A.I. Revolution

A.I. Revolution
The volume of the English release of A.I. Revolution, published by Go! Comi on December 13, 2007
A·Iレボリューション (A. I Reboryuushon)
Genre	Romantic Comedy, Drama
Manga
Written by	Yuu Asami
Published by	Akita Shoten
English publisher	Go! Comi
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Princess
Original run	June 1995 – 2003
Volumes	17

A.I. Revolution (A·Iレボリューション, A. I Reboryuushon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Asami. It began serialization in Princess in June 1995.^{[citation needed]} The individual chapters were collected and published in 17 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten with the first volume released in July 1995; the last volume was released in October 2003.

The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Go! Comi.

Plot

The series focuses on Sui, the daughter of a genius engineer, and Vermillion, a new high tech robot created by her father that looks, talks, and acts like a human teenage boy. Sui is tasked with teaching him what it means to be human, not expecting to find herself falling in love.

Media

Volume listing

No.	Japanese		English
	Release date	ISBN	Release date	ISBN
1	July 1995	ISBN 978-4-253-07929-7	December 13, 2007	ISBN 978-1-933617-64-0
2	February, 1996	ISBN 978-4-253-07930-3	March 3, 2008	ISBN 978-1-933617-65-7
3	June, 1996	ISBN 978-4-253-07931-0	April 14, 2008	ISBN 978-1-933617-72-5
4	December, 1996	ISBN 978-4-253-07932-7	June 6, 2008	ISBN 978-1-933617-73-2
5	June, 1997	ISBN 978-4-253-07933-4	August 15, 2008	ISBN 978-1-933-61779-4
6	September, 1997	ISBN 978-4-253-07954-9	October 15, 2008	ISBN 978-1-933-61780-0
7	March, 1998	ISBN 978-4-253-07955-6	—	—
8	September, 1998	ISBN 978-4-253-07933-4	—	—
9	March, 1999	ISBN 978-4-253-07960-0	—	—
10	September, 1999	ISBN 978-4-253-07961-7	—	—
11	April, 2000	ISBN 978-4-253-07962-4	—	—
12	November, 2000	ISBN 978-4-253-07963-1	—	—
13	June, 2001	ISBN 978-4-253-07964-8	—	—
14	December, 2001	ISBN 978-4-253-19204-0	—	—
15	June 27, 2002	ISBN 978-4-253-19205-7	—	—
16	March 27, 2003	ISBN 978-4-253-19206-4	—	—
17	October 30, 2003	ISBN 978-4-253-19207-1	—	—

Reception

Pop Culture Shock's Katherine Dacey compares the manga's artwork to those of Keiko Nishi’s "with its slightly stylized character designs, delicate linework, and sparing use of screentone." Manga Life's Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane commends the manga for its "detailed and very easy to follow" artwork. Mania.com's Sakura Eries criticises the manga for its "not very compelling" protagonists. Later reviews by Sakura Eries criticises the manga, which was published in 1996, for its "futuristic anachronism" of the story that is set in 2021. Eries comments that the scenarios would seem dated in the post 9/11 world. She also criticised the manga for its unrealistic plot.

External links

• A.I. Revolution (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia