The previous study series was inspired by two anime films
The Asahi Shimbun revealed on Friday that the research manga Kagaku Manga Survival (Science Manga Survival) will be adapted into a television anime.
Image via Kagaku Manga Survival’s Twitter account
The full-color manga and schoolbook series launched in 2008. Asahi Shimbun has published 85 volumes of the series as of January 19. The series originated in Korea by Gomdori Co. and illustrator Hyun-Dong Han. The series follows children in a variety of adventure scenarios while incorporating information about science into the story.
The book has 14 million copies in circulation in Japan.
No Starch Press has released several series in English under the title Survive! Inside the human body.
Toei Animation produced a 100-second animation video for the manga in March 2019. At the time, the Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web website listed the video as a pilot film.
Toei produced an anime film adaptation of the manga titled Survive! Inside the Human Body (Jintai no Survival), screened with Ganbareiwa!! Robocon movies in Japan started in July 2020. The second movie is titled Shinkai no Survival! (Survive! In the Deep Sea) opens in Japan in August 2021.
Source: Kagaku Manga Survival’s Twitter accountComic Natalie