Origin
- Name
- Origin
- Creator
- Boichi
- Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Young Magazine KC
- Language
- Japanese
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• Name — Origin • Genre — * Action • Science fiction
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• Type — manga • Author — Boichi • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Weekly Young Magazine • First — September 5, 2016 • Last — February 9, 2019 • Volumes — 10
Key facts
Key facts
• Portal — yes Origin (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Boichi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from September 2016 to February 2019, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. In 2019, Origin won the Grand Prize at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival.
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Manga
Origin, written and illustrated by Boichi, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from September 5, 2016, to February 9, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from January 6, 2017, to June 6, 2019. During their panel at Anime NYC 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the manga for a Fall 2023 release.
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Origin is associated with Japan.
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In December 2023, it was announced that Kodansha and the production company Majestic Limited have closed a deal for a feature film adaptation of Origin.
Reception
Origin won the Grand Prize of the Manga Division at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2019.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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