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Blue Hole (manga)

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Blue Hole
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Gaia Nagili
ブルーホール
(Burū Hōru)
Genre
Manga
Written byYukinobu Hoshino
Published byKodansha
ImprintKC Deluxe
MagazineMr. Magazine [ja]
Original runMay 1991 – November 1992
Volumes2
Manga
Blue World
Written byYukinobu Hoshino
Published byKodansha
ImprintKC Deluxe
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runFebruary 25, 1995 – August 25, 1997
Volumes4
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Blue Hole (Japanese: ブルーホール, Hepburn: Burū Hōru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Mr. Magazine from May 1991 to November 1992, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. The story is about the discovery of a gateway in time and space deep underwater which allows for travel between the present day and the age of the dinosaurs.

A sequel, titled Blue World, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from February 1995 to August 1997, with its chapters collected in four volumes.

Synopsis

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Scattered across Earth's oceans are large caverns in the seabed known as blue holes. Close to the Comoro Islands is one such hole, where an unusually large population of the endangered gombessa thrive. After a fishing incident near the hole that ends with a mysterious sea creature destroying the boat and killing off most of its crew, a research vessel approaches and rescues its sole survivor: a young Comorian villager named Gaia Nagili, whose grandfather was killed in the attack. Hearing her claims of a possible gombessa nest within the Blue Hole, the captain allows Gaia to join in on a deep-sea expedition into the hole, where they encounter live sea creatures from the age of the dinosaurs.

During another deep-sea expedition near the Blue Hole, the vessel is suddenly caught in a whirlpool and ejected through the other side, where Gaia and the other survivors realize the hole is actually a time portal to Earth during its late Cretaceous period. As the group try to survive in a world of dinosaurs both friendly and violent, they soon discover other Blue Holes centred around massive "marine trees" that lead to other periods in Earth's history. Meanwhile, one survivor, influential scientist Charles Hawk, declares his plan to enact "Project Blue Hole", to create a pipeline through the original Blue Hole and extract resources from the past Earth to the present.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino, Blue Hole was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Mr. Magazine [ja] from May 1991 to November 1992.[3][a] Kodansha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on August 8, 1992,[8] and February 9, 1993.[9] It was later republished in one bunkobon volume on March 12, 2002,[10] and in two tankōbon volumes on February 6, 2012.[11][6]

Its sequel, Blue World (ブルー・ワールド, Burū Wārudo), was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from February 25, 1995,[b] to August 25, 1997.[c][16] Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from April 23, 1996,[17] to April 23, 1998.[18] It was later republished in two bunkobon volumes between May 11 and June 12, 2001,[19][20] and in three tankōbon volumes between November 22, 2012, and January 23, 2013.[21][22]

Volumes

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No. Release date ISBN
1August 8, 1992[8]978-4-06-313299-1
2February 9, 1993[9]978-4-06-319349-7

Blue World volumes

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No. Release date ISBN
1April 23, 1996[17]978-4-06-319695-5
2March 21, 1997[23]978-4-06-319785-3
3October 23, 1997[24]978-4-06-319863-8
4April 23, 1998[18]978-4-06-319933-8

Notes

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  1. ↑ Blue Hole debuted in the magazine's second issue of 1991,[4] cover dated May 22.[5] It finished in the magazine's 22nd issue of 1992,[6] cover dated November 25.[7]
  2. ↑ Debuted in the magazine's April 1995 issue,[12] released on February 25, 1995.[13]
  3. ↑ Finished in the magazine's October 1997 issue,[14] released on August 25, 1997.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ "Critique Manga Blue hole #1". Manga Sanctuary (in French). September 5, 2021. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ↑ De la Cruz, Bruno (February 17, 2021). "Le manga Blue Hole de Yukinobu Hoshino revient en France chez Pika". Anime News Network (in French). Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Aperçu du manga Blue Hole chez Pika". Manga News (in French). June 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Contents". Mr. Magazine (in Japanese). No. 2. Kodansha. pp. 3, 174. Archived from the original on June 23, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026. ★創刊おめでとう読み切り […] ブルーホール●星野之宣
  5. ↑ ミスターマガジン 1991.0 2. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on June 24, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  6. 1 2 新装版 ブルーホール（2） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 14, 2025. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  7. ↑ ミスターマガジン 1992.0 22. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on June 22, 2026. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  8. 1 2 ブルーホール 1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  9. 1 2 ブルーホール 2. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  10. ↑ ブルーホール (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 17, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  11. ↑ 新装版 ブルーホール（1） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 16, 2025. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  12. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（1） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Contents". Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). No. February 1995 issue. Kodansha. Table of contents. Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026. […] アフタヌーン4月号(2月25日発売)誌上にて。
  14. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（4） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Contents". Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). No. August 1997 issue. Kodansha. Table of contents. Archived from the original on February 28, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026. […] アフタヌーン10月号(8月25日発売)誌上にて。
  16. ↑ "Le manga Blue World confirmé et daté chez Pika". Manga News (in French). November 30, 2021. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  17. 1 2 ブルー・ワールド（1） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  18. 1 2 ブルー・ワールド（4） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  19. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（上） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  20. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（下） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  21. ↑ 新装版ブルー・ワールド（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  22. ↑ 新装版ブルー・ワールド（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  23. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（2） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  24. ↑ ブルー・ワールド（3） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2026.

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