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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 ...
series written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. It was originally serialized in
Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The fol ...
's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Miracle Jump'' from January to December 2011, and was transferred to ''
Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...
'' in April 2012. Its chapters have been collected in 22 ''
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 as of 2018.
Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...
began publishing an English translation in 2014. Two
original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA ...
s (OVAs), abridging the Bugs 2 arc were released in 2014, and an animated television series, covering the Annex 1 arc was also shown in 2014. Also, a spin-off manga titled ''Terra for Police'' started on May 10, 2014 in ''Jump X''. A live action film adaptation directed by
Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent a ...
was released in 2016.


Plot

In an attempt to colonize
Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...
, 21st century scientists are tasked with
terraforming Terraforming or terraformation ("Earth-shaping") is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, or other body to be similar to the environment of Earth to make ...
the planet. Their goal is to seed the planet with a modified algae to absorb sunlight and purify the atmosphere, and cockroaches, whose corpses spread the algae across the planet as they feed. Five hundred years later, the first crewed ship to Mars lands and its six crew members are attacked by giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength, later labeled "Terraformars"; the crew is wiped out after sending a warning back to Earth. Two years later, BUGS II, a multinational expedition of genetically modified humans, is sent to collect 10 samples of both sexes of roaches, and exterminate the mutated bugs to take control of the red planet. Only two survivors manage to return to Earth, one swearing to return and avenge their fallen companions. As a third expedition is assembled questions are raised about the true origin of the Terraformars and their connection with an unknown disease afflicting mankind, the Alien Engine Virus, or A.E. Virus. To fight the Terraformars' strength and agility, members of the second and third expedition undergo genetic modification to inherit the characteristics of other organisms, only possible after having a special organ implanted with a 36% chance of surviving the surgery itself. The third expedition ends with most of its crew members killed as well, be it by fighting the Terraformars, or amongst themselves in the multi-sided conflict between the various factions aboard the ship, each with own opposing interests. Despite that, the few survivors manage to collect enough samples for the research on a cure to the A.E. Virus and return home. However, a new fight against the Terraformars begins when it is revealed that the creatures arrived on Earth long before, and after multiplying at an alarming rate and adapting themselves far better to their new environment than they did to their homeworld, they start their plan to take over the planet.


Media


Manga

The manga, written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, was first serialized in
Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The fol ...
's ''
Miracle Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' ...
'' magazine from January 13 to December 13, 2011. It later moved to ''
Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...
'' starting on April 26, 2012, for the Annex I arc after the Bugs 2 arc concluded. The series has inspired seven spin-off manga: * , which began on May 10, 2014 in ''Jump X'', was written by Manpuku Dō and illustrated by Kaito Shibano. * , a parody by Shōta Hattori * , an erotic gag series by Serebixi-Ryōsangata, were also published on May 10, 2014 on the ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website; * , illustrated by Satoshi Kimura, ran from October 18, 2014, to February 19, 2015 in ''
Ultra Jump is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of '' Weekly Young Jump'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue bec ...
'', and focused on Adolph Reinhard; * ''Terra Formars Gaiden Asimov'', focusing on Sylvester Asimov before his trip to Mars, serialized in ''
Grand Jump is a Japanese semi-monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under their ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched in November 2011 as a merging of '' Business Jump'' and ''Super Jump'', it carried over nine series from the former and thre ...
'' from November 4, 2015, to June 15, 2016, with illustrations 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 fictio ...
. * ''Terra Formars Gaiden Keiji Onizuka'', focusing on Keiji Onizuka before his trip to Mars, serialized''Miracle Jump'' from December 15, 2015, to April 19, 2016, with illustrations by Saki Nonoyama. * ''Terraho-kun'', gag series, serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 7, 2016, to April 14, 2016 with illustrations by Forbidden Shibukawa.


Volumes

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Anime

An anime adaptation produced by
Liden Films is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka. Establishment Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holdi ...
began airing on September 26, 2014, and finished airing on December 19, 2014 with a total of 13 episodes. The anime is licensed in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...
by Kazé UK and in North America by
Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...
.
Madman Entertainment Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd., also known as Madman Films, is an Australian distribution and rights management company headquartered in East Melbourne, Victoria, specialising in feature films, documentaries and television series across theatr ...
acquired the series for release in Australia and New Zealand. A sequel to the anime titled ''Terra Formars: Revenge'' was announced in November 2015, with changes to the series' main staff and the main cast returning to reprise their roles. Liden Films and
TYO Animations , known as from 2009 to 2017, is a Japanese animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators fo ...
produced the sequel. The anime premiered on April 2, 2016. An OVA adaptation of the manga's Earth Arc was planned for a May 2017 release, but was delayed to an August 2018 release instead.


Film

A live-action film based on Terra Formars was developed with
Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent a ...
directing. It was released on April 29, 2016.


Novel

A light novel series based on Terra Formars was released on January 7, 2016, titled ''Terra Formars Lost Mission I'' by Akira Higashiyama. Another novel titled ''Terra Formars Lost Mission II'' by Yumeaki Hirayama, begun on January 19, 2016, in ''Miracle Jump''. ''Terra Formars The Outer Mission I'' was published on November 21, 2014 and written by Kenichi Fujiwara. A follow up novels titled ''Terra Formars The Outer Mission II'' and ''Terra Formars The Outer Mission III'' were later also released. The novels followed Tohei Tachibana and Elizabeth Rooney.


Games

A
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game titled ''Terra Formars: Akari Hoshi no Gekitou'' was released on April 2, 2015, developed by FuRyu. A pachislot/
pachinko is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of low-stakes, low-st ...
game machine was developed by KYORAKU and released in 2016 in Japan.


Reception

The 6th volume reached the number one place on the
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike i ...
weekly manga chart in the week of August 19–25, 2013, with 317,248 copies. As of February 2015, the 11 first volumes of ''Terra Formars'' had over 10 million copies in circulation. As of August 2015, the series had sold 13 million copies. As of April 2018, the manga had over 16 million copies in print. As of November 2018, the manga had over 21 million copies in print. ''Terra Formars'' was number one on the 2013 ''
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha since 2005 featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga. The rankings are compiled by surveying people in the manga and publishing industry. The series is part of Takarajimasha's ...
'' Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey. It was placed second in ''Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2013'', a 2013 ranking of the top 15 manga recommended by Japanese bookstores. It was also nominated for the 6th
Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...
in the same year.


References


External links


Manga official site

Anime official site
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