Crimson-Shell
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| ja_kanji =
| ja_romaji =
| image = Crimson-Shell cover.png
| caption = First tankōbon volume cover
| genre = Fantasy
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Jun Mochizuki
| publisher = Square Enix
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Yen Press}}
| demographic = Shōnen
| magazine = Monthly GFantasy
| first = August 18, 2005
| last = January 18, 2006
| volumes = 1
}}
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Crimson-Shell is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy from August 2005 to January 2006, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki, Crimson-Shell was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from August 18, 2005,{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊Gファンタジー 2005年9月号|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2018377/s/|website=JBook|access-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104060653/http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2018377/s/|archive-date=November 4, 2005|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊Gファンタジー 2005年9月号|url=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/new/2005_09.html|website=Monthly GFantasy website|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210213306/http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/new/2005_09.html|archive-date=December 10, 2007|url-status=dead|language=ja}} to January 18, 2006.{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊Gファンタジー 2006年2月号|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/1912703/s|website=JBook|access-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213112914/http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/1912703/s|archive-date=February 13, 2006|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊Gファンタジー 2006年2月号|url=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/new/2006_02.html|website=Monthly GFantasy website|publisher=Square Enix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210212629/http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/new/2006_02.html|archive-date=December 10, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=July 6, 2021|language=ja}} The chapters were collected into a single tankōbon volume, which was released on March 27, 2006.{{cite web|title=Crimson-shell|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757516588/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=July 6, 2021|language=ja}}
In April 2009, Yen Press announced they licensed the series for English publication.{{cite web|title=Amazon.ca Lists Pandora Hearts, Crimson-Shell from Yen (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-03/amazon.ca-lists-pandora-hearts-crimson-shell-from-yen|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=April 3, 2009|access-date=July 6, 2021}} They released the volume on November 17, 2009.{{cite web|title=Crimson-Shell|url=https://yenpress.com/9780759531154/crimson-shell/|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=July 6, 2021}}
Reception
Chris Beveridge from The Fandom Post praised the art, while noted that the plot "feels like only a taste of what [the plot] could have been".{{cite web|title=Crimson Shell Manga Review|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2019/01/18/crimson-shell-manga-review/|website=The Fandom Post|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=July 6, 2021}} Unlike Beveridge, Koiwai from Manga News praised the art and the story, while also recommending the series to fans of the author's next work, Pandora Hearts.{{cite web|title=Crimson Shell|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Crimson-Shell|website=Manga News|author=Koiwai|date=March 13, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2021|language=fr}} Christel Scheja from Splash Comics shared similar opinions to Beveridge, stating that "Crimson Shell is one of those titles that you can read if you do not know many other mystery titles, {{cite web|title=Besprechung - Crimson Shell|url=https://www.splashcomics.de/php/rezensionen/rezension/20618/crimson_shell|website=Splash Comics|last=Scheja|first=Christel|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=July 6, 2021|language=de}}
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