The cover of the first volume of The Big O manga released in North America by Viz Media on November 5, 2002. This is a list of chapters of the manga adaptation of Sunrise 's The Big O (THE ビッグオー , Za Biggu Ō ) anime television series. The chapters are written and drawn by Hitoshi Ariga and published by Kodansha in Magazine Z .[1]
The Big O was conceived as a media franchise .[2] To this effect, Sunrise requested a manga be produced along with the animated series. The Big O manga started serialization in Kodansha 's Magazine Z in July 1999, three months before the anime premiere.[1] Authored by Hitoshi Ariga, the manga uses Keiichi Sato's concept designs in an all-new story. The series ended in October 2001. The issues were later collected in six volumes . The English version of the manga is published by VIZ Media .
In anticipation to the broadcast of the second season, a new manga series was published.[1] Lost Memory (ロストメモリー , Rosuto Memorī ) , authored by Hitoshi Ariga, takes place between volumes five and six of the original manga. The issues, serialized in Magazine Z from November 2002 to September 2003, were collected in two volumes. No English official translation is available.
Volumes [ edit ] Original manga [ edit ] No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 1 December 16, 1999[3] 978-4-06-349005-3 November 5, 2002 978-1-59116-039-7 Chapter 00: "Prologue" Chapter 01: "Take Back a Memory" Chapter 02: "Electric Bug" Chapter 03: "Thy Name is Dorothy" Omake
2 March 23, 2000[4] 978-4-06-349014-5 May 7, 2003 978-1-56931-806-5 Chapter 04: "Sisters Dorothy" Chapter 05: "A Ghost Ship & A Fallen Angel" Chapter 06: "No Name No Memory No Future" Chapter 07: "Tief Im Schwarzwald" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
3 October 23, 2000[5] 978-4-06-349033-6 July 2, 2003 978-1-56931-827-0 Chapter 08: "Big O Vs. Big O" Chapter 09: "My Sweetheart Dorothy" Chapter 10: "I Wish Have a Monster" Chapter 11: "Drinks, Oldster & Memory" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
4 March 23, 2001[6] 978-4-06-349047-3 October 1, 2003 978-1-56931-977-2 Chapter 12: "Remember Me" Chapter 13: "Godhead" Chapter 14: "The Sun Will Rise" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
5 August 23, 2001[7] 978-4-06-349065-7 December 31, 2003 978-1-59116-108-0 Chapter 15: "Another Face" Chapter 16: "Inside of Darkness" Chapter 17: "A Former Life" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
6 December 21, 2001[8] 978-4-06-349079-4 April 7, 2004 978-1-59116-219-3 Chapter 18: "R-Dorothy" Chapter 19: "Angel" Chapter 20: "Core" Chapter 21: "Roger" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
Lost Memory [ edit ] No. Release date ISBN 1 March 20, 2003[9] 978-4-06-349121-0 Chapter 01: "Long Vacation" Chapter 02: "Old Wives' Tale" Chapter 03: "Show up" Chapter 04: "Trick or Treat" Chapter 05: "Meet by Chance" Omake Paradigme Gallery Making of The Big O
2 October 23, 2003[10] 978-4-06-349151-7 Chapter 06: "Electric Sheep in the Cradle" Chapter 07: "Message" Chapter 08: "Old Movie Star" Chapter 09: "Revival" Chapter 10: "Yesterday Once More"
References [ edit ] ^ a b c "The Big O section at Hitoshi Ariga's site" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-01 . ^ "Birth of the Big O Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine ". The Big O DVD Volume 1. Bandai Entertainment . ^ "THEビッグオー(1)" [The Big O (1)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THEビッグオー(2)" [The Big O (2)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THEビッグオー(3)" [The Big O (3)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THEビッグオー(4)" [The Big O (4)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THEビッグオー(5)" [The Big O (5)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THEビッグオー(6)" [The Big O (6)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THE ビッグオー LOST MEMORY(1)" [The Big O Lost Memory(1)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . ^ "THE ビッグオー LOST MEMORY(2)" [The Big O Lost Memory(2)] (in Japanese). Kodansha . Archived from the original on May 28, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2010 . External links [ edit ]