kodansha USA in digital on June 28, 2016, and in print on November 29, 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Debuted in the magazine's No. 2 issue, released on February 10, 2000.
  2. ↑ Finished in the magazine's No. 7 issue, released on May 10, 2001.
  3. ↑ Released on August 25 of that same year.

References

  1. ↑ "Tsutomu Nihei's classic NOiSE is BACK in digital—read Chapter 1 here". Kodansha USA. December 7, 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 NOiSE (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Contents". Afternoon Season Zōkan (in Japanese). No. 1 issue. Kodansha. Table of contents. Archived from the original on March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 3, 2026. 次号シーズン増刊NO.2〈WINTER〉は -2000年-2月10日(木)発売予定!!
  4. ↑ アフタヌーン増刊2001年7号詳細情報. manganetto.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
  5. ↑ "NOiSE" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 14, 2004. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Contents". Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). No. August 1995 issue. Kodansha. Table of contents. Archived from the original on May 12, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. […] アフタヌーン10月号(8月25日発売)誌上にて。
  7. ↑ "NOiSE Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ "NOiSE". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  9. ↑ Hazra, Adriana (November 22, 2021). "Kodansha Comics Announces 14 Manga Titles for Next Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

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