Crimson-Shell is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy from August 2005 to January 2006, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.

Crimson-Shell
First tankōbon volume cover
GenreFantasy[1]
Manga
Written byJun Mochizuki
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineMonthly GFantasy
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 18, 2005January 18, 2006
Volumes1

Publication edit

Written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki, Crimson-Shell was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from August 18, 2005,[2][3] to January 18, 2006.[4][5] The chapters were collected into a single tankōbon volume, which was released on March 27, 2006.[6]

In April 2009, Yen Press announced they licensed the series for English publication.[7] They released the volume on November 17, 2009.[1]

Reception edit

Chris Beveridge from The Fandom Post praised the art, while noted that the plot "feels like only a taste of what [the plot] could have been".[8] Unlike Beveridge, Koiwai from Manga News praised the art and the story, while also recommending the series to fans of the author's next work, Pandora Hearts.[9] Christel Scheja from Splash Comics shared similar opinions to Beveridge, stating that "Crimson Shell is one of those titles that you can read if you do not know many other mystery titles, [10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Crimson-Shell". Yen Press. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ 月刊Gファンタジー 2005年9月号. JBook (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 4, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ^ 月刊Gファンタジー 2005年9月号. Monthly GFantasy website (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ 月刊Gファンタジー 2006年2月号. JBook (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  5. ^ 月刊Gファンタジー 2006年2月号. Monthly GFantasy website (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Crimson-shell" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (April 3, 2009). "Amazon.ca Lists Pandora Hearts, Crimson-Shell from Yen (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  8. ^ Beveridge, Chris (January 18, 2019). "Crimson Shell Manga Review". The Fandom Post. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Koiwai (March 13, 2012). "Crimson Shell". Manga News (in French). Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Scheja, Christel (September 19, 2014). "Besprechung - Crimson Shell". Splash Comics (in German). Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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