Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Lonely Castle in the Mirror (Japanese: かがみの孤城, Hepburn: Kagami no Kojō) is a Japanese novel written by Mizuki Tsujimura, and published by Poplar Publishing in May 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomo Taketomi was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from June 2019 to February 2022, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes as of September 2021. An anime film adaptation will premiere in Q4 2022.

Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Novel cover
かがみの孤城
(Kagami no Kojō)
Novel
Written byMizuki Tsujimura
Published byPoplar Publishing
English publisher
PublishedMay 11, 2017
Manga
Written byMizuki Tsujimura
Illustrated byTomo Taketomi
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineUltra Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 19, 2019 – February 19, 2022
Volumes4
Anime film
ReleasedQ4 2022

Media

Novel

Written by Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror was originally published on May 11, 2017, by Poplar Publishing. The company re-released the novel in a two-volume paperback format in March 2021.[1] The novel was published in English by Doubleday in April 2021.[2]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomo Taketomi was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from June 19, 2019,[3] to February 19, 2022.[4] Shueisha collected its chapters into four tankōbon volumes as of September 2021.[5]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 December 19, 2019[6]978-4-08-891450-3
2 July 17, 2020[7]978-4-08-891612-5
3 February 19, 2021[8]978-4-08-891782-5
4 September 17, 2021[5]978-4-08-892101-3

Anime film

An anime film adaptation was announced on February 24, 2022. It will premiere in Japan in Q4 2022.[2]

Reception

In 2017, the novel placed first in Kadokawa's Da Vinci magazine "Book of the Year" list.[9] It also won the Japan Booksellers' Award in 2018.[10]

References
  1. かがみの孤城 辻村深月 (in Japanese). Poplar Publishing. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 24, 2022). "Mizuki Tsujimura's Lonely Castle in the Mirror Novel Gets Anime Film This Year". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  3. 辻村深月の本屋大賞受賞作を武富智が描く、「かがみの孤城」がUJで始動. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 14, 2019. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  4. 2022年3月号 [March 2022 issue]. Ultra Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  5. 【9月17日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 17, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  6. 【12月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  7. 【7月17日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 17, 2020. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  8. 【2月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. 高橋一生が表紙に！『ダ・ヴィンチ』「BOOK OF THE YEAR2017」発表！ 小説部門1位は『かがみの孤城』に決定！ 『3月のライオン』羽海野チカが三冠！. Da Vinci (in Japanese). December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  10. Miyata, Yūsuke (April 10, 2018). 本屋大賞に辻村さん「かがみの孤城」　海外は少部数作品. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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