Fantasium
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- Monthly Morning Two (2006–2011)
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| Fantasium | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ファンタジウム (Fantajiumu) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ami Sugimoto |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Morning KC |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | August 10, 2006 – December 25, 2014 |
| Volumes | 9 |
Fatasium (Japanese: ファンタジウム, Hepburn: Fantajiumu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two from August 2006 to September 2011, and later on the D Morning website from March to December 2011; its chapters were collected in nine tankōbon volumes.
Volumes
Written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto, Fantasium was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two from August 10, 2006,[a] to September 22, 2011.[b] The series went on an over two-year hiatus and resumed on the D Morning website on March 6, 2014;[5] it finished on December 25 of that same year.[6] Kodansha collected its chapters in nine tankōbon volumes, released from June 22, 2007,[7] to July 23, 2015.[8]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 22, 2007[7] | 978-4-06-372608-4 |
| 2 | February 22, 2008[9] | 978-4-06-372669-5 |
| 3 | September 22, 2008[10] | 978-4-06-372736-4 |
| 4 | June 23, 2009[11] | 978-4-06-372805-7 |
| 5 | March 23, 2010[12] | 978-4-06-372885-9 |
| 6 | September 22, 2010[13] | 978-4-06-372945-0 |
| 7 | June 23, 2011[14] | 978-4-06-372983-2 |
| 8 | August 22, 2014[15] | 978-4-06-387066-4 |
| 9 | July 23, 2015[16] | 978-4-06-388494-4 |
Reception
The series ranked tenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ranking of best manga for male readers in 2009.[17] Fantasium was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.[18] It was nominated for the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011.[19] The manga was selected by the Nippon Foundation for its "This is Also a Learning Manga: World Discovery Project", a project to use manga as learning tools for young children. Fantasium was included in the "Diversity" category.[20]