Stone (manga)

Stone
Genre
Manga
Written byShinichi Hiromoto
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runSeptember 25, 2001June 25, 2002
Volumes2

Stone (stylized as STONe) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from September 2001 to June 2002.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Shinichi Hiromoto, Stone was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from September 25, 2001,[a] to June 25, 2002.[b] Kodansha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes.

Tokyopop licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America, with the two volumes released on September 7, 2004, and December 7, 2004.[5][6][7] As of January 2, 2006, the Tokyopop volumes are out of print.[8]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1April 23, 2002[1]978-4-06-314292-1September 7, 2004[9]978-1-59532-151-0
  1. "ZIZI The witch with pink hair"
  2. "The magnificent black whale"
  1. "Crimson tide"
  2. "Yellow-SUV-Marine"
2August 23, 2002[3]978-4-06-314303-4December 7, 2004[10]978-1-59532-152-7
  1. "Red Data Animals"
  2. "Purple Haze"
  3. "Rockman Blues"
  1. "Gold Rush"
  2. "White Riot"
  3. "Pink Ribbon Scar"

Reception

In his review of the first volume, Manga Life's Kelvin Green commends the manga for its artwork but criticises the editor for the needless explaining of an homage of Star Wars.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Debuted in the magazine's November 2001 issue,[1] released on September 25, 2001.[2]
  2. ^ Finished in the magazine's August 2002 issue,[3] released on June 25, 2002.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b STONe(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 22, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  2. ^ アフタヌーン増刊2001年11号詳細情報. manganetto.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  3. ^ a b STONe(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 22, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  4. ^ アフタヌーン増刊2002年8号詳細情報. manganetto.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  5. ^ "One More For Tokyopop". Anime News Network. 2004-03-15. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  6. ^ "Catalog: Stand By Youth Vol. 1 - Suikoden III Vol. 10". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  7. ^ "STONe Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  8. ^ "TOKYOPOP Inc. Out of Print Titles". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  9. ^ "STONe Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on October 24, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  10. ^ "STONe Volume 2". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on October 24, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  11. ^ Green, Kelvin. "STONe v1". Manga Life. Archived from the original on 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2009-03-07.