Starving Anonymous

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Starving Anonymous
First volume cover
食糧人類-Starving Anonymous-
(Shokuryō Jinrui: Starving Anonymous)
Genre
Manga
Written byYuu Kuraishi
Illustrated byKazu Inabe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Magazinee Young Magazine
Original runMarch 11, 2016 – November 5, 2018
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
Manga
Starving Anonymous Re:Velation
Written byYuu Kuraishi
Illustrated byKazu Inabe
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • US: Kodansha
MagazineComic Days
Original runApril 8, 2021 – June 15, 2023
Volumes7 (List of volumes)

Starving Anonymous (Japanese: 食糧人類-Starving Anonymous-, Hepburn: Shokuryō Jinrui: Starving Anonymous) is a Japanese manga series written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe. It was serialized on the manga website e Young Magazine from March 2016 to November 2018, and published in seven tankōbon volumes.

A sequel series, titled Shokuryō Jinrui Re: Starving Re:velation, started serialization on the Comic Days manga website from April 2021 to June 15, 2023. As of July 2023, it has been published in seven tankōbon volumes.

Premise

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Set in a dystopian near-future facing climate change and shortages, teenager I'e is riding the bus home from school when all of the passengers begin to pass out. They've all been gassed.

I'e wakes up within a horrifying facility where captured humans are farmed, bred, and experimented on by other humans in the cultish service of large, monstrous, insect-like creatures they hope will save the planet.

I'e teams up with four others, his friend Kazu who was on the bus with him, a middle-aged man named Ogura who has been secretly living in the facility for years, and two men named Natsune and Yamabiki who have similarly avoided being trapped. The group attempts to explore and escape the facility, encountering other horrific revelations along the way.

Publication

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The series is written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe. It started serialization on Kodansha's e Young Magazine manga website on March 11, 2016.[3][4] The series finished serialization on November 5, 2018.[2] The series was published in seven tankōbon volumes.[5]

A sequel series, titled Starving Anonymous Re:Velation, started releasing on the Comic Days manga website on April 8, 2021. The sequel is also written by Yuu Kuraishi and illustrated by Kazu Inabe.[6] As of July 2023, the sequel has been published in seven tankōbon volumes.[7]

In February 2018, Kodansha USA announced they licensed the series for English publication digitally.[8] Kodansha are publishing the sequel series in English on their K Manga service.[9]

Volume list

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Main series

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 20, 2016[10]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).March 13, 2018[11]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Sequel

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No. Release date ISBN
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4 September 14, 2022[26]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
5 February 8, 2023[27]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
6 April 12, 2023[28]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
7 July 12, 2023[7]Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Reception

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Bernard Monasterolo from Le Monde praised the plot for its "morbid imagination", and called the art a "real success".[29] Koiwai from Manga News also praised the first volume, calling it a "successful introduction".[30] Erwan Lafleuriel from IGN also praised the plot, stating it was "carried out smoothly".[31] Contrary to Monasterolo, Koiwai, and Lafleuriel's thoughts, Katherine Dacey from Manga Critic criticized the series, calling the story "efficient but artless" and stating the art "ranges from slickly generic to willfully ugly".[1]

The series ranked tenth in the first Next Manga Award in the web manga category.[32]

See also

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References

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