Dinosaur Sanctuary
Cover of the first volume
ディノサン
(Dinosan)
Genre
Manga
Written byItaru Kinoshita
Published byShinchosha
English publisher
ImprintBunch Comics
MagazineMonthly Comic Bunch
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 19, 2021 – present
Volumes4

Dinosaur Sanctuary (Japanese: ディノサン, Hepburn: Dinosan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita, with Shin-ichi Fujiwara serving as research consultant. It began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021; as of April 2023, four volumes have been released.

Plot

In a world where dinosaurs were rediscovered in 1946, Suma Suzume works in Enoshima Dinoland, a struggling dinosaur park where she takes care of many dinosaurs and faces many challenges.

Publication

Written by Itaru Kinoshita, the series began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine on March 19, 2021.[2] Shin-ichi Fujiwara, a lecturer at the Nagoya University Museum, is serving as the series' research consultant.[2] As of April 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes.[3]

In January 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[4]

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 9, 2021[5]978-4-10-772421-2September 27, 2022[6]978-1-68-579324-1
2 April 8, 2022[7]978-4-10-772485-4March 14, 2023[8]978-1-68-579325-8
3 September 8, 2022[9]978-4-10-772529-5September 5, 2023[10]979-8-88-843006-4
4 April 7, 2023[3]978-4-10-772590-5March 26, 2024[11]979-8-88-843349-2
5 December 8, 2023[12]978-4-10-772624-7——

Reception

Danica Davidson of Otaku USA praised the story, characters, and extra notes from Fujiwara, noting that "Dinosaur Sanctuary does a good job of making [dinosaurs] like animals with personalities, rather than monsters in a monster movie".[13] Jonathan Greenall of Comic Book Resources praised the tone and art style. Additionally, Greenall felt the series does a good job of describing how to care for animals.[14] J. Caleb Mozzocco of School Library Journal also praised the artwork and characters. Mozocco felt the plot was "[Jurassic Park but] the park works like it was supposed to".[15]

The series ranked 20th in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dinosaur Sanctuary". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. 1 2 恐竜が絶滅しなかった世界を舞台に1人の新人飼育員を描く新連載、バンチで始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  3. 1 2 ディノサン 4巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ Pineda, Rafael (January 19, 2022). "Seven Seas Licenses 'Imaginary,' 'Dinosaurs Sanctuary' Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  5. ↑ ディノサン 1巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 1". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ ディノサン 2巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 2". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ ディノサン 3巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 3". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  12. ↑ ディノサン 5巻 (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ Davidson, Danica (October 21, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary Is For Anyone Who's a Fan of Dinos and Manga". Otaku USA. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  14. ↑ Greenall, Jonathan (October 16, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary: The Manga That Will Reawaken Your Childhood Love of Dinosaurs". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  15. ↑ Mozocco, J. Caleb (October 31, 2022). "Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 1 Review". School Library Journal. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  16. ↑ 次にくるマンガ大賞2023、コミックス部門1位はむちまろ「生徒会にも穴はある！」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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