''Origin'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by
Boichi
Boichi is a pen-name used by Mu-jik Park, a South Korean manhwa-turned- manga artist living in Japan.
Biography
Intending to be a manga artist from his childhood days, Boichi majored in physics in college as preparation to draw science fict ...
. It was serialized in
Kodansha's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Weekly Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the seco ...
'' from September 2016 to February 2019, with its chapters collected in ten ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes. In 2019, ''Origin'' won the Grand Prize at the 22nd
Japan Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition.
Based on judging by a ...
.
Publication
''Origin'', written and illustrated by
Boichi
Boichi is a pen-name used by Mu-jik Park, a South Korean manhwa-turned- manga artist living in Japan.
Biography
Intending to be a manga artist from his childhood days, Boichi majored in physics in college as preparation to draw science fict ...
, was serialized in
Kodansha's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Weekly Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the seco ...
'' from September 5, 2016, to February 9, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in ten ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes, released from January 6, 2017,
to June 6, 2019.
During their panel at
Anime NYC
Anime NYC is an annual three-day anime convention held during November at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Programming
The convention typically offers arcade games, an artist alley, concerts, manga library (Carolina Manga ...
2022,
Kodansha USA
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, USA, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and manga, ...
announced that they licensed the manga for a Fall 2023 release.
Volume list
Reception
''Origin'' won the Grand Prize of the Manga Division at the 22nd
Japan Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition.
Based on judging by a ...
in 2019.
References
External links
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{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2010–2019
Action anime and manga
Kodansha manga
Science fiction anime and manga
Seinen manga