Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man
Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man | |
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폭주배달부 반야 Pok Ju Baedal Bu Banya | |
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Author | Kim Young-oh |
Publisher | Haksan Publishing |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Booking |
Original run | August 11, 2004 – March 6, 2006 |
Collected volumes | 5 |
Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man (Korean: 폭주배달부 반야; RR: Pok Ju Baedal Bu Banya; lit. Hell's Angel Delivery Man Banya) is a South Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Kim Young-oh. It was serialized in Haksan Publishing's magazine Booking and published in five volumes from August 2004 to March 2006.
Plot
[edit]With a widespread war raging between humans and the monstrous Torren, the young delivery men of the Gaya Desert Post Office do not pledge allegiance to any country or king. They are banded together by the pledge to deliver "Fast. Precise. Secure." Throughout a variety of missions and adventures in the face of overwhelming odds, it is Banya's ingenuity, flexibility and resourcefulness that carries them to successful outcomes.
Publication
[edit]Written and illustrated by Kim Young-oh, the series was serialized in Haksan Publishing's magazine Booking.[1] Its individual chapters were collected into five volumes, which were published from August 11, 2004, to March 6, 2006.[2][3]
At Sakura-Con 2006, Dark Horse Comics announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[4]
Volumes
[edit]No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | August 11, 2004[2] | 978-8-95-295881-5 | September 20, 2006[5] | 978-1-59-307614-6 | |
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Banya agrees to complete a wounded soldier's mission to transport a parcel of great importance. | |||||
2 | January 10, 2005[6] | 978-8-95-296377-2 | December 20, 2006[7] | 978-1-59-307688-7 | |
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Young Kong, Banya's offsider, is entrusted with a delivery of great importance, and Banya schemes to free Mei from her captors, setting monsters against each other. Transporting a rare artifact or reuniting a mother with her long-lost son, Banya speeds through war-torn deserts and mysterious forests, relying on flexibility, daring and wits to complete his missions. | |||||
3 | May 10, 2005[8] | 978-8-95-296840-1 | March 14, 2007[9] | 978-1-59-307705-1 | |
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The delivery crew find themselves in the middle of a mysterious dispute at the heart of a sacred temple, trapped between devout warrior-priests and the vicious, ruthless Torren. | |||||
4 | November 14, 2005[10] | 978-8-95-297364-1 | June 20, 2007[11] | 978-1-59-307774-7 | |
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Banya is enraged and frustrated by the events of the last volume. The desert deliverymen are in serious danger in a desert on the brink of an outbreak of violence as Banya fights off more monsters. | |||||
5 | March 6, 2006[3] | 978-8-95-298171-4 | September 19, 2007[12] | 978-1-59-307841-6 | |
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Banya delivers his most important "package" — the powerful summoner Jiahn — to the "Land of Death". Jiahn must reach her destination before an extraordinary evil is unleashed upon Gaya, but is opposed by a vicious pack of warriors and monsters, led by the villain Kamutu. Banya has lost his memory and the tension lies in what he will choose when he regains it: to join Kamutu or return to his friends at the Gaya Desert Post Office. |
Reception
[edit]Jarred Pine of Mania felt the story was similar to those from Shōnen manga. He compared the artwork to the works of Takehiko Inoue.[13] Katherine Dacey of Pop Culture Shock also praised the story and artwork, describing the former as "a cross between Dune, Mad Max, and Lord of the Rings".[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Gage (October 13, 2008). "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Manhwa Posted Online". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ a b 폭주배달부 반야1권 (in Korean). Haksan Publishing. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ a b 폭주배달부 반야5권 (in Korean). Haksan Publishing. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Mays, Jonathan (April 2, 2006). "Sakura-Con: Dark Horse". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Vol. 1 TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ 폭주배달부 반야2권 (in Korean). Haksan Publishing. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Vol. 2 TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ 폭주배달부 반야3권 (in Korean). Haksan Publishing. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Volume 3 TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ 폭주배달부 반야4권 (in Korean). Haksan Publishing. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Volume 4". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Volume 5". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Pine, Jared (October 2, 2006). "Banya: the Explosive Delivery Man (aka: Banxya) Vol. #01". Mania. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Dacey, Katherine (September 27, 2006). "Manhwa Review: Banya The Explosive Delivery Man, Vol. 1". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
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External links
[edit]- Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man at Anime News Network's encyclopedia