UMEZAWA Shun
UMEZAWA was born in 1978 and made his manga artist debut in 1998. His manga anthology, Panty Stocking no Youna Sora no Moto (Under the Pantyhose-like Sky), came into the spotlight as it ranked 4th in the male category of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2017 (This Manga is Amazing! 2017). His ongoing manga series, Darwin's Incident, is serialized in the monthly comic magazine, Gekkan Afternoon. It ranked 10th in the male category of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 (This Manga is Amazing! 2022), and received numerous awards, including a Grand Prize from Comic Grand Prize 2022 and an Excellence Award in the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division. UMEZAWA’s other works include Utopias, With One and Ninety-Nine, Pinky wa Nido Bell wo Narasu (Pinky Rings the Bell Twice), and Erewhon.
25th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Excellence Award
Darwin's Incident
Four volumes in total (ongoing) / 1st volume: November 20, 2020 | 2nd volume: May 21, 2021 | 3rd volume: November 22, 2021 | 4th volume: April 21, 2022 / KODANSHA
The Animal Liberation Alliance (ALA), a terrorist group, rescues a pregnant female chimpanzee during their attack on a biochemistry lab.
She gives birth to a "Humanzee," a human/chimpanzee hybrid, later named Charlie.
After being raised by human parents for fifteen years, Charlie enters high school. There he meets Lucy, a sharp-witted girl who the other students tease for being nerdy.
Despite Charlie’s parents' hopes for him to lead a peaceful school life, ALA, now intensifying their actions, start plotting to drag Charlie into terrorism.
Terrorism, online flaming, discrimination... A non-human, Charlie, and his human friend Lucy face humanity's problems as the drama unfolds.
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
She gives birth to a "Humanzee," a human/chimpanzee hybrid, later named Charlie.
After being raised by human parents for fifteen years, Charlie enters high school. There he meets Lucy, a sharp-witted girl who the other students tease for being nerdy.
Despite Charlie’s parents' hopes for him to lead a peaceful school life, ALA, now intensifying their actions, start plotting to drag Charlie into terrorism.
Terrorism, online flaming, discrimination... A non-human, Charlie, and his human friend Lucy face humanity's problems as the drama unfolds.
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
©︎Shun Umezawa
Utopias
One volume in total / July 5th, 2006 / Shogakukan Inc.
©︎Shun Umezawa
Panty Stocking no Youna Sora no Moto (Under the Pantyhose-like Sky)
One volume in total / December 17th, 2015 / Ohta Publishing Company