Origin by Boichi Vol. 01

Origin by Boichi Vol. 01

From the renowned artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic!

Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however–robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one ‘man’ can stop them–their prototype: ORIGIN.

Biographical Notes:

Mu-jik Park aka Boichi originally from Seoul, began as a Korean manhwa artist before turning to Japanese-language manga in 2004. Intending to be a manga artist from his childhood days, Boichi majored in physics in college as preparation to draw science fiction works, and also to learn the technology of performance and imaging.

Boichi is best known for being the artist of One Piece: Ace’s Story and Dr. Stone. He is also known for being the author & artist of Origin, Sun-Ken Rock, and Hotel, He won multiple recognition for Gran Guinigi 2011 – Best Short Story for It was all for the tuna, in Hotel (Panini Comics), Shogakukan Manga Awards 2019 – Shōnen Category for Dr. Stone (Shueisha), Japan Media Arts Festival 2019 – Manga Grand Prize for Origin (Kodansha).

Title Notes:

An original story from the illustrator of Dr. Stone

Announced at Anime NYC 2022, with great reaction from fans!

More details on Boichi:

Boichi Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account