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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

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Template:For Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Video Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey, known in Japan as Template:Nihongo, is an autobiographical [[Josei manga|Template:Transl manga]] series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Shueisha's monthly manga magazine Cocohana from 2011 to 2015 and collected in five Template:Transl volumes. The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[1]

Characters

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Media

Manga

The individual chapters, referred to as "canvases", were serialized in Cocohana magazine between the inaugural January 2012 issue (sold on November 28, 2011) and the March 2015 issue (sold on January 28, 2015).[3][4][5] They were later published by Shueisha in five Template:Transl volumes. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes also included bonus "sketchbook" chapters.

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Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced on December 17, 2024. The film is produced by Warner Bros. Japan and directed by Kazuaki Seki, with scripts written by Higashimura and Date-san, and music composed by Yuki Munakata. It is set to premiere in Japanese theaters on May 16, 2025.[2]

Reception

The series was number five on the 2013 and 2014 Template:Transl Top 20 Manga for Female Readers surveys and number seven on the 2015 survey.[6][7][8] It was number four in the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize.[9] In 2015, it won the eighth Manga Taishō Award,[10] and was awarded the grand prize in the manga division by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival.[11]

Volume 2 sold 49,232 copies as of June 2013[12] and volume 3 sold 47,446 copies as of February 2014.[13]

References

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External links

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