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Elex Media Licenses Sayonara Sorcier Manga About van Gogh Brothers
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian publisher Elex Media Komputindo announced on Thursday that it has licensed Hozumi's Sayonara Sorcier (bon au revoir, Sorcier) manga. The company will publish the manga's first compiled book volume on December 14.
The manga tells the story of the van Gogh brothers — the famous painter Vincent van Gogh, and his younger brother Theodorus van Gogh — but primarily from the point of view of the latter. Theo is employed as the branch manager of the famous art dealership Goupil & Cie. He seeks to embrace new talents and techniques, but the bourgeoisie mentality of the time deems the lower classes unable to appreciate fine art, marking it as a domain exclusive to high society. Theo struggles to showcase art that depicts the truth of the everyday.
Hozumi launched the manga in the October 2012 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Flowers magazine, and ended it in the magazine's October 2013 issue. Shogakukan published the manga's second and final compiled book volume in November 2013. The manga topped the Female Readers list of manga in the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook.
The manga inspired a stage musical adaptation that ran from March 17 to 21. The musical starred Shinji Rachi as Theo, and Ryō Hirano as Vincent. Daisuke Nishida directed the production, and Shuhei Kamimura (Student Council's Discretion) composed the music.
