Starving Anonymous

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Starving Anonymous
First volume cover
食糧人類-Starving Anonymous-
(Shokuryō Jinrui: Starving Anonymous)
Genre
Manga
Written byYuu Kuraishi
Illustrated byKazu Inabe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Magazinee Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 11, 2016 – November 5, 2018
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
Manga
Starving Anonymous Re:Velation
Written byYuu Kuraishi
Illustrated byKazu Inabe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • US: Kodansha
MagazineComic Days
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 8, 2021 – June 15, 2023
Volumes7 (List of volumes)

Starving Anonymous (Japanese: 食糧人類-Starving Anonymous-, Hepburn: Shokuryō Jinrui: Starving Anonymous) is a Japanese manga series written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe. It was serialized on the manga website e Young Magazine from March 2016 to November 2018, and published in seven tankōbon volumes.

A sequel series, titled Shokuryō Jinrui Re: Starving Re:velation, started serialization on the Comic Days manga website from April 2021 to June 15 , 2023 . As of July 2023, it has been published in seven tankōbon volumes.

Publication[edit]

The series is written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe. It started serialization on Kodansha's e Young Magazine manga website on March 11, 2016.[3][4] The series finished serialization on November 5, 2018.[2] The series was published in seven tankōbon volumes.[5]

A sequel series, titled Starving Anonymous Re:Velation, started releasing on the Comic Days manga website on April 8, 2021. The sequel is also written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe.[6] As of July 2023, the sequel has been published in seven tankōbon volumes.[7]

In February 2018, Kodansha USA announced they licensed the series for English publication digitally.[8] Kodansha are publishing the sequel series in English on their K Manga service.[9]

Volume list[edit]

Main series[edit]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 20, 2016[10]978-4-06-382855-9March 13, 2018[11]978-1-64-212176-6
2 March 17, 2017[12]978-4-06-382941-9April 10, 2018[13]978-1-64-212177-3
3 June 20, 2017[14]978-4-06-382985-3May 29, 2018[15]978-1-64-212178-0
4 November 20, 2017[16]978-4-06-510305-0June 12, 2018[17]978-1-64-212290-9
5 April 20, 2018[18]978-4-06-511264-9July 10, 2018[19]978-1-64-212319-7
6 September 20, 2018[20]978-4-06-512702-5January 8, 2019[21]978-1-64-212615-0
7 February 20, 2019[5]978-4-06-514554-8June 18, 2019[22]978-1-64-212893-2

Sequel[edit]

No. Release date ISBN
1 September 8, 2021[23]978-4-06-524869-0
2 January 12, 2022[24]978-4-06-526537-6
3 April 13, 2022[25]978-4-06-527396-8
4 September 14, 2022[26]978-4-06-529220-4
5 February 8, 2023[27]978-4-06-530635-2
6 April 12, 2023[28]978-4-06-531335-0
7 July 12, 2023[7]978-4-06-532413-4

Reception[edit]

Bernard Monasterolo from Le Monde praised the plot for its "morbid imagination", and called the art a "real success".[29] Koiwai from Manga News also praised the first volume, calling it a "successful introduction".[30] Erwan Lafleuriel from IGN also praised the plot, stating it was "carried out smoothly".[31] Contrary to Monasterolo, Koiwai, and Lafleuriel's thoughts, Katherine Dacey from Manga Critic criticized the series, calling the story "efficient but artless" and stating the art "ranges from slickly generic to willfully ugly".[1]

The series ranked tenth in the first Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[32]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Dacey, Katherine (March 27, 2018). "A First Look at Starving Anonymous". Manga Critic. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Sherman, Jennifer (November 5, 2018). "Starving Anonymous Horror Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. ^ e Young Magazine [@e_youngmagazine] (March 11, 2016). ★巨弾新連載★ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ 食糧人類-Starving Anonymous- 第1話. e Young Magazine (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  5. ^ a b 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Hazra, Adriana (April 18, 2021). "Starving Anonymous Manga Gets Sequel". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  7. ^ a b 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  8. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 27, 2018). "Kodansha USA Licenses Starving Anonymous, Perfect World, Liar x Liar Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Kodansha's K Manga app launches with 60 English simupubs among 400 titles". Sora News 24. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  10. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 1". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  12. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  13. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 2". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  14. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  15. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 3". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  16. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  17. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 4". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  18. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  19. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  20. ^ 食糧人類－Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ－（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  21. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 6". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  22. ^ "Starving Anonymous, Volume 7". Kodansha USA. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  23. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  24. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  25. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  26. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  27. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  28. ^ 食糧人類Ｒｅ： －Ｓｔａｒｖｉｎｇ Ｒｅ：ｖｅｌａｔｉｏｎ－（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  29. ^ Monasterolo, Bernard (October 28, 2018). "" Starving Anonymous ", le manga qui vous mène à l'abattoir". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  30. ^ Koiwai (October 12, 2018). "Starving Anonymous Vol. 1". Manga News (in French). Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  31. ^ Lafleuriel, Erwan (March 12, 2020). "Starving Anonymous - Review". IGN (in French). Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  32. ^ "Past Winners" (in Japanese). Next Manga Award. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

External links[edit]

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