2001 Nights (manga)

2001 Nights (2001夜物語Nisen’ichi Ya Monogatari) is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino and originally serialized in Futabasha‘s Monthly Super Action starting from June 1984. It was then collected into three bound volumes by Futabasha, released between August 18, 1985 and October 24, 1986.[2] The series was licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media and published in North America starting in 1990. 2001 Nights is largely inspired by classic hard science fiction, with many visual homages to previous science fiction novels and films.

Manga

2001 Nights consists of several loosely connected short stories, all taking place in the same timeline, with the whole series spanning several hundred years. Many of the stories are related to each other (even across books), each building upon the achievements of the previous ones. The stories are often (but not always) scientifically plausible, recalling much of the early science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s.

Anime

2001 Nights was adapted into a one-episode original video animation (OVA) under the name Space Fantasia 2001 Nights by TMS Entertainment and released on VHS on June 21, 1987. It has not been licensed in English, though versions with English subtitles can be found.

 

2001 Nights
2001 Nights Japanese Vol 1 Cover.jpg

Japanese manga cover of 2001 Nights volume 1
2001夜物語
(Nisen’ichi Ya Monogatari)
Genre Science fiction
Manga
Written by Yukinobu Hoshino
Published by Futabasha
English publisher
Magazine Monthly Super Action
Demographic Seinen
Original run June 1984 – June 1986
Volumes 3
Original video animation
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
Directed by Yoshio Takeuchi
Produced by Junichi Iioka
Tomoko Satō
Takahisa Yokomizo
Written by Chiho Katsura
Ken Echigoya
Music by Satoshi Kadokura
Studio TMS Entertainment
Released July 1987
Runtime 60 minutes
Original video animation
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Directed by Fumihiko Sori
Produced by Yoshito Takaya
Yumiko Yoshihara
Written by Fumihiko Sori
Music by Tetsuya Takahashi
Studio Oxybot
Licensed by
Released November 2009
Episodes 2

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