Cantarella (manga)

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Cantarella

| image = Cantarella(manga) vol01 Cover.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first Japanese volume of Cantarella, as published by Akita Shoten

| ja_kanji = カンタレラ

| ja_romaji = Kantarera

| genre = {{ubl|Dark fantasy|Historical fiction{{cite web|title=Cantarella|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Cantarella|website=Manga News|accessdate=November 10, 2020|language=French}}}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = You Higuri

| publisher = Akita Shoten

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Go! Comi}} (expired)

| demographic = Shōjo manga

| imprint = Princess Comics

| magazine = Princess Gold

| first = 2000

| last = 2010

| volumes = 12

| volume_list = #Volume list

}}

{{Nihongo|Cantarella|カンタレラ|Kantarera|lead=yes}} is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by You Higuri. Set during the Italian Renaissance, it follows the life of Cesare Borgia, whose soul is damned in a pact made with the Devil. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Princess Gold magazine from 2000 to 2010, with its chapters collected into 12 bound volumes. It was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Go! Comi, who published 10 volumes before going out of business in 2010.

Synopsis

Cesare Borgia was an Italian aristocrat, politician, and {{lang|it|condottiero}} (mercenary leader) during the Renaissance. In the manga, Cesare's father Rodrigo Borgia, a Cardinal, sells his infant son's soul to the Devil as part of a deal that will one day make him Pope Alexander VI. Cesare is consequently shunned by his father, who is unable to see him as anything but an agent of darkness and reminder of his sin. Increasingly alienated, Cesare eventually comes to rely on the dark powers within himself. He becomes obsessed with the idea of conquest and is aided in his political machinations by the assassin Don Michelotto.

Publication

Cantarella was written and illustrated by You Higuri. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Shōjo manga magazine Princess Gold, starting in 2000.{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=Jason|authorlink1=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|title-link=Manga: The Complete Guide|date=2007|publisher=Del Rey Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-345-53944-1|page=43|edition=Kindle|quote=Cantarella • You Higuri • Go! Comi (2005–ongoing) • Akita Shoten (Princess Gold, 2000–ongoing) ...}} It went on hiatus for four years and two weeks in June 2005, resuming serialization in Princess Gold{{'}}s September 2009 issue on August 17, 2009.{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title=You Higuri Resumes Cantarella Manga After 4-Year Break|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-17/you-higuri-resumes-cantarella-manga-after-4-year-break|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=January 14, 2010|date=August 17, 2009}} The manga concluded in 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:カンタレラ 12|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M366138|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|accessdate=November 10, 2020|language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「初出：『プリンセスGOLD』2010 001～005」}} Translation: "First appearance [of the chapters included in volume 12]: Princess Gold 2010 001~005." Akita Shoten collected the individual chapters into 12 {{transl|ja|tankōbon}} (bound volumes) published under the Princess Comics imprint from March 8, 2001, to June 16, 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:カンタレラ|url=https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/258|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=November 10, 2020|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|title=Index|url=http://www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/higuri/|website=You Higuri's Official Website|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706004335/http://www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/higuri/|archivedate=July 6, 2010|language=Japanese|url-status=dead}} Text: {{lang|ja|「発売中!『カンタレラ』12巻完結!」}} Translation: "Now on sale! Cantarella, 12 volumes, complete!"

Go! Comi licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America;{{cite web|title=New Manga Publisher Blasts Off In October|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2005-05-14/new-manga-publisher-blasts-off-in-october|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=June 28, 2017|format=Press release|date=May 14, 2005}} they published 10 volumes before going out of business in 2010.{{cite web|title=You Higuri to End Gakuen Heaven: Double Scramble Boys-Love Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-08/you-higuri-to-end-gakuen-heaven-double-scramble-boys-love-manga/.84208|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=November 10, 2020|date=February 8, 2015|quote=Go! Comi published the first 10 volumes of Higuri's Cantarella series in North America ...}}{{cite web|last1=Hodgkins|first1=Crystalyn|title=Go! Comi Lets Its Website Expire|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-11/go-comi-lets-its-website-expire|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=November 10, 2020|date=May 11, 2010}} Cantarella has also been translated into Traditional Chinese by Ever Glory Publishing, French by Asuka, German by Carlsen Comics, Russian by Palma Press, and Italian by Free Books.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

=Volume list=

{{Graphic novel list/header

| Language = Japanese

| SecondLanguage = English

| Width = 75%

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{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 1

| RelDate = March 8, 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190952|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第1巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044739/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190952|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19095-4

| LicensedRelDate = October 19, 2005{{cite web|last1=Macdonald|first1=Christopher|title=Go Comi Releases|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-07-17/go-comi-releases|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=July 31, 2014|date=July 17, 2005}}

| LicensedISBN = 0-9768957-0-6

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 2

| RelDate = September 13, 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190960|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第2巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044721/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190960|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19096-1

| LicensedRelDate = February 2006{{cite web| url=http://www.gocomi.com/series/cantarella/?content=volume&id=2| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813144653/http://www.gocomi.com/series/cantarella/?content=volume&id=2| archivedate=August 13, 2007| title=Cantarella: Volume 2| website=Go! Comi| accessdate=July 31, 2014}}

| LicensedISBN = 0-9768957-4-9

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 3

| RelDate = March 20, 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190979|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第3巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044816/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190979|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19097-8

| LicensedRelDate = May 2006{{cite web| url=http://www.gocomi.com/series/cantarella/?content=volume&id=3| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813144653/http://www.gocomi.com/series/cantarella/?content=volume&id=3| archivedate=August 13, 2007| title=Cantarella: Volume 3| website=Go! Comi| accessdate=July 31, 2014}}

| LicensedISBN = 0-9768957-8-1

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 4

| RelDate = September 19, 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190987|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第4巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044727/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190987|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19098-5

| LicensedRelDate = August 2006{{cite web|title=Cantarella: Volume 4|url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=26|website=Go! Comi|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142706/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=26|archivedate=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}

| LicensedISBN = 1-933617-02-0

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 5

| RelDate = March 27, 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190995|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第5巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044716/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253190995|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19099-2

| LicensedRelDate = December 2006{{cite web|title=Cantarella: Volume 5|url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=27|website=Go! Comi|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142936/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=27|archivedate=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}

| LicensedISBN = 1-933617-08-X

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 6

| RelDate = August 28, 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253191002|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第6巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044724/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253191002|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19100-5

| LicensedRelDate = March 2007{{cite web|title=Cantarella: Volume 6|url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=28|website=Go! Comi|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142856/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=28|archivedate=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-933617-09-1

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 7

| RelDate = December 25, 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192084|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第7巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044730/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192084|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19208-8

| LicensedRelDate = June 2007{{cite web|title=Cantarella: Volume 7|url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=29|website=Go! Comi|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142832/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=29|archivedate=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-933617-26-8

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 8

| RelDate = May 27, 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192092|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第8巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044734/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192092|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19209-5

| LicensedRelDate = September 2007{{cite web| url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=51| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142955/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=51| archivedate=January 14, 2010| title=Cantarella: Volume 8| website=Go! Comi| accessdate=July 31, 2014}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-933617-30-5

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 9

| RelDate = December 22, 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192106|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第9巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044818/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192106|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19210-1

| LicensedRelDate = December 2007{{cite web| url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=64| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142955/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=64| archivedate=January 14, 2010| title=Cantarella: Volume 9| website=Go! Comi| accessdate=July 31, 2014}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-933617-39-8

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 10

| RelDate = June 16, 2005{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192688|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第10巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044737/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192688|archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19268-2

| LicensedRelDate = March 2008{{cite web| url=http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=73| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114142955/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=4&v_id=73| archivedate=January 14, 2010| title=Cantarella: Volume 10| website=Go! Comi| accessdate=July 31, 2014}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-933617-40-4

}}

{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 11

| RelDate = December 16, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192696|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第11巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044719/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253192696|archivedate=August 8, 2014}}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19269-9

| LicensedRelDate = —

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{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 12

| RelDate = June 16, 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/425319270X|script-title=ja:カンタレラ第12巻|website=Akita Shoten|accessdate=July 31, 2014|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044732/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/425319270X|archivedate=August 8, 2014}}

| ISBN = 978-4-253-19270-5

| LicensedRelDate = —

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Reception

In 2007, Cantarella was listed as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens.{{cite web|title=Go! Comi Releases Aimee Major Steinberger's Japan Ai, Along With Unique Web Content|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-12-16/go-comi-releases-aimee-major-steinberger's-japan-ai-along-with-unique-web-content|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=November 10, 2020|format=Press release|date=December 16, 2007|quote=... Cantarella, recently named one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 'Great Graphic Novels for Teens' of 2007.}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100102052033/http://gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=overview&s_id=4 Cantarella] at Go! Comi (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine)
{{ann|manga|4049|title=Cantarella}}

Category:2000 manga

Category:Akita Shoten manga

Category:Anime and manga set in Italy

Category:Comics based on real people

Category:Comics set in the 15th century

Category:Comics set in the 16th century

Category:Cultural depictions of Cesare Borgia

Category:Cultural depictions of Pope Alexander VI

Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga

Category:Go! Comi titles

Category:Historical fantasy anime and manga

Category:Shōjo manga