is a Japanese

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by Yaso Hanamura. It began serialization in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's ' magazine in June 2015. As of January 2020, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yaso Hanamura, a former animator, the series began serialization in

's ' magazine on June 22, 2015. The magazine ceased print publication and moved to a digital release starting on August 4, 2022. As of January 2020, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five volumes. In December 2018,

J-Novel Club J-Novel Club is a publishing company specializing in the translation of Japanese light novels into English. It streams light novels and manga in regular installments before publishing finalized e-books. As of August 2021, J-Novel Club has license ...

announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Volumes

Reception

Rebecca Silverman from

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praised the story and illustrations; she felt the story offered a great insight into the anime industry. Demelza from Anime UK News also praised the story and illustrations, favorably comparing the tone to that of ''

Complex Age is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma. The series began as a one-shot published on Kodansha's ''Weekly Morning'' ''seinen'' manga website in May 2013. The one-shot drew 1.25 million viewers to the website and won ...

''. Kazuya Masumoto of

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felt the story was realistic and recommended the series to anyone interested in seeing how the anime industry works.

References

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