Manga Bible (series)

This article is about the six-volume series from Next, Inc. For other works with the same name, see Manga Bible.
Manga Bible
Cover of first book in the series, Manga Messiah
みんなの聖書
(Minna no seisho)
GenreChristian literature
Manga
Written byHidenori Kumai (熊井秀憲)
Illustrated byKozumi Shinozawa, Ryō Azumi
Published byNext, Japan Bible Society
English publisherTyndale House
Original runJanuary 2006 – October 2019
Volumes6 (List of volumes)

Manga Bible (Japanese: みんなの聖書 マンガシリーズ = Minna no Seisho - Manga shiriizu, meaning "Everybody's Bible - Manga Series"[1]) is a six-volume manga series based on the Christian Bible created under the direction of the non-profit organization Next, a group formed by people from the manga industry. Though first published in English, the books are originally written in Japanese and each volume is illustrated by a Japanese manga artist.[2] Each book is adapted from the Bible by Hidenori Kumai. The first two books were illustrated by manga artist Kozumi Shinozawa, while the remaining four were by Ryō Azumi.

The first book in the series, Manga Messiah was published in 2006 and covered the four gospels of the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Manga Metamorphosis (2008) covers the events in Acts and several of Paul's letters. Manga Mutiny (2008, 2009) begins in Genesis and ends in Exodus. Manga Melech (2010) picks up where Manga Mutiny left off and continues into the reign of David. Manga Messengers (2011) addresses events starting with the reign of King Solomon and takes stories from several of the major and minor prophets, and the Book of Esther and concludes with anticipation of a messiah. The sixth and the final book from the series, Manga Majesty (2019) concludes the story of apostle John's revelation in the island of Patmos and the revelations that mark the end of days.[3]

  1. ^ Everybody's Bible - Manga Seies (Japan Bible Society, 2011) (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JBS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Books - NEXTmanga". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.