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 Time Adventure Numamonger first chapter title page from the May 1996 issue of V-Jump | |||
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| Author | Hiroshi Izawa, Akihiro Kikuchi | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | V-Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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V-Jump May 1996 - (TBD) (21 March 1996 - TBD) | ||
| Chapters | TBD | ||
| Volumes | 1 | ||
Time Adventure Numamonger is a (TBD)-chapter manga series written by Hiroshi Izawa and illustrated by Akihiro Kikuchi which originally ran from the May 1996 to (TBD) issues of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine.
The series stars a Nu and a Mamo ("Kilwala" in the English localization) — monsters originally from Chrono Trigger, a 1995 video game featuring character designs by Akira Toriyama — as they try to recruit members for their group "Numamonger".
Synopsis
TBD
Title
Chrono Trigger is notable for its time-travel storyline, starting in "the present" in 1000 AD, and spanning eras from 65,000,000 BC all the way to 2300 AD.
For its first batch of chapters, only the Japanese name of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー is provided on each chapter's title page and in V-Jump's table of contents. A little clock icon is present over the first kanji, and furigana of じくうぼうけん is provided above the four kanji.
時 on its own refers to "time," while 空 can refer to various concepts, but most relevant here being a kind of "distant place." Together, 時空 refers to "space-time."
Beginning with the series' 13th chapter, however, actual English text at the top of each interior page explicitly translates the title as "Time Adventure Numamonger." The clock imagery from the kanji is transposed within the letter "o" in "Numamonger" with the two main characters book-ending the title.
The group's name of "Numamonger" (given to them by the gatekeeper at the End of Time) is likely a multi-word portmanteau of the monster names "Nu" and "Mamo" along with an ending of ジャー (jā or "-ger") riffing on "ranger"-type group names.
Characters
Main Characters
- Nu (ヌー Nū): A Nu that crash lands from outer space in the Mamo village and ends up sucked through time with one of the Mamo.
- Mamo (マモ Mamo): One of the inhabitants of the Mamo village that watches the Nu crash land, and ends up sucked through time alongside him.
- Hasshu (ハッシュ Hasshu; "Gaspar" in the game's English localization): Originally from the Kingdom of Zeal, Hasshu is now the gatekeeper at the End of Time. Hasshu explains the situation with Lavos to Nu and Mamo, and gives them their new duo-name.
- Johnny (ジョニー Jonii): An anthropomorphic motorbike-robot who initially loses in a race to Nu and Mamo, and somewhat unwittingly becomes intertwined in the Numanonger's ongoing escapades.
- Spekkio (スペッキオ Supekkio): Appearing here initially in his frog form (which an author note explains is even in the original game if you visit the End of Time in single-digit levels), Spekkio calls himself the "God of War" (戦いの神 Tatakai no Kami)... but his room is given away to Nu and Mamo by Hasshu/Gaspar. Spekkio is brought on missions with the Numanonger, taking a more active role beginning with his defeat of Heckran.
Supporting Characters
- Heckran (ヘケラン Hekeran): A monster from the present-day that can only be defeated with magic (both in the original game and in this manga series).
Miscellaneous
- TBD
Production
Shueisha's V-Jump magazine regularly serialized a column called "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" shortly after the game's release (beginning in the July 1995 issue[1]) covering its development, characters, and story, along with short sidebar comics featuring Nu and Mamo. The magazine's April 1996 issue contained the 10th entry in the series, and the next-issue preview announced that Nu and Mamo would receive their own dedicated manga — tentatively still under the title of "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" — as well as the fact that the regular column would also continue.[2] The new manga series then debuted in the May 1996 issue under its new Japanese title of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー.[3] The sidebar comics with Nu and Mamo continued in the "Next Gate" column even as the full manga began serialization.
An original video animation for Time Adventure Numamonger was produced for V-Jump Festival 1996 (held in July and August in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively), featuring Nu and Mamo continuting their attempts to recruit members, and ultimately falling into a battle against Gonzalez ("Gato" in the game's English localization) with a little assistance from Johnny. While Nu and Mamo attempt to recruit members during a festival, a sign behind them states "As Featured in V-Jump!!" (Vジャンプに載りました!!).
Chapters
Each chapter is listed as a "GATE" (written in English) on each title page, rather than specifically as a "chapter". Additionally, each chapter title is presented in Japanese quotes (「」) followed by の巻 (no maki), indicating that it is the "volume" (or here "chapter") in which those events take place; due to the tone of the manga, the inflections of the characters' speech, and the uniformity of this titling quirk, we have chosen to translate the chapter titles in English below with the style of "The Chapter Where/With...".
Releases
TBD
External Links
- TBD
References
- ↑ クロノ·トリガー ネクストゲート. V-Jump, 1995 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 22 May 1995. (pp. 200-202)
- ↑ Vジャンプ５月号のお知らせ. V-Jump, 1996 #4. Japan: Shueisha, 21 February 1996. (pp. 202-203)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #5. Japan: Shueisha, 21 March 1996. (pp. 192-197)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #6. Japan: Shueisha, 22 April 1996. (pp. 81-85)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 21 May 1996. (pp. 31-35)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #8. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 1996. (pp. 71-75)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #9. Japan: Shueisha, 22 July 1996. (pp. 81-85)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #10. Japan: Shueisha, 21 August 1996. (pp. 87-91)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 21 September 1996. (pp. 81-85)
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