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{{nihongo|'''''Mai, the Psychic Girl'''''|舞|Mai}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by {{ill|Kazuya Kudō|ja|工藤かずや}} and illustrated by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]. It was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes; it was later republished by [[Media Factory]]. | {{nihongo|'''''Mai, the Psychic Girl'''''|舞|Mai}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by {{ill|Kazuya Kudō|ja|工藤かずや}} and illustrated by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]]. It was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes; it was later republished by [[Media Factory]]. | ||
''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' | ''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' was one of the first manga series to be fully published in English; it was published by [[Viz Media|Viz Communications]], in partnership with [[Eclipse Comics]], in a bi-weekly [[comic book]] format starting in 1987 and republished in collected volumes a few years later. | ||
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Written by {{ill|Kazuya Kudo|ja|工藤かずや}} and illustrated by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]], ''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from March 20, 1985,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1985年14号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578537|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329220706/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578537|url-status=live}}</ref> to April 2, 1986.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1986年16号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578485|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329220702/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578485|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its chapters in six {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from August 1985 to August 1986.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞 1|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247654|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915010435/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247654|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞 6|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247647|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915010435/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247647|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Media Factory]] republished the series in three {{Transliteration|ja|[[bunkoban]]}} volumes, released from 2002 to 2003,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞―Mai, the Psychic Girl (1) (MF文庫)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=December 2002|isbn=978-4-8401-0694-8|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞―Mai, the Psychic Girl (3) (MF文庫)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=March 2003|isbn=978-4-8401-0730-3|language=ja}}</ref> and in two {{Transliteration|ja|[[wideban]]}} volumes in 2006.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞 1 目覚め 編 (MFコミックス)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=October 2006|isbn=978-4-8401-1625-1|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞 2 飛翔 編 (MFコミックス)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=November 2006|isbn=978-4-8401-1634-3|language=ja}}</ref> | Written by {{ill|Kazuya Kudo|ja|工藤かずや}} and illustrated by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]], ''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from March 20, 1985,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1985年14号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578537|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329220706/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578537|url-status=live}}</ref> to April 2, 1986.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1986年16号|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578485|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329220702/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578485|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its chapters in six {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from August 1985 to August 1986.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞 1|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247654|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915010435/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247654|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞 6|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247647|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915010435/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M247647|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Media Factory]] republished the series in three {{Transliteration|ja|[[bunkoban]]}} volumes, released from 2002 to 2003,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞―Mai, the Psychic Girl (1) (MF文庫)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=December 2002|isbn=978-4-8401-0694-8|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞―Mai, the Psychic Girl (3) (MF文庫)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=March 2003|isbn=978-4-8401-0730-3|language=ja}}</ref> and in two {{Transliteration|ja|[[wideban]]}} volumes in 2006.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞 1 目覚め 編 (MFコミックス)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=October 2006|isbn=978-4-8401-1625-1|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|script-title=ja:舞 2 飛翔 編 (MFコミックス)|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|date=November 2006|isbn=978-4-8401-1634-3|language=ja}}</ref> | ||
''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' | ''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' was one of the first manga series to be fully published in English.<ref name="Manga60" /> Along with ''[[The Legend of Kamui]]'' and ''[[Area 88]]'', ''Mai, the Psychic Girl'' was one of the first three manga published by [[Viz Media|Viz Communications]], in partnership with [[Eclipse Comics]].<ref name="JT-1000">{{cite web|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Mai the Psychic Girl|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-03-07|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|date=March 7, 2013|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705175126/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref> It was published in a bi-weekly [[comic book]] format starting in May 1987.<ref name="Manga60">{{cite book|author1=Gravett, Paul|author1-link=Paul Gravett|title=[[Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics]]|date=2004|publisher=Harper Design|isbn=1-85669-391-0|page=155}}</ref> As it was one of the forerunners of manga popularity in the West, ''Mai'' was chosen for localization due to its middle-ground artwork: neither "too Japanese or too American."<ref name="Manga60" /> It was presented in the "flopped" format; panels and pages read in the left-to-right reading order instead of the Japanese style of right-to-left, that was the norm with early localized manga.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aoki|first=Deb|title=Manga Answerman - How Come Some Manga Are Still Published "Flopped"?|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2018-09-14/.136806|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 14, 2022|date=September 14, 2008|archive-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416072845/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2018-09-14/.136806|url-status=live}}</ref> Along with the other two series, ''Mai'' proved popular enough that second printings were needed of the first two issues.<ref name="Manga60" /> The series was later reprinted in a 4-volume edition by [[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]] in 1989,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]|date=May 1989|isbn=978-1-85286-197-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl, Vol. 4|publisher=[[Titan Publishing Group|Titan Books]]|date=December 1989|isbn=978-1-85286-205-3}}</ref> and by Viz in 1990;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media|Viz Communications]]|date=October 1990|isbn=978-0-929279-25-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl, Vol. 4|publisher=[[Viz Media|Viz Communications]]|date=October 1990|isbn=978-0-929279-28-2}}</ref> the edition featured a brief nude scene that had been edited out of the comic book edition.<ref name="JT-1000"/> The series was later re-released in 3-volume edition, titled ''Mai, the Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection 1|publisher=[[Viz Media|Viz Communications]]|date=March 7, 1996|isbn=978-1-56931-070-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kudo|first1=Kazuya|last2=Ikegami|first2=Ryoichi|title=Mai, the Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection 3|publisher=[[Viz Media|Viz Communications]]|date=March 7, 1996|isbn=978-1-56931-059-5}}</ref> | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga series written by Template:Ill and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six Template:Transliteration volumes; it was later republished by Media Factory.
Mai, the Psychic Girl was one of the first manga series to be fully published in English; it was published by Viz Communications, in partnership with Eclipse Comics, in a bi-weekly comic book format starting in 1987 and republished in collected volumes a few years later.
Story
The story follows Template:Nihongo, a 14-year-old girl with powerful psychic abilities. She is being pursued by the Wisdom Alliance, an organization which secretly strives to control the world. The alliance already controls four other powerful psychic children, and it has hired the Kaieda Intelligence Agency to capture Mai.
Media
Manga
Written by Template:Ill and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, Mai, the Psychic Girl was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 20, 1985,[1] to April 2, 1986.[2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six Template:Transliteration volumes, released from August 1985 to August 1986.[3][4] Media Factory republished the series in three Template:Transliteration volumes, released from 2002 to 2003,[5][6] and in two Template:Transliteration volumes in 2006.[7][8]
Mai, the Psychic Girl was one of the first manga series to be fully published in English.[9] Along with The Legend of Kamui and Area 88, Mai, the Psychic Girl was one of the first three manga published by Viz Communications, in partnership with Eclipse Comics.[10] It was published in a bi-weekly comic book format starting in May 1987.[9] As it was one of the forerunners of manga popularity in the West, Mai was chosen for localization due to its middle-ground artwork: neither "too Japanese or too American."[9] It was presented in the "flopped" format; panels and pages read in the left-to-right reading order instead of the Japanese style of right-to-left, that was the norm with early localized manga.[11] Along with the other two series, Mai proved popular enough that second printings were needed of the first two issues.[9] The series was later reprinted in a 4-volume edition by Titan Books in 1989,[12][13] and by Viz in 1990;[14][15] the edition featured a brief nude scene that had been edited out of the comic book edition.[10] The series was later re-released in 3-volume edition, titled Mai, the Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection.[16][17]
Film
Beginning in the late 1980s, Ron Mael and Russell Mael of the band Sparks attempted to make Mai, the Psychic Girl into a musical, with interest from Tim Burton[18] and Carolco Pictures,[19] who purchased the film rights in August 1991. Carolco hoped Burton would start production in 1992, but he chose to work on The Nightmare Before Christmas and Ed Wood for Disney.[20] The option on the film rights eventually expired, and Burton dropped out.[18] Francis Ford Coppola later developed the property in the 1990s. In June 2000, Sony Pictures Entertainment started on a new different project with Kirk Wong attached to direct.[21] By February 2001, a script had been written by Lisa Addario and Joey Syracuse for Sony's Columbia Pictures.[22] The release of The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, a radio musical by Sparks, in August 2009, was informed by the six years the band spent trying to get their Mai, the Psychic Girl produced. The album generated new interest, and gained a "second wind", Russell Mael explained. "The music is all ready and we are hoping that this still might see the light of day".[18] In 2010, Burton expressed renewed interest in adapting the property.[23]
Reception
Mai, the Psychic Girl was well received by critics and readers in America (more than in its native Japan), and is recognized as an important first step in the gradual popularity of manga in America. Many praised the series for avoiding typical superhero cliches and for also introducing many readers to the world of manga.[24]
References
Further reading
External links
- "On Mai, the Psychic Girl" by Julian Darius at Sequart
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