Artist Acro (Japanese: アーティストアクロ, Hepburn: Aateisuto Akuro) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ato Sakurai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2008 to October 2009, and later on Club Sunday from November 2009 to March 2010. Its chapters were collected in nine tankōbon volumes.
| Artist Acro | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| アーティストアクロ (Aateisuto Akuro) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ato Sakurai |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 2, 2008 – March 16, 2010 |
| Volumes | 9 |
Story
editOnce upon a time, artists were able to use their special skills freely, until seven years ago with a group of artists began using souls as raw materials for their work. Now society lives in fear of artists as a young man named Acro Hanbakka travels to the capital city to ply his trade as a sculptor and to realize his dream of becoming a great artist.
Publication
editWritten and illustrated by Ato Sakurai, Artist Acro was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2, 2008,[a] to October 31, 2009.[3] It was transferred to Shogakukan's online magazine Club Sunday on November 3, 2009,[3] and finished on March 16, 2010.[4][5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, published from January 16, 2009,[6] and May 18, 2010.[7]
Volumes
edit| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 16, 2009[6] | 978-4-09-121577-2 |
| 2 | March 18, 2009[8] | 978-4-09-121618-2 |
| 3 | June 18, 2009[9] | 978-4-09-122022-6 |
| 4 | August 18, 2009[10] | 978-4-09-121723-3 |
| 5 | November 18, 2009[11] | 978-4-09-121888-9 |
| 6 | January 18, 2010[12] | 978-4-09-122138-4 |
| 7 | March 18, 2010[13] | 978-4-09-122189-6 |
| 8 | April 16, 2010[14] | 978-4-09-122029-5 |
| 9 | May 18, 2010[7] | 978-4-09-122298-5 |
Notes
edit- ^ It started in the magazine's 31st issue of 2008 (with cover date July 16),[1] released on July 2 of that same year (same date of Sakurai's first message on Web Sunday's Backstage).[2]
References
edit- ^ 週刊少年サンデー2008年31 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ Vol.1／2008年7月2日. Web Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. July 2, 2008. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ a b 桜井亜都「アーティストアクロ」クラブサンデーで連載開始. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 21, 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティストアクロ. Club Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ 桜井亜都 Vol.33／2010年3月17日. Web Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b アーティスト アクロ 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. January 16, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b アーティスト アクロ 9 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. June 18, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. August 18, 2009. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 6 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 7 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ アーティスト アクロ 8 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. April 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
External links
edit- Official website at Web Sunday at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-22) (in Japanese)
- Artist Acro at Anime News Network's encyclopedia