Freezing (manga)
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Freezing (Japanese: フリージング, Hepburn: Furījingu) is a Japanese manga written by Dall-Young Lim and illustrated by Kwang-Hyun Kim. The series revolves around the invasion of Earth by an interdimensional force called the Nova, and a special military group of genetically engineered young women called Pandoras. Pandoras fight alongside their male partners known as Limiters, who are created to combat the Nova. The story centers around Kazuya Aoi, a Limiter whose late sister was a Pandora, and Satellizer el Bridget, a Pandora with a cold personality who is known as the "Untouchable Queen" due to her intense aphephobia. Both are enrolled at West Genetics Academy, which is a training school for Pandoras and Limiters.
Freezing | |
フリージング (Furījingu) | |
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Genre | Action, science fiction[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Lim Dall-young |
Illustrated by | Kim Kwang-Hyun |
Published by | Kill Time Communication |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Comic Valkyrie |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | January 27, 2007 – November 30, 2018 (on hiatus)[2] |
Volumes | 33 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takashi Watanabe |
Produced by | Shinsaku Tanaka Takashi Tachizaki |
Written by | Masanao Akahoshi |
Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
Studio | ACGT |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | |
English network | |
Original run | January 8, 2011 – April 7, 2011[n 1] |
Episodes | 12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Freezing: First Chronicle | |
Written by | Dall-Young Lim |
Illustrated by | Jae-Ho Yoon |
Published by | Kill Time Communication |
Magazine | Comic Valkyrie |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 27, 2011 – January 27, 2012 |
Volumes | 1 (List of volumes) |
Manga | |
Freezing: Zero | |
Written by | Dall-Young Lim |
Illustrated by | Soo-Cheol Jeong |
Published by | Kill Time Communication |
Magazine | Comic Valkyrie |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 27, 2012 – September 4, 2015 |
Volumes | 9 (List of volumes) |
Manga | |
Freezing Pair Love Stories | |
Written by | Dall-Young Lim |
Illustrated by | So-Hee Kim |
Published by | Kill Time Communication |
Magazine | Comic Valkyrie |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 27, 2013 – February 28, 2014 |
Volumes | 3 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Freezing Vibration | |
Directed by | Takashi Watanabe |
Produced by | Shō Tanaka Satoshi Ōmori Shingo Yokota Tatsuya Ueki |
Written by | Masanao Akahoshi |
Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
Studio | A.C.G.T |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | |
Original run | October 4, 2013 – December 20, 2013 |
Episodes | 12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes) |
Freezing began serialization in Kill Time Communication's seinen manga magazine Comic Valkyrie in its March 2007 issue.[3] The first collected volume was released on October 17, 2010, with a total of 28 volumes made as of August 27, 2015 under its Valkyrie Comics imprint. An English translation by Seven Seas Entertainment is also currently available. On August 12, 2010, an anime adaptation produced by A.C.G.T was announced,[4] airing twelve episodes in Japan between January and April 2011 on AT-X and on other channels. The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment, who released the series in August 2012. A second anime season titled Freezing Vibration (フリージング ヴァイブレーション, Furījingu Vaiburēshon) premiered on October 4, 2013.[5]
There are currently three spin-off series based on the world of Freezing being published. The first spin-off, called Freezing: First Chronicle (フリージング ファーストクロニクル, Furījingu: Fāsuto Kuronikuru),[6] was serialized in Comic Valkyrie from the November 2011 issue to the March 2012 issue. The second spinoff, called Freezing: Zero (フリージングZERO, Furījingu: Zero), began serialization in the May 2012 issue of Comic Valkyrie. A third spinoff, called Freezing Pair Love Stories (フリージング ペアラブストーリーズ), began serialization in the April 2013 issue of Comic Valkyrie.[7]