Freezing (manga)

Freezing
Cover of the first manga volume featuring Satellizer el Bridget
フリージング
(Furījingu)
GenreAction, science fiction[1]
Manga
Written byLim Dall-young
Illustrated byKim Kwang-Hyun
Published byKill Time Communication
English publisher
MagazineComic Valkyrie
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 27, 2007November 30, 2018 (on hiatus)[2]
Volumes33 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byTakashi Watanabe
Produced byShinsaku Tanaka
Takashi Tachizaki
Written byMasanao Akahoshi
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioACGT
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original network
English network
Original run January 8, 2011 April 7, 2011[n 1]
Episodes12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes)
Manga
Freezing: First Chronicle
Written byDall-Young Lim
Illustrated byJae-Ho Yoon
Published byKill Time Communication
MagazineComic Valkyrie
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 27, 2011January 27, 2012
Volumes1 (List of volumes)
Manga
Freezing: Zero
Written byDall-Young Lim
Illustrated bySoo-Cheol Jeong
Published byKill Time Communication
MagazineComic Valkyrie
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 27, 2012September 4, 2015
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Manga
Freezing Pair Love Stories
Written byDall-Young Lim
Illustrated bySo-Hee Kim
Published byKill Time Communication
MagazineComic Valkyrie
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 27, 2013February 28, 2014
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Freezing Vibration
Directed byTakashi Watanabe
Produced byShō Tanaka
Satoshi Ōmori
Shingo Yokota
Tatsuya Ueki
Written byMasanao Akahoshi
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioA.C.G.T
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original network
  • AT-X (4:3, uncensored)
  • Tokyo MX, SUN, TV Aichi, BS11 (16:9, censored)
Original run October 4, 2013 December 20, 2013
Episodes12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes)
Video game
Freezing Extension
DeveloperCREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd.
PublisherTRINITY GAMES
GenreBishōjo,[3] RPG,[3] Strategy[3]
PlatformAndroid, iOS
ReleasedAugust 23, 2018 –
October 31, 2019[4]

Freezing (Japanese: フリージング, Hepburn: Furījingu) is a Japanese manga written by Dall-Young Lim and illustrated by Kwang-Hyun Kim. The series revolves around the invasion of Earth by an interdimensional force called the Nova, and a special military group of genetically engineered young women called Pandoras. Pandoras fight alongside their male partners known as Limiters, who are created to combat the Nova. The story centers around Kazuya Aoi, a Limiter whose late sister was a Pandora, and Satellizer el Bridget, a Pandora with a cold personality who is known as the "Untouchable Queen" due to her intense aphephobia. Both are enrolled at West Genetics Academy, which is a training school for Pandoras and Limiters.

Freezing began serialization in Kill Time Communication's seinen manga magazine Comic Valkyrie in its March 2007 issue.[5] The first collected volume was released on October 17, 2010, with a total of 28 volumes made as of August 27, 2015 under its Valkyrie Comics imprint. An English translation by Seven Seas Entertainment is also currently available. On August 12, 2010, an anime adaptation produced by A.C.G.T was announced,[6] airing twelve episodes in Japan between January and April 2011 on AT-X and on other channels. The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment, who released the series in August 2012. A second anime season titled Freezing Vibration (フリージング ヴァイブレーション, Furījingu Vaiburēshon) premiered on October 4, 2013.[7]

There are currently three spin-off series based on the world of Freezing being published. The first spin-off, called Freezing: First Chronicle (フリージング ファーストクロニクル, Furījingu: Fāsuto Kuronikuru),[8] was serialized in Comic Valkyrie from the November 2011 issue to the March 2012 issue. The second spinoff, called Freezing: Zero (フリージングZERO, Furījingu: Zero), began serialization in the May 2012 issue of Comic Valkyrie. A third spinoff, called Freezing Pair Love Stories (フリージング ペアラブストーリーズ), began serialization in the April 2013 issue of Comic Valkyrie.[9]

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (March 25, 2013). "Freezing Sci-Fi Action Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network.
  2. ^ "Freezing Creators Put Manga on Hiatus, Launch New Series in April". 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Freezing Extension". Official Website - QooApp : Anime Game Platform. © QooApp. Retrieved 1 Jul 2024.
  4. ^ フリージングEX【公式】 [@cr_fzgex] (30 Aug 2019). "【重要】課金停止のお知らせと運営サービス終了予告のお知らせ 本日のメンテナンス後にて、『ルビー』及び「アイテムパック」の販売を停止致しました。2019年10月31日(木)正午12:00をもちまして、サービスの提供を終了することとなりました。詳細はゲーム内告知・及び公式HPにてご確認ください。" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 Jul 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "コミックヴァルキリー Vol.4" [Comic Valkyrie Vol.4]. Kill Time Communications. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  6. ^ "Freezing Manga's TV Anime Confirmed for Next Spring". Anime News Network. August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  7. ^ "「フリージング」第2期先行上映会に能登麻美子と三森すずこ登場". ota-suke.jp. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
    "TVアニメ『フリージング ヴァイブレーション』早くもBlu-ray&DVDの予約を開始 OP&EDアーティストに鈴木このみ". akiba-scope.net. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "Freezing Manga Gets First Chronicle Spinoff Manga Series". Anime News Network. September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference ann3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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