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Manga series by Ayano Yamane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Finder series (Japanese: ファインダーシリーズ, Hepburn: Faindā Shirīzu) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Ayano Yamane. It is serialized in the semimonthly yaoi manga magazine Be × Boy Gold since 2001. Several adaptations of the manga have been released, including original video animations, light novels, and audio drama CDs.
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ファインダーシリーズ (Faindā Shirīzu) | |
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Written by | Ayano Yamane |
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Imprint | BBC DX |
Magazine | Be × Boy Gold |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | 2002 – present |
Volumes | 13 |
Original video animation | |
Studio | ANiMix Project |
Released | February 29, 2012 – present |
Runtime | 38 minutes |
Episodes | 2 + Special |
Twenty-three-year-old Akihito Takaba (高羽 秋仁 Takaba Akihito) is a young freelance photographer who takes pride in his work and seeks to get a major "scoop". After he takes photographs of the business dealings of crime lord Ryuichi Asami (麻見 隆一 Asami Ryūichi), Asami kidnaps him, beginning a relationship between them as they find themselves continually drawn to one another. Liu Fei Long (劉飛龍 Ryū Feiron, Chinese: Liú Fēilóng), a rival Chinese boss who blames Asami for his father's death, takes an interest in Takaba, as well, seeking a way to get revenge. Afterwards, Fei Long kidnaps Takaba, and Asami steals an important document of Fei Long's, which he uses to trade Takaba with.
The Finder series is written by Ayano Yamane. It is serialized in the manga magazines Be x Boy Gold and B-Boy Zips. The individual chapters were collected and published in 10 tankōbon volumes. Biblos originally published the series from 2002 to 2005. Following the Biblos' bankruptcy in 2006, Libre acquired the series in 2007, reprinting the first three volumes before continuing its release.
In 2004, Central Park Media licensed the Finder series in English for North American distribution under its Be Beautiful Manga imprint.[4] After Libre acquired Biblos' assets following the latter's bankruptcy, they accused Central Park Media of infringing on its copyright of the transferred Biblos properties, stating that all foreign license holders needed to negotiate new licenses with Libre as those Biblos had sold ended with the company's bankruptcy.[5][6] John O'Donnell, then manager of Central Park Media refused Libre's claims and felt that Biblos's original license agreements were still valid.[7] In 2009, Central Park Media filed for bankruptcy and its assets, including licenses, were liquidated. Finder was not listed among the assets, indicating Central Park Media no longer held the license.[8]
In March 2010, Digital Manga Publishing announced that it had acquired the English license to the Finder series,[9] publishing the series under their Juné imprint.[10][11] On June 18, 2016, Digital Media announced that their publishing agreement with Libre was terminating at the end of the month. On July 7, 2016, Viz Media acquired the licensing arrangements to publish the series under their SuBLime imprint. Since Volume 8 was released in Japan in May 2016, SubLime stated that they would publish Volume 8 first by March 2017, and then republish the first seven volumes every other month beginning in May 2017.[2][3][12][13]
No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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1 | Target in the Finder (Be Beautiful) Target in the Viewfinder (Juné) Target in Sight (SuBLime) Faindā no Hyōteki (ファインダーの標的) | March 10, 2002 (Biblos) March 31, 2007 (Libre)[14] 4-8352-1319-X (Biblos) ISBN 978-4-86263-152-7 (Libre) | August 30, 2005 (Be Beautiful) September 8, 2010 (Juné) June 13, 2017 (SuBLime)[15] 978-1-9334-4000-2 (Be Beautiful) ISBN 978-1-5697-0186-7 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9305-0 (SuBLime) | |
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2 | Cage in the Finder (Be Beautiful) Cage in the Viewfinder (Juné) Caught in a Cage (SuBLime) Faindā no Ori (ファインダーの檻) | May 10, 2004 (Biblos) May 1, 2007 (Libre)[16] 4-8352-1590-7 (Biblos) ISBN 978-4-86263-171-8 (Libre) | November 30, 2005 (Be Beautiful) November 17, 2010 (Juné) August 8, 2017 (SuBLime)[17] 978-1-9334-4001-9 (Be Beautiful) ISBN 978-1-5697-0187-4 (Juné) ISBN 978-1421593067 (SuBLime) | |
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3 | One Wing in the Finder (Be Beautiful) One Wing in the Viewfinder (Juné) On One Wing (SuBLime) Faindā no Sekiyoku (ファインダーの隻翼) | November 11, 2005 (Biblos) June 1, 2007 (Libre)[18] 4-8352-1821-3 (Biblos) ISBN 978-4-86263-192-3 (Libre) | April 3, 2007 (Be Beautiful) February 23, 2011 (Juné) October 10, 2017 (SuBLime)[19] 978-1-9334-4023-1 (Be Beautiful) ISBN 978-1-5697-0188-1 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9307-4 (SuBLime) | |
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4 | Prisoner in the Viewfinder (Juné) In Captivity (SuBLime) Faindā no Ryoshū (ファインダーの虜囚) | June 8, 2007 (Libre)[20] 978-4-86263-197-8 | July 23, 2011 (Juné) December 12, 2017 (SuBLime)[21] 978-1-5697-0189-8 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9308-1 (SuBLime) | |
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5 | Truth in the Viewfinder (Juné) Naked Truth (SuBLime) Faindā no Shinjitsu (ファインダーの真実) | June 10, 2009 (Libre)[22] 978-4-86263-606-5 | November 6, 2011 (Juné) February 13, 2018 (SuBLime)[23] 978-1-5697-0190-4 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9309-8 (SuBLime) | |
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6 | Passion Within the Viewfinder (Juné) You're My Desire (SuBLime) Faindā no Netsujō (ファインダーの熱情) | April 9, 2011 (Libre)[24] 978-4-86263-943-1 | June 27, 2012 (Juné)[25] April 1, 2018 (SuBLime)[26] 978-1-5697-0273-4 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9310-4 (SuBLime) | |
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7 | Desire in the Viewfinder (Juné) Longing for You (SuBLime) Faindā no Katsubō (ファインダーの渇望) | August 10, 2013 (Libre)[27] 978-4-7997-1493-5 | November 26, 2014 [28] (Juné) June 18, 2018 (SuBLime)[29] 978-1-5697-0333-5 (Juné) ISBN 978-1-4215-9311-1 (SuBLime) | |
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8 | Secret Vow (SuBLime) Faindā no Mitsuyaku (ファインダーの密約) | May 7, 2016 (Libre)[30] 978-4-7997-2928-1 | March 14, 2017 (SuBLime)[31] 978-1-4215-9312-8 | |
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9 | Beating of My Heart (SuBLime) Faindā no Kodō (ファインダーの鼓動) | August 28, 2018 (limited edition) (Libre)[32] November 9, 2019 (regular edition) (Libre)[33] 978-4-7997-3972-3 (limited edition) ISBN 978-4-7997-4101-6 (regular edition) | September 10, 2019 (SuBLime)[34] 978-1-9747-0790-4 (SuBLime) | |
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10 | Honeymoon (SuBLime) Faindā no Mitsugetsu (ファインダーの蜜月) | December 10, 2019 (Libre)[35] 978-4-7997-4603-5 | February 9, 2021 (SuBLime)[36] 978-1-9747-2560-1 (SuBLime) | |
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11 | To the Edge (SuBLime) Faindā no Saihate (ファインダーの最果て) | April 28, 2021 (Libre)[37] 978-4-79-975218-0 | May 10, 2022 (SuBLime)[38] 978-1-9747-2983-8 (SuBLime) | |
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12 | Embrace (SuBLime) Faindā no Hōyō (ファインダーの抱擁) | June 30, 2022 (Libre)[39] 978-4-79-975765-9 | July 11, 2023 (SuBLime) [40] 978-1-9747-3868-7 (SuBLime) | |
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13 | Mirage (SuBLime) Faindā no Kagerō (ファインダーの陽炎) | August 28, 2023 (Libre)[41] 978-4-79-976390-2 | June 11, 2024 (SuBLime)[42] 978-1-9747-4698-9 (SuBLime) | |
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A light novel adaptation was written by Ai Satoko and published by Libre, with illustrations provided by Yamane.
No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | Faindā no Rakuin (ファインダーの烙印) | September 28, 2012 | 978-4-7997-1194-1 |
2 | Faindā no Sōen (ファインダーの蒼炎) | January 19, 2017 | 978-4-7997-3161-1 |
A special anime adaptation of 'Target in the Finder' (ファインダーの標的) was recently released by ANiMix Project on February 29, 2012 - starring Japanese voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara as Akihito, Takaya Kuroda as Asami, and Nobuo Tobita as Feilong.[43] It is not really a fully animated animation, as the animation was limited to only the character's mouth, eyes, and some important body movements of the scenes. A special Cast Talk CD was included in First Press edition. A preview of an ANiMiX was made for the manga series Yebisu Celebrities.
A character book was released December 18, 2007 that included a pull-out poster.
In May 2009, Germany's Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons labeled the first volume of Finder as "harmful to young persons", which results in the first volume of the series being "restricted to people of legal age only. It is also prohibited to show incriminated content as teasers, trailers or in any other advertising context." In response, Tokyopop Germany removed the information about the first volume from its website, but continued to list the other three volumes it had already published.[46][47]
In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson gave the series a rating of 3½ out of four stars, stating that the series is "written in an appropriately dark and brooding fashion" due to its use of "graphic sex and S&M", and praised the art as "coolly attractive".[48]
Digital Manga Publishing's translation of volume 3 ranked #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list for manga the week of May 1, 2011.[49] SuBLime's translation of volume 7 ranked #1 on The New York Times Manga Bestseller List.[50]
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