Fantasium

Fatasium (Japanese: ファンタジウム, Hepburn: Fantajiumu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] 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.

Fantasium
First tankōbon volume cover
ファンタジウム (Fantajiumu)
Manga
Written by	Ami Sugimoto [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Morning KC
Magazine	Monthly Morning Two [ja] (2006–2011) D Morning (2014)
Original run	August 10, 2006 – December 25, 2014
Volumes	9

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ami Sugimoto [ja], Fantasium was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning Two [ja] 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]

Volumes

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]

Notes

1. It started in the magazine's debut issue,^[1] released on August 10, 2006.^[2]
2. It was serialized until the magazine's 50th issue,^[3] released on September 22, 2011.^[4]