is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's ''

Monthly Big Comic Spirits is a Japanese monthly Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It originally launched on August 27, 2009. It is a companion magazine to the weekly ''Big Comic Spirits''. Series Current There are currently 15 manga series ...

'' from June 2015 to January 2017, with its chapters collected in three volumes. It was adapted into a 10-episode

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which was broadcast on

Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

from July to September 2018.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Tokyo Alien Bros.'' was serialized in

's ''

'' from June 27, 2015, to January 27, 2017. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three volumes, released from February 12, 2016, to March 10, 2017. In May 2024,

Viz Media Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, ...

announced that it licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume being released on January 21, 2025.

Volumes

Drama

The manga was adapted into a 10-episode

which aired on

from July 23 to September 24, 2018.

Reception

The manga was nominated for the Best Comic Award at the 45th

Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. It has occur ...

in 2018.

References

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