Dinosaur Sanctuary
Dinosaur Sanctuary (Japanese: ディノサン, Hepburn: Dinosan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita, with Shin-ichi Fujiwara serving as research consultant. It began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021; as of April 2023, four volumes have been released.
Dinosaur Sanctuary | |
ディノサン (Dinosan) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Itaru Kinoshita |
Published by | Shinchosha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Bunch Comics |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Bunch |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 19, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Publication
Written by Itaru Kinoshita, the series began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine on March 19, 2021.[2] Shin-ichi Fujiwara, a lecturer at the Nagoya University Museum, is serving as the series' research consultant.[2] As of April 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes.[3]
In January 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[4]
Volume list
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | September 9, 2021[5] | 978-4-10-772421-2 | September 27, 2022[6] | 978-1-68-579324-1 |
2 | April 8, 2022[7] | 978-4-10-772485-4 | March 14, 2023[8] | 978-1-68-579325-8 |
3 | September 8, 2022[9] | 978-4-10-772529-5 | September 5, 2023[10] | 979-8-88-843006-4 |
4 | April 7, 2023[3] | 978-4-10-772590-5 | March 26, 2024[11] | 979-8-88-843349-2 |
5 | December 8, 2023[12] | 978-4-10-772624-7 | — | — |
Reception
Danica Davidson of Otaku USA praised the story, characters, and extra notes from Fujiwara, noting that "Dinosaur Sanctuary does a good job of making [dinosaurs] like animals with personalities, rather than monsters in a monster movie".[13] Jonathan Greenall of Comic Book Resources praised the tone and art style. Additionally, Greenall felt the series does a good job of describing how to care for animals.[14] J. Caleb Mozzocco of School Library Journal also praised the artwork and characters. Mozocco felt the plot was "[Jurassic Park but] the park works like it was supposed to".[15]
The series ranked 20th in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[16]
References
- "Dinosaur Sanctuary". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- 恐竜が絶滅しなかった世界を舞台に1人の新人飼育員を描く新連載、バンチで始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- ディノサン 4巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- Pineda, Rafael (January 19, 2022). "Seven Seas Licenses 'Imaginary,' 'Dinosaurs Sanctuary' Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- ディノサン 1巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 1". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- ディノサン 2巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 2". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- ディノサン 3巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 3". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ディノサン 5巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- Davidson, Danica (October 21, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary Is For Anyone Who's a Fan of Dinos and Manga". Otaku USA. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- Greenall, Jonathan (October 16, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary: The Manga That Will Reawaken Your Childhood Love of Dinosaurs". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- Mozocco, J. Caleb (October 31, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 1 Review". School Library Journal. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- 次にくるマンガ大賞2023、コミックス部門1位はむちまろ「生徒会にも穴はある!」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Dinosaur Sanctuary (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia