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20th Century Boys (manga)

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Alternative title:
20 Seiki Shōnen (Japanese)
20th Century Boys - Chłopaki z dwudziestego wieku (Polish)
20世紀少年 (Japanese)
20세기 소년 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Kenji and his friends start to notice a series of odd occurences related to their childhood. A mysterious cult-leader named "friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with Kenji's childhood memories.
User Ratings: 627 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 340 votes (Eng:139, sub:119, dub:27, ?:10, raw:5, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:37
7 French
7 Spanish
5 German
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Italian
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German edited dub
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Bahasa Indonesia
1 French dubbed
1 Vietnamese
)
 Excellent: 147 votes (Eng:89, sub:34, dub:8, ?:4, others:12
3 Dutch
2 German
2 Italian
1 Spanish
1 Mandarin
1 French
1 +
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 54 votes (Eng:37, sub:14, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish
1 Dutch dubbed
)
 Good: 19 votes (Eng:11, ?:2, sub:2, dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish
1 Italian
1 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 13 votes (Eng:10, dub:1, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (Eng:7, sub:3)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:5, Eng:3, dub:2)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, Eng:2)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:2, Eng:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Awful: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:4, Eng:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (sub:7, Eng:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1028 users, rank: #57 (of 6876)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.759 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 2.2367, rank: #273 (of 7723)
Weighted mean: 8.996 (Excellent), rank: #271 (of 7723) (seen all: 9.08 / seen some: 8.88 / won't finish: 6.03)
Bayesian estimate: 8.988 (Excellent), rank: #7 (of 3520)
Number of tankoubon: 22
Number of pages: 220
Chapter titles: We have 249
Vintage:
1999 (Began serialization)
2002-01-07 to 2007-07-11 (France)
2004-10 to 2007-10 (Spain)
Release dates: We have 170
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Reviews:
20th Century Boys GN 22 (Dec 2, 2012)
20th Century Boys GN 19 (Mar 22, 2012)
20th Century Boys GN 16 (Sep 5, 2011)
20th Century Boys GN 13 (Jan 28, 2011)
20th Century Boys GN 2 (Apr 23, 2009)
News: Show:
20th Century Boys Delay (Jul 9, 2005)
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    20th Century Boys (GN 1) 2009-02-17 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 2) 2009-04-21 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 3) 2009-06-16 (from $7.91)
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    20th Century Boys (GN 12) 2010-12-21 (from $10.39)
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    20th Century Boys (GN 15) 2011-06-21 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 16) 2011-08-16 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 17) 2011-10-11 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 18) 2011-12-13 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 19) 2012-02-14 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 20) 2012-04-10 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 21) 2012-06-12 (from $10.39)
    20th Century Boys (GN 22) 2012-09-18 (from $119.99)
    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 1) 2018-09-18 (from $13.60)
    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 2) 2018-12-18 (from $17.51)
    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 3) 2019-03-19 (from $17.01)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 9) 2020-09-15 (from $16.87)
    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 10) 2020-12-15 (from $21.38)
    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition (GN 11) 2021-03-16 (from $16.43)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Naoki Urasawa
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Akemi Wegmuller

Adaptation: Akemi Wegmuller
Additional Translation: Lillian Diaz-Przybyl (Perfect Edition)
Cover Design:
Izumi Evers (Perfect Edition vol 1)
Yukiko Whitley (Perfect Edition vol 2 - )
Design: Sam Elzway
Editing:
Andy Nakatani (vol. 14)
Karla Clark (Perfect Edition vol 9-11)
Kit Fox
Mark Gabriel de Vera (Perfect Edition)
Interior Design:
Izumi Evers (Perfect Edition vol 1)
Yukiko Whitley (Perfect Edition vol 2 - )
Lettering: Steve Dutro (Perfect Edition)
Touch-up & Lettering: Freeman Wong
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French cast
French staff
Translation: Vincent Zouzoulkovsky
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Génération Comics
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Art Director: Pere Olivé (Spain)
Translation:
Marc Bernabé
Verónica Calafell (Spain)

Cover Design: Rut Serrano (Spain)
Editing:
Cristina De Avilés (Spain)
Encarna Castillo (Spain)
Editorial Director: Jaime Rodriguez
Graphic Design: Juanjo Macarro (Spain)
Lettering: Eduard Solé (Spain)
(none)
Spanish companies
Licensed by: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Planeta DeAgostini)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Roberto Pesci

Adaptation: Estudio Fenix
Editing: Gabriele Ferrero
Lettering: Ram One
(none)
Italian companies
Pubblicato Da: Planet Manga 
Publisher: Planet Manga
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Publisher: Glénat Benelux
Dutch cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Hanami
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation: Dirce Miyamura
(none)
Portuguese companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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