''Sex'' (stylized in

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) is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

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. It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

's manga magazine ''

Weekly Young Sunday was a weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan since the first issue on March 27, 1987. It replaced ''Shōnen Big Comic'' in Shogakukan's lineup of shōnen titles, and many of the titles in ''Shōnen Big Comic'' were continued in ' ...

'' from 1988 to 1992. __TOC__

Publication

Written and illustrated by

, ''Sex'' was serialized in

's manga magazine ''

'' from 1988 to 1992. Shogakukan initially collected its chapters in two volumes, under the Young Sunday Comics Special imprint, on November 13, 1989, and August 5, 1993; however, the publication of the third volume onwards was halted due to the author's own decision. Over ten years later, Shogakukan republished the series in seven volumes from November 5, 2004, to May 2, 2005. Shogakukan re-released the series in five volumes from August 10 to December 15, 2012; To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the series, Shogakukan released a 4-volume edition, ''Sex 30th AnniversaryEdition''; they were released from March 25 to August 31, 2017. A

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, animated by

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and directed by

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, titled ''Sex ~Prologue~'', was launched as a home video exclusive to customers who purchase all four volumes in March 2018.

References

External links

* {{Weekly Young Sunday Seinen manga Shogakukan manga