is a Japanese

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written by Hideki Kakinuma and illustrated by Yusuke Tsurugi with character designs by Eeji Komatsu. It was serialized in ''

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''. The manga was licensed in English by

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before the license was transferred to

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Manga

The manga was released by MediaWorks between February 27, 2003 and February 27, 2004. The English release of the manga released the first of three ''

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'' volumes on April 5, 2005.

Volume listing

Novels

The manga has been adapted into 5 novels, all written by Hideki Kakinuma and illustrated by Eeji Komatsu. The first three volumes were published in English by

Drama CDs

In January and March 2003, two ''Junk Force'' audio drama CDs were released by King Records in Japan. These CDs featured both new material and adaptations of stories featured in the manga and the novels. Professional

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were cast and possibly intended to be retained had the planned anime series reached fruition. The CDs are out of print. The cast included: *

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- Louis *

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- Liza *

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- Wooty *

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- Mill *

Hisayo Mochizuki The ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' manga and anime series features a cast of characters designed by Mia Ikumi. The series takes place in Tokyo, Japan, where five adolescent girls, called Mew Mews, are infused with the DNA of endangered species to combat alien ...

- Mamet

Reception

Mania.com's Eduardo M. Chavez commends the manga on character design and the translation of sound effects. Theron Martin at

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commends the novel for "good extrapolation of future military tech" but criticises it for the author's "unsophisticated writing style". Mania.com's Mike Dungan criticises the poor translation done by

. However, he commends the author for putting "mecha-fanservice" into the novel.

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