Dinosaur Sanctuary | |
ディノサン (Dinosan) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Itaru Kinoshita |
Published by | Shinchosha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Bunch Comics |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Bunch |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 19, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 5 |
Dinosaur Sanctuary (Japanese: ディノサン, Hepburn: Dinosan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita, with paleontologist Dr. Shin-ichi Fujiwara serving as research consultant. It began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021; as of December 2023, five volumes have been released.
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.
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 December 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five tankōbon volumes.[3]
In January 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[4]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | September 9, 2021[5] | 978-4-10-772421-2 | September 27, 2022[6] | 978-1-68-579324-1 |
2 | April 8, 2022[7] | 978-4-10-772485-4 | March 14, 2023[8] | 978-1-68-579325-8 |
3 | September 8, 2022[9] | 978-4-10-772529-5 | September 5, 2023[10] | 979-8-88-843006-4 |
4 | April 7, 2023[11] | 978-4-10-772590-5 | March 26, 2024[12] | 979-8-88-843349-2 |
5 | December 8, 2023[3] | 978-4-10-772624-7 | — | — |
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]