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Published by
  
East Press

Volumes
  
2

Author
  
Hideo Azuma

Illustrator
  
Hideo Azuma

3.8/5
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Written by
  
Hideo Azuma

English publisher
  
Fanfare, Ponent Mon

Originally published
  
March 2005

Genre
  
Slice of life

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Disappearance Diary (Japanese: 失踪日記, Hepburn: Shissō Nikki) is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and outside Japan. In addition to being published in Japan, this book has been licensed and published in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish.

Reception

  • 2005: Grand Prize, Manga Division, 9th Japan Media Arts Awards
  • 2006: Grand Prize, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
  • 2008: Selection, Angoulême International Comics Festival
  • 2009: Nominee, Ignatz Award, Outstanding Graphic Novel, Small Press Expo

    • About.com's Deb Aoki lists Disappearance Diary as the best new one-shot manga of 2008 along with Solanin.

    References

    Disappearance Diary Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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