Written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki, D.N.Angel premiered in Japan in the November 1997 issue of the Kadokawa Shoten magazine Monthly Asuka. New chapters were serialized monthly until Sugisaki put the series on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue. The series eventually returned to serialization, starting in the April 2008 issue of Monthly Asuka, where it ran until another pause starting in 2011. It came back in the magazine in February 2018 until its finale on January 2021. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten, until volume 16; volumes 17 and 18 have been released as e-books only. The first volume was released on November 13, 1997 and the final chapter on January 22, 2021. A "deluxe edition" compiling the complete series in 10 volumes has been announced for 2021.[1][2]
Tokyopop licensed the series for an English-language release in North America and the United Kingdom, with the first volume of the series released there on April 6, 2004. On November 8, 2005, Tokyopop released a box set containing the first two volumes of the series. A total of 13 volumes have been translated and released as of December 8, 2009. However, Tokyopop announced that its North American division would closing on May 31, 2011, and only the series' digital version up to volume 13 is rescued by Viz Media.
In August 2003, while the primary series was on hiatus, a second manga series, D.N.Angel TV Animation Series began serialization in Monthly Asuka. Also written by Sugisaki, the short series was based on the anime adaptation, which had diverged from the storyline of the manga series. D.N.Angel TV Animation Series finished its serialization in the October 2003 issue. It was published in two tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten.
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Plot[edit | edit source]
Daisuke Niwa is an ordinary middle school student with an extraordinary genetic "condition". Whenever he starts longing for the girl of his dreams, he transforms into the legendary Phantom Thief, Dark! The only way to lift the curse? To have his love returned, of course. But how can Daisuke win the heart of a girl he can't even romance?[3]
Original volumes and chapters list[edit | edit source]
| # | Japanese | English | Chapters |
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| 1 | November 13, 1997 ISBN 978-4-04-924701-5 |
April 6, 2004 ISBN 978-1-59182-799-3 |
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| 2 | December 14, 1998 ISBN 978-4-04-924761-9 |
June 8, 2004 ISBN 978-1-59182-800-6 |
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| 3 | August 19, 1999 ISBN 978-4-04-924789-3 |
August 3, 2004 ISBN 978-1-59182-801-3 |
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| 4 | July 17, 2000 ISBN 978-4-04-924827-2 |
October 5, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59182-802-0 |
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| 5 | February 17, 2001 ISBN 978-4-04-924851-7 |
December 7, 2004 ISBN 978-1-59182-803-7 |
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| 6 | January 17, 2002 ISBN 978-4-04-924887-6 |
February 8, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59182-955-3 |
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| 7 | October 17, 2002 ISBN 978-4-04-924917-0 |
April 12, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59182-956-0 |
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| 8 | March 17, 2003 ISBN 978-4-04-924940-8 |
June 7, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59182-957-7 |
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| 9 | July 17, 2003 ISBN 978-4-04-924945-3 |
September 13, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59532-794-9 |
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| 10 | February 17, 2004 ISBN 978-4-04-924962-0 |
December 13, 2005 ISBN 978-1-59532-795-6 |
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| 11 | August 10, 2005 ISBN 978-4-04-925010-7 |
September 13, 2006 |
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| 12 | June 17, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-925060-2 |
August 1, 2009 ISBN 978-1-42781-593-4 |
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| 13 | October 17, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-925063-3 |
December 8, 2009 ISBN 978-1-4278-1626-9 |
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| 14 | September 24, 2010 ISBN 978-4-04-925074-9 |
TBA |
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| 15 | January 24, 2011 ISBN 978-4-04-925076-3 |
TBA |
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| 16 | January 24, 2019 E-book + limited tankōbon only |
TBA |
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| 17 | July 24, 2019 E-book only |
TBA |
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| 18 | March 24, 2020 E-book only |
TBA |
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Chapters not in tankōbon format[edit | edit source]
- Stage 4, Part 31
- Stage 4, Part 32
- Stage 4, Part 33
- Stage 4, Part 34
- Stage 4, Part 35
- Stage 4, Part 36
- Stage 4, Part 37
- Stage 4, Part 38
- Stage 4, Part 39
- Stage 4, Part 40
- Stage 4, Part 41
- Stage 4, Part 42
- Stage 4, Part 43
- Stage 4, Part 44
- Stage 4 Final
New Edition[edit | edit source]
Gekkan Asuka announces on February 23rd, 2019 that a special kanzenban edition would compile in 2021 all DNAngel volumes into 10 books.[1] In its November 2020 issue, Gekkan Asuka reveals the precise release schedule and the chapters each volume will cover.[4]
| # | Volume | Chapters |
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| 1 | January 22, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108065-8 |
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| 2 | January 22, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108064-1 |
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| 3 | February 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108066-5 |
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| 4 | February 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108067-2 |
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| 5 | March 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108068-9 |
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| 6 | March 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108069-6 |
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| 7 | April 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108070-2 |
Original volumes 13-15, up to Stage 4, Part 8 |
| 8 | April 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108071-9 |
Original volume 15 and onward, up to Stage 4, Part 9 |
| 9 | TBA May 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108072-6 |
From Stage 4, Part 20 to Stage 4, Part 31 |
| 10 | TBA May 24, 2021 ISBN 978-4-04-108073-3 |
From Stage 4, Part 32 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monthly Asuka, "【DN2大NEWS】 『D・N・ANGEL』のスペシャル企画進行中！". 2019-02-23.
- ↑ Honto, "【豪華版】Ｄ・Ｎ・ＡＮＧＥＬ ＃ 1 （あすかコミックスDX）", visited on 2020-02-11.
- ↑ "D・N・ANGEL". Viz. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ "D・N・Angel New Edition", Monthly Asuka, 23-09, volume 11, page 285.
