Blame!

Blame!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Killy
Genre
Manga
Written byTsutomu Nihei
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 25, 1997July 25, 2003
Volumes10
Original net animation
Blame! Ver. 0.11
Directed byShintarō Inokawa
Produced byKazuki Nakamura
Written byMayori Sekijima
Music by
  • Hiroyuki Onogawa
  • KIYOSHI (BORN'S) (#3)
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
Released2003
Runtime6 minutes (each)
Episodes6 + OVA
Manga
Blame Academy!
Written byTsutomu Nihei
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 25, 2004May 25, 2008
Volumes1
Manga
NetSphere Engineer
Written byTsutomu Nihei
Published byKodansha
MagazineBessatsu Morning
DemographicSeinen
PublishedDecember 16, 2004
Original net animation
Blame! Prologue
Directed byShigeyuki Watanabe
Music byYuichi Nonaka
StudioProduction I.G
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2007
Runtime4 minutes
Episodes2
Manga
Blame!2
Written byTsutomu Nihei
Published byKodansha
MagazineMandala
DemographicSeinen
PublishedMarch 21, 2008
Manga
Blame! Denki Ryōshi Kiki Kaisō Dasshutsu Sakusen
Written byKotaro Sekine
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 26, 2017October 26, 2017
Volumes1
Anime film
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Blame![a] (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was published by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1997 to 2003, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. A six-part original net animation (ONA) by Group TAC was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release. An anime film adaptation by Polygon Pictures was released as a Netflix original in May 2017.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference VerticalLic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Martin, Theron (May 23, 2017). "Blame! – Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2020. the 1998 cyberpunk manga Blame! Although it was adapted into a series of six ONA shorts back in 2003
  3. ^ Santos, Carlo (July 29, 2005). "Blame! DVD - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020. the setting of Blame! isn't so hard to understand; it's the usual post-apocalyptic science fiction fare.
  4. ^ Brothers, David. "Tsutomu Nihei, A Manga Creator for America". Comics Alliance. Retrieved June 4, 2024.


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