Gaku: Minna no Yama

Gaku: Minna no Yama (岳 みんなの山) is a Japanese mountaineering manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Ishizuka. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original from September 2003 to June 2012, with its chapters collected in eighteen tankōbon volumes. It depicts the adventures of a volunteer with an alpine search and rescue team in the Japanese Alps. A live-action film adaptation premiered in 2011.

Gaku: Minna no Yama received the 2008 Manga Taishō ("Cartoon Grand Prize") and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

Publication
Written and illustrated by Shinichi Ishizuka, Gaku: Minna no Yama was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original from 20 September 2003 to 5 June 2012. Shogakukan collected its chapters eighteen tankōbon volumes, released from 26 April 2005 to 30 August 2012.

Reception
The series' sixth volume reached number 6 on the Tohan Comic Ranking; volume seven also reached number 6; volume eight reached number 14; and remained at number 16 the following week, and volume 9 debuted at number 26, before rising to number 17 the following week. The series was featured by Da Vinci magazine as the Platinum Book of the Month for April 2007.

Gaku: Minna no Yama received the first annual Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") in 2008, and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.