Plinivs
- Creator
- Mari Yamazaki · Miki Tori
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- historical anime and manga
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• Ja Kanji — プリニウス • Ja Romaji — Puriniusu
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• Type — manga • Author — * Mari Yamazaki • Miki Tori • Publisher — Shinchosha • Imprint — Bunch Comics • Magazine — * Shinchō 45 • Shinchō • First — December 18, 2013 • Last — February 7, 2023 • Volumes — 12 PLINIVS is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori. The series is a biography of Pliny the Elder. It was initially serialized in Shinchosha's Shinchō 45 magazine from December 2013 to September 2018. After the final issue of Shinchō 45 was published, it was later transferred to the Shinchō magazine, where it continued from December 2018 to February 2023. The series won the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024.
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Synopsis
In the year 60 in Sicily, during an eruption of Mount Etna, Pliny met Eucles, who would become his scribe and follow him everywhere to record every word he uttered for 20 years until Pliny's death during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Publication
Publication
Written and illustrated by Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori, PLINIVS was initially serialized in Shinchosha's Shinchō 45 magazine from December 18, 2013, to September 18, 2018. After the publication of the final issue of Shinchō 45, the series was transferred to the Shinchō magazine, where it continued from December 7, 2018, to February 7, 2023. The series' chapters were collected into twelve tankōbon volumes from July 9, 2014, to July 7, 2023.
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The series, alongside Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, was ranked 18th in the 2016 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for the best manga for male readers. The series was also nominated for Best Comic at the 46th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2019. The series won the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024.
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- 1.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. December 5, 2013.
- 2.Shinchosha. September 18, 2018.
- 3.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. November 22, 2018.
- 4.Pineda, Rafael Antonio. Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori's PLINIVS Manga Ends in 5 Chapters (Updated). Anime News Network. February 9, 2022.
- 5.Shinchosha.
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- 17.Ressler, Karen. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers. Anime News Network. December 10, 2015.
- 18.Hodgkins, Crystalyn. 7 Manga Nominated for Angoulême's Top Prize. Anime News Network. January 3, 2019.
- 19.Loo, Egan. Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori's Historical Manga PLINIVS Wins Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Anime News Network. April 21, 2024.
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