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Mars (manga by F. Sōryō)

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Alternative title:
MARS戰神 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance
Plot Summary: Kira is an extremely introverted artist and Rei is a popular playboy with a frightening violent side. Touched by a gentle picture Kira drew, Rei makes a promise to protect her. Soon a friendship and romance develop and together they begin to confront the many demons of their pasts that are still haunting them, trying to build a peaceful future for themselves.
User Ratings: 360 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 104 votes (Eng:46, sub:33, dub:19, ?:5, raw:1)
 Excellent: 108 votes (Eng:59, sub:27, dub:17, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 59 votes (Eng:32, sub:12, dub:10, ?:1, others:4
1 Polish
1 French
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 52 votes (Eng:32, sub:11, dub:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
2 French
)
 Decent: 18 votes (Eng:12, sub:3, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (Eng:7, dub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (dub:2, Eng:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 849 users, rank: #75 (of 7023)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.403 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6638, rank: #450 (of 7891)
Weighted mean: 8.316 (Very good+), rank: #621 (of 7891) (seen all: 8.59 / seen some: 7.66 / won't finish: 5.01)
Bayesian estimate: 8.309 (Very good+), rank: #134 (of 3554)
Number of tankoubon: 15
Number of pages: 200
Vintage: 1996-05-13
Release dates: We have 31
Trivia: We have 1
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Live-Action Mars TV Series Reveals Staff, More Cast (Dec 14, 2015)
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Terra Formars' Reinhard Gets His Own Spinoff Manga (Sep 6, 2014)
Tokyopop August release dates (Aug 3, 2003)
AX 2002: TOKYOPOP Panel (Jul 6, 2002)
Weekly Releases (Mar 26, 2002)
Tokyopop Commits to Unflopped Manga (Jan 29, 2002)
February Manga Releases (Dec 5, 2001)
January Manga Releses (Oct 31, 2001)
December Releases (Sep 30, 2001)
Press Release:
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Graphic novel
    Mars (GN 1) 2002-04-23 (from $244.09)
    Mars (GN 2) 2002-06-25 (from $15.35)
    Mars (GN 3) 2002-08-20 (from $4.89)
    Mars (GN 4) 2002-09-24 (from $16.15)
    Mars (GN 5) 2002-10-22 (from $11.63)
    Mars (GN 6) 2002-11-19 (from $3.84)
    Mars (GN 7) 2002-12-10 (from $7.92)
    Mars (GN 8) 2003-01-07 (from $6.51)
    Mars (GN 9) 2003-03-11 (from $18.73)
    Mars (GN 10) 2003-05-13 (from $18.51)
    Mars (GN 11) 2003-06-17 (from $15.86)
    Mars (GN 12) 2003-07-15 (from $11.90)
    Mars (GN 13) 2003-08-12 (from $29.94)
    Mars (GN 14) 2003-09-16 (from $4.99)
    Mars (GN 15) 2003-11-11 (from $25.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Fuyumi Sōryō
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford
Translation: Shirley Kubo

Adaptation: Nora Wong
Associate Editor:
Eric Althoff (vol 1)
Paul Morrissey (vol 1)
Robert Coyner (vol 2 -)
Trisha Kunimoto
Cover Design: Thea Willis
Cover Layout: Anna Kernbaum
Editing:
Jodi Bryson
Paul Morrissey (vol 2 -)
Robert Coyner (vol 1)
Stephanie Donnelly (vol 1)
Graphic Design:
James Lee
Thea Willis (vol 1 - )
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro
Production manager:
Fred Lui (vol 1)
Jennifer Miller
Joaquin E. Reyes (vol 2)
Mutsumi Miyazaki
Production Specialist: Dolly Chan
Publisher: Stu Levy
Reprint Editor: Mark Paniccia (vol 1)
Retouch & Lettering: Sean H.W. Chang
Retouch Artist: Roselyn Santos (vol 1)
Senior Editor:
Jake Forbes (vol 1)
Julie Taylor
VP of Production: Ron Klamert
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Kodansha Comics (2019)
Tokyopop
Online Distribution: K MANGA
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Panini Comics
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics
Serialized In: Amici
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Aleksandra Watanuki
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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