Disappearance Diary
{{Short description|Manga by Hideo Azuma}}
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| name = Disappearance Diary
| image = Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma.png
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Cover of English language adaptation
| ja_kanji = 失踪日記
| ja_romaji = Shissō Nikki
| genre = Slice of life story
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Hideo Azuma
| publisher = East Press
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA= Fanfare, Ponent Mon}}
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| published = March 2005
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| volumes = 1
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{{nihongo|Disappearance Diary|失踪日記|Shissō Nikki|lead=yes}} is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and outside Japan. In addition to being published in Japan, this book has been licensed and published in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Polish.
Reception
- 2005: Grand Prize, Manga Division, 9th Japan Media Arts Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-12-22/9th-japanese-media-arts-festival-winners|title=9th Japanese Media Arts Festival Winners|date=2005-12-22|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-11-22}}
- 2006: Grand Prize, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-05-11/tezuka-cultural-award-winners|title=Tezuka Cultural Award Winners|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2006-05-11|access-date=2008-11-22}}
- 2008: Selection, Angoulême International Comics Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.bdangouleme.com/22-selection-2008-official-selection |title=OFFICIAL SELECTION 2008 |publisher=Angoulême International Comics Festival |access-date=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120142937/http://www.bdangouleme.com/22-selection-2008-official-selection |archive-date=2008-11-20 }}
- 2009: Nominee, Ignatz Award, Outstanding Graphic Novel, Small Press Expo{{cite web|url=http://www.spxpo.com/?page_id=22|title=Ignatz Awards|publisher=Small Press Expo|access-date=2009-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831034140/http://www.spxpo.com/?page_id=22|archive-date=2009-08-31}}
About.com's Deb Aoki lists Disappearance Diary as the best new one-shot manga of 2008 along with Solanin.{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/2008BestNewManga.htm|title=2008 Best New Manga|last=Aoki|first=Deb|publisher=About.com|access-date=2009-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225235831/http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/2008BestNewManga.htm|archive-date=2012-12-25|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Ann|type=manga|id=6570}}
- [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-02-16 Review] at Anime News Network
{{Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize}}
Category:Winners of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Grand Prize)
Category:Manga creation in anime and manga
Category:Works about alcoholism
Category:Autobiographical anime and manga
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