Limit (manga)
| The Limit | |
|
Cover of the first manga volume | |
| リミット (Rimitto) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Keiko Suenobu |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
| Original run | October 13, 2009 – September 13, 2011 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Television drama | |
| Music by | Kōji Endō |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | July 12, 2013 – September 27, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
The Limit (Japanese: リミット Hepburn: Rimitto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Suenobu.[1]
Plot
This manga focuses on Mizuki Konno, a typical high school junior at Yanno Prefectual High School. A group of high school girls is on their way to an exchange camp when the bus driver passes out and causes the bus to drop from a cliff. The few survivors gather together and try to survive until rescue arrives.
Live-action
A live-action drama version of the manga aired on TV Tokyo between July 12, 2013, and September 27, 2013.[2][3]
Cast[4]
- Nanami Sakuraba as Mizuki Konno
- Tao Tsuchiya as Chieko Kamiya
- Rio Yamashita as Arisa Morishige
- Ayano Kudo as Haru Ichinose
- Yuka Masuda as Chikage Usui
- Katsuhiro Suzuki as Haruaki Hinata
- Riho Takada as Sakura Himesawa
- Masataka Kubota as Wataru Igarashi
- Ikkei Watanabe as Hirokazu Konno
Reception
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network (ANN) gave volume 1 a B-.[5] Rebecca Silverman, also of ANN, gave it a B.[6]
By July 17, 2011, volume 5 had sold 30,934 copies in Japan.[7] By December 18, 2011, volume 6 had sold 32,754 copies in Japan.[8] In the week of October 14 to 20, 2012, volume 1 ranked in second place in the list of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers.[9] It has sold 10 million copies in Japan.[10]
References
- ↑ "Life's Suenobu to Launch Limit Manga on October 13". Anime News Network. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ ドラマ24「リミット」: 第1話 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ ドラマ24「リミット」: 第12話 (最終話) (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ "ドラマ24「リミット」: Cast" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ Carlo Santos (2012-10-09). "RIGHT TURN ONLY!! Everybody to the Limit". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ Rebecca Silverman (2012-11-06). "Review The Limit GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 11-17". Anime News Network. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 12-18 (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ "New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 14-20". Anime News Network. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ ドラマ24「リミット」: イントロダクション (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
External links
- Limit (manga) (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- TV drama official site