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21st Century Boys (manga)

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Alternative title:
21 Seiki Shonen (Japanese)
21st Century Boys - Chłopaki z XXI wieku (Polish)
21世紀少年 (Japanese)
21세기 소년 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him.
User Ratings: 205 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 68 votes (Eng:30, sub:23, dub:5, ?:2, others:8
4 French
2 Spanish
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese
)
 Excellent: 61 votes (Eng:36, sub:13, dub:5, raw:1, raw:1, others:5
1 Spanish
1 Mandarin
1 Spanish subtitled
1 +
1 Bahasa Indonesia
)
 Very good: 39 votes (Eng:26, sub:9, dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish
1 French
)
 Good: 21 votes (Eng:13, sub:5, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish
1 Italian
)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:7, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 So-so: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 315 users, rank: #269 (of 6736)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.610 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.525, rank: #305 (of 7468)
Weighted mean: 8.497 (Very good+), rank: #456 (of 7468) (seen all: 8.53 / seen some: 7.48)
Bayesian estimate: 8.482 (Very good+), rank: #64 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 2
Number of pages: 200
Chapter titles: We have 16
Vintage: 2007-05-30
Release dates: We have 7
News: Show:
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 13-19 (Jun 16, 2021)
Viz Media Adds 2 Pokémon Sun & Moon Manga (Oct 5, 2017)
Naoki Urasawa's 21st Century Boys Gets New Ending in Manga's 'Complete Edition' (Dec 23, 2016)
Viz Media Adds Naoki Urasawa's Master Keaton (Mar 4, 2014)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 17-23 (Mar 19, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 13-19 (Jan 15, 2013)
21st Century Boys Manga Listed by Viz's Distributor (Apr 25, 2012)
2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series (Jan 2, 2009)
37th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced (May 10, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 5–June 11 (Jun 13, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 29–June 4 (Jun 6, 2007)
Press Release:
Viz Media Announces the Award-Winning 20th Century Boys in a New Perfect Edition (Aug 23, 2018)
Other article: Show:
The Gallery - Lisa Tao (Oct 18, 2008)
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Graphic novel
    21st Century Boys (GN 1) 2013-01-15 (from $25.00)
    21st Century Boys (GN 2) 2013-03-19 (from $39.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Naoki Urasawa
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Adaptation: Akemi Wegmuller
Design: Sam Elzway
Editing: Andy Nakatani
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Freeman Wong
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Panini Comics
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Spain Vol.)
Verónica Calafell (Spain Vol)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Planeta DeAgostini)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga (Panini Comics)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Hanami
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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