Marionette Generation
- Creator
- Haruhiko Mikimoto
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- romantic comedy anime and manga
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• Ja Kanji — マリオネット ジェネレーション • Ja Romaji — Marionetto Jenereeshon • Genre — Romantic comedy
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• Type — manga • Author — Haruhiko Mikimoto • Publisher — Kadokawa Shoten • Magazine — Newtype • First — July 1989 • Last — March 1998 • Volumes — 5 Marionette Generation is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruhiko Mikimoto. The manga was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype beginning in 1989, and was later collected into five tankōbon volumes which were published between July 1989 and March 1998. The series was licensed in North America by Viz Media, who serialized it in Animerica Extra. The manga is also licensed in France by Panini Comics' Planet Manga imprint.
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Kadokawa Shoten released the manga's five tankōbon volumes between July 1989 and March 1998. Viz Media released the five volumes between July 6, 2001, and April 7, 2004. Individual chapters are called "part"s.
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Marionette Generation is associated with Japan.
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Reception
Animefringe's Patrick King commends Mikimoto's artwork, saying that he has "an undeniable knack for illustrating characters that clearly convey their emotions". In a later review, King commends the series for its "sheer imagination and artistic brilliance" and comments that the manga's romance has "less panty shots and more drama than usual, and with the addition of a talking doll there's really no way you can go wrong here".
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6765481: Marionette Generation
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- “Marionette Generation”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Marionette Generation, revision 1363241316 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Marionette Generation. Anime News Network. 2000-09-19.
- 2.Viz April Releases. Anime News Network. 2000-12-22.
- 3.Viz announces plans for 2000 at Katsucon 6. Anime News Network. 2000-02-15.
- 4.Panini Comics. Le nostre collane.
- 5.ja:マリオネットジェネレーション 1: 美樹本 晴彦: 本. Marionette Generation 1: Haruhiko Mikimoto: Books.
- 6.Mikimoto, Haruhiko. Marionette Generation, Vol. 1: Entrances. Viz Communications. 2001. 1569315582.
- 7.ja:マリオネットジェネレーション 2: 美樹本 晴彦: 本. Marionette Generation 2: Haruhiko Mikimoto: Books.
- 8.Mikimoto, Haruhiko. Marionette Generation, Vol. 2: Pulling Strings. Viz Communications. 2002. 1569317089.
- 9.ja:マリオネットジェネレーション (3) (ニュータイプ100%コミックス): 美樹本 晴彦: 本. Marionette Generation (3) (Newtype 100% Comics): Haruhiko Mikimoto: Books.
- 10.Mikimoto, Haruhiko. Marionette Generation, Vol. 3: Manipulations. Viz Communications. 2002. 1591160243.
- 11.ja:マリオネットジェネレーション (4) (ニュータイプ100%コミックス): 美樹本 晴彦: 本. Marionette Generation (4) (Newtype 100% Comics): Haruhiko Mikimoto: Books.
- 12.Mikimoto, Haruhiko. Marionette Generation, Vol. 4: Improvisations. Viz Media. 2003. 1591160553.
- 13.ja:マリオネットジェネレーション (5) (ニュータイプ100%コミックス): 美樹本 晴彦: 本. Marionette Generation (5) (Newtype 100% Comics): Haruhiko Mikimoto: Books.
- 14.Mikimoto, Haruhiko. Marionette Generation, Vol. 5: Finale. Viz Media. April 2004. 1591162009.
- 15.King, Patrick. Marionette Generation Vol. 2: Pulling Strings. Animefringe. April 2002.
- 16.King, Patrick. Marionette Generation Vol. 5: Finale. Animefringe. June 2004.
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