Written by Jiro Taniguchi English publisher Fanfare/Ponent Mon Original run 2000 – 2003 Magazine Business Jump Music by Takashi Kako Genres Historical Fiction, Drama | Published by Shueisha Demographic Seinen Volumes 5 Studio Kadokawa Corporation Publisher Shueisha | |
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Similar Kodoku No Gurume, Baby Steps, Gaku: Minna no Yama, Higanjima, Kurosaki‑kun no Iinari ni Nante Na | ||
529 the summit of the gods
The Summit of the Gods (Japanese: 神々の山嶺, Hepburn: Kamigami no Itadaki) is a manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. Based a 1998 novel by Baku Yumemakura, it follows Fukamachi, a photographer who finds a camera supposedly belonging to George Mallory, a mountaineer who went missing on Mount Everest, and goes on a mountain-climbing adventure along with his friend Habu Joji.
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Release
The manga was originally serialized in the magazine Business Jump by Shueisha between May 2000 and July 2003 issues. It was collected into five tankōbon published between December 15, 2000 and March 20, 2003, then re-released in bunkoban between October 18, 2006 and January 18, 2007. An English-language version was licensed by British company Fanfare/Ponent Mon in 2007. On July 23, 2009, its first volume was released, and the last was released on July 31, 2015. It has also been licensed in French by Kana, German by Schreiber & Leser, and Spanish by Ponent Mon.
Reception
In 2001, it was awarded a prize for excellence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the Japan Media Arts Festival, which praised its "powerful illustrations [that] seem to transport the reader right up into the mountains." Its English adaptation received a nomination for Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Series in 2010. The fourth English volume also was nominated at the 2014 Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia".
Live-action film
The manga was adapted into a live-action film, Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺, Everesuto Kamigami no Itadaki), directed by Hideyuki Hirayama and starring Junichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe and Machiko Ono. Distributed by Asmik Ace Entertainment and Toho, it was released on March 12, 2016, and grossed ¥1.26 billion.
Animated film
In January 2015, a international co-production was announced between French Julianne Films, Belgian Walking The Dog and Luxembourg Mélusine Productions to create an animated film based on The Summit of the Gods. Eric Valli and Jean-Christophe Roger will direct the film produced by Didier Brunner.
