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Shogo Sugitani's Formula Girl Manga Ends 1st Part
posted on by Anita Tai
Shogo Sugitani ended the first part of the Formula Girl manga on Wednesday. The chapter is available as an early preview on Shogakukan's Manga ONE platform, with public access available on October 22.
Formula Girl launched on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app on May 7. The manga's second compiled book volume shipped in Japan on October 10.
Sugitani, posting under the the pen name Ningen Plamo ("Human Plastic Model"), began posting the Pompo: The Cinéphile (Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san) manga on the pixiv website in April 2017. Positive word-of-mouth on social networking sites and elsewhere has since led to over 500,000 views of the manga. The manga was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in 2018. Sugitani launched the spinoff manga Fran: The Cinéphile (Eiga Daisuki Fran-chan NYALLYWOOD STUDIOS SERIES) on the pixiv Comic website in July 2018.
Pompo: The Cinéphile inspired an anime film that opened in June 2021. Takayuki Hirao (The Garden of Sinners movie 5, God Eater) directed the film at CLAP. The anime film premiered in North America at Montreal's 25th Fantasia International Film Festival in August 2021. GKIDS began screening the film in the U.S. in April 2022.
Source: Manga ONE's X/Twitter account
