Jinki: Extend | |
ジンキ・エクステンド | |
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Genre | Mecha[1] |
Manga | |
Jinki | |
Written by | Shirō Tsunashima |
Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Gangan Wing |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 26, 2000 – September 29, 2001 |
Volumes | 4 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shirō Tsunashima |
Published by | Mag Garden |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Blade |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 28, 2002 – June 30, 2006 |
Volumes | 9 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masahiko Murata |
Produced by |
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Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Feel |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
English network | |
Original run | January 5, 2005 – March 23, 2005 |
Episodes | 13 |
Jinki: Extend (Japanese: ジンキ・エクステンド, Hepburn: Jinki Ekusutendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shirō Tsunashima. The story revolves around two girls who end up piloting giant humanoid robots called "Jinki" (which translates to "man-machine") and the manipulation behind the scenes that drew them inexorably together in a final battle. It takes place in two parts, in Venezuela during 1988 (Jinki), and in Tokyo, Japan in 1991 (Jinki: Extend). An anime television series adaptation animated by Feel aired from January to March 2005. The 13th episode never aired on television and was released as an OVA. This title was picked up in North America by ADV Films for $91,000, who released the series in three volumes and box set. However, in 2008, the title along with over thirty other ADV titles were transferred to Funimation.
Aoba loves to make model robots. One day she is taken to a secret base where she saw first a new mecha. It is design to fight the Ancient Jinki.
In early 2007, the series was dropped from the pages of its publisher, Mag Garden, for many reasons, one of which was Tsunashima disagreeing with the editor-in-chief of Monthly Comic Blade regarding the mecha of the manga.[2] The series eventually restarted in the Dengeki Moeoh magazine published by MediaWorks.[3]
An anime television series adaptation animated by Feel aired from January to March 2005. The 13th episode never aired on television and was released as an OVA. This title was picked up in North America by ADV Films for $91,000,[4] who released the series in three volumes and box set. However, in 2008, the title along with over thirty other ADV titles were transferred to Funimation.[5]
Giga would go on to create multiple adult games in the franchise on PC, complete with art by Tsunashima himself. They include 2010's Jinki Extend Re:Vision, a retelling of the Extend manga, 2020's Jinki Resurrection, a sequel to the Extend manga's Complete Edition, and 2022's Jinki Unlimited.
"If you have the same strange urge for girls and robots that I do, you're all but guaranteed to enjoy this one." — Kevin Gifford, Newtype USA.[12]