Manga Dogs | |
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tankōbon volume cover | |
Genre | Comedy, slice of life [1] |
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Manga | |
Written by | Ema Tōyama |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Aria |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | July 28, 2010 – December 28, 2013 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga Dogs, known in Japan as GDGD-DOGS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama. The story follows Kanna, a fifteen-year-old manga artist who, already published as a pro joins her school's new manga course. Trying to finish her deadlines for her ongoing running manga series, she meets three boys who ask her to teach them Manga and have delusions of their own about being manga artists. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria from July 2010 to December 2013, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. It was licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA. Overall, the series has received mixed reviews.
Kanna, a 15-year-old manga artist and also a pro who has debuted her manga Teach Me, Buddha! is excited when she finds out that her school is offering a course in manga drawing. She is dismayed however, when her home-room teacher knows little of what she is doing and that there are few people in her class. On her first day she meets three boys, Fumio, Fujio, and Shota who find out that she is a pro by guessing and ask her to be their sensei. Making matters worse for Kanna her manga falls down in popularity ratings and she falls behind on her deadlines. Kanna wonders how she will be able to finish up her manga while having to deal with three delusional guys who want to be manga artists and retain her sanity.
Written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama, Manga Dogs was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria from July 28, 2010, [17] to December 28, 2013. [18] Kodansha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from October 6, 2011, [19] to February 6, 2014. [20]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. [21] [22] The three volumes were released from October 7, 2014, [23] to February 17, 2015. [24]
The first volume was on the New York Times Best Seller list for a week at No. 10 from October 19–26, 2014. [25] [26] The English-language adaptation of Manga Dogs received mixed reviews, with almost all saying that the series is good for those who understand manga to get all of the references. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a B+ rating praising Toyama's humor in the story and jokes about otaku with great translation notes, but goes on to say that "significant background knowledge" is needed to understand all of the jokes used and called the artwork generic. [27] Manga critic Katherine Dacey from Manga Bookshelf gave it a good review calling it light-hearted and "not for everyone but for the manga obsessed". [28] [29] Myrto Tselenti from Otaku USA magazine gave the series a mixed review calling it a manga about a manga. While he said that "the shojo premise of a socially awkward female protagonist and her attractive male admirers" was an original combo, the shojo aspect does not work so well calling the protagonists "two dimensional clichés". [30] Sakura Eries from the Fandom Post also gave the first volume of the English release a review. She calls Kanna's personality unlikeable, and while the guy characters may provide some laughs they are barely entertaining. [31]
Manga Dogs | |
![]() First
tankōbon volume cover | |
Genre | Comedy, slice of life [1] |
---|---|
Manga | |
Written by | Ema Tōyama |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Aria |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | July 28, 2010 – December 28, 2013 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga Dogs, known in Japan as GDGD-DOGS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama. The story follows Kanna, a fifteen-year-old manga artist who, already published as a pro joins her school's new manga course. Trying to finish her deadlines for her ongoing running manga series, she meets three boys who ask her to teach them Manga and have delusions of their own about being manga artists. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria from July 2010 to December 2013, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. It was licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA. Overall, the series has received mixed reviews.
Kanna, a 15-year-old manga artist and also a pro who has debuted her manga Teach Me, Buddha! is excited when she finds out that her school is offering a course in manga drawing. She is dismayed however, when her home-room teacher knows little of what she is doing and that there are few people in her class. On her first day she meets three boys, Fumio, Fujio, and Shota who find out that she is a pro by guessing and ask her to be their sensei. Making matters worse for Kanna her manga falls down in popularity ratings and she falls behind on her deadlines. Kanna wonders how she will be able to finish up her manga while having to deal with three delusional guys who want to be manga artists and retain her sanity.
Written and illustrated by Ema Tōyama, Manga Dogs was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria from July 28, 2010, [17] to December 28, 2013. [18] Kodansha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from October 6, 2011, [19] to February 6, 2014. [20]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. [21] [22] The three volumes were released from October 7, 2014, [23] to February 17, 2015. [24]
The first volume was on the New York Times Best Seller list for a week at No. 10 from October 19–26, 2014. [25] [26] The English-language adaptation of Manga Dogs received mixed reviews, with almost all saying that the series is good for those who understand manga to get all of the references. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a B+ rating praising Toyama's humor in the story and jokes about otaku with great translation notes, but goes on to say that "significant background knowledge" is needed to understand all of the jokes used and called the artwork generic. [27] Manga critic Katherine Dacey from Manga Bookshelf gave it a good review calling it light-hearted and "not for everyone but for the manga obsessed". [28] [29] Myrto Tselenti from Otaku USA magazine gave the series a mixed review calling it a manga about a manga. While he said that "the shojo premise of a socially awkward female protagonist and her attractive male admirers" was an original combo, the shojo aspect does not work so well calling the protagonists "two dimensional clichés". [30] Sakura Eries from the Fandom Post also gave the first volume of the English release a review. She calls Kanna's personality unlikeable, and while the guy characters may provide some laughs they are barely entertaining. [31]