| Real | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Real_(manga)_vol._1.png) First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tomomi Nomiya | |
| リアル (Riaru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, sports[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takehiko Inoue |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | October 28, 1999 – present |
| Volumes | 16 |
Real (Japanese: リアル, Hepburn: Riaru, stylized as REAL) is a Japanese wheelchair basketball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since October 1999, with the chapters collected into 16 tankōbon volumes as of August 2024. The series has been irregularly published in the magazine. In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Viz Media.
By November 2020, the manga had over 16 million copies in circulation. In 2001, Real won an Excellence Award at the fifth Japan Media Arts Festival.
- ^ "The Official Website for Real". Viz Media. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.