Tenmaku Cinema
| Tenmaku Cinema | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| テンマクキネマ (Tenmaku Kinema) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūto Tsukuda |
| Illustrated by | Shun Saeki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 10, 2023 – September 11, 2023 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Tenmaku Cinema (Japanese: テンマクキネマ, Hepburn: Tenmaku Kinema) is a Japanese manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from April to September 2023, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.
Plot[edit]
Shinichi Hajime is a 14-year-old junior high school student who is a massive fan of cinema - as he was born sickly, most of his early life experiences came from watching movies in his hospital bed. One day, while in a theater, he is possessed by a ghost. The ghost introduces himself as Tenmaku Takehiko - an 18-year-old screenwriter who was working on a legendary movie with acclaimed director Ryu Shirakawa before passing away thirty years ago. Bound to Shinichi's body, Tenmaku posits that the only way for him to pass on to the afterlife is for his unwritten script ideas to come to fruition - by having Shinichi produce and direct his movies.
Publication[edit]
Written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki, Tenmaku Cinema was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from April 10 to September 11, 2023.[3][4][5] It is the first time Tsukuda and Saeki worked together since the Yugen's All-Ghouls Homeroom one-shot in May 2020.[2] A bonus chapter was published in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ service in November 2023.[5] The series was compiled into three tankōbon volumes from August 4, to November 2, 2023.[6][7]
Viz Media and Manga Plus published chapters of the series simultaneously with their original release.[8]
Volume list[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 4, 2023[6] | 978-4-08-883589-1 |
| 2 | October 4, 2023[9] | 978-4-08-883663-8 |
| 3 | November 2, 2023[7] | 978-4-08-883771-0 |
Reception[edit]
Multiple critics have compared the series' story to Hikaru no Go.[1][10][2] Some critics also offered praise to the filmmaking aspects of the story, with Marc York of Comic Book Resources comparing it to Dr. Stone.[2][11] Joshua Fox of Screen Rant praised the darker story than Hikaru no Go; he also liked the occasional comedic moments.[10] Brian Salvatore of Multiversity Comics liked the series, though he felt it used too many tropes; he also felt the series over-sexualized some of its characters.[12] Kota Mukaihara of Real Sound compared Tsukuda and Saeki's transition from their previous work Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's transition from Death Note to Bakuman.[1]
Salvatore felt the artwork did a good job emphasizing the series' comedic moments and making other parts feel more creepy. He concluded that "Saeki does really nice work here that pushes the story beyond its familiar roots".[12]
See also[edit]
- Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, another manga series by the same authors
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Mukaihara, Kota (April 10, 2023). 大場つぐみ×小畑健に続く黄金コンビに？ 週刊少年ジャンプで『食戟のソーマ』タッグの新連載スタート. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d York, Marc (April 13, 2023). "The Creators of Food Wars Have a New Manga About Filmmaking – But Will It Succeed?". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ 映画好き少年が脚本家の幽霊に取り憑かれ…「食戟のソーマ」コンビの青春キネマ活劇. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 2, 2023). "Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Tai, Anita (September 10, 2023). "Tenmaku Cinema Manga Ends, Gets Bonus Chapter in November". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ a b テンマクキネマ 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ a b テンマクキネマ 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Lada, Jenni (April 10, 2023). "Tenmaku Cinema Is the Next New Shonen Jump Manga Series". Siliconera. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ テンマクキネマ 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ a b Fox, Joshua (April 19, 2023). "New Shonen Jump Manga Puts a Dark Twist on a Beloved Classic". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Dennison, Kara (April 18, 2023). "Fresh New Manga for Your Weekly Reading List". Otaku USA. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Salvatore, Brian (April 12, 2023). "This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 4/9/23". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Tenmaku Cinema on the official Weekly Shōnen Jump website (in Japanese)
- Tenmaku Cinema (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia