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Xenon, also known as Template:Nihongo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaomi Kanzaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Shōnen Big Comic from 1986 to 1987, before being canceled abruptly. Its chapters were collected in four Template:Transliteration volumes. In North America, the manga was published by Viz Communications in partnership with Eclipse Comics, with 23 issues released in comic book format from 1987 to 1988. Viz later released the four volumes from 1991 to 1992. A sequel to the series, titled Xenon: 199X R, started in Tokuma Shoten's [[Seinen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Monthly Comic Ryū in 2006.
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Publication
Written and illustrated by Masaomi Kanzaki, Xenon was serialized in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Shōnen Big Comic from 1986 to 1987, before being canceled abruptly.[1][2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four Template:Transliteration volumes, released from June 1986 to June 1987.[3][4] Kodansha republished the series in four volumes from November 19, 2000,[5] to April 9, 2001.[6]
In North America, the manga was published by Viz Communications in partnership with Eclipse Comics starting in 1987. 23 issues were released in a comic book format until November 1, 1988.[7] Viz later released the four volumes from 1991 to 1992.[8][9]
A sequel, titled Xenon: 199X R, started in Tokuma Shoten's [[Seinen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Monthly Comic Ryū in 2006.[2] Tokuma Shoten released the first Template:Transliteration volume on September 20, 2007.[10] The eighth and latest volume was released on July 4, 2011.[11]
Reception
The French website Manga News regarded the first volume as "a good action manga if you like the author or the genre, but dispensable for others".[12] While praising the art, the Manga News reviewer felt the story was unoriginal.[13] He felt that the "non-stop action" prevented the series from sinking into caricatures,[14] and noted that the popularity of the manga kept the manga going into a fourth volume, and found the last volume "most interesting".[15]
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