saint young men saint young men japanese hepburn japanese slice life comedy manga series written illustrated plot involves jesus christ living apartment tokyo serialized monthly manga magazine morning september chapters collected volumes november adapted manga series original animation dvds anime film released japan saint young men manga sold million copies individual volumes series frequently appeared lists weekly annual best seller manga japan received cultural prize nominated film adaptation received japanese public overview jesus christ voiced anime voiced anime founders christianity buddhism respectively living apartment suburbs tokyo taking vacation earth attempt hide identities understand modern japanese society chapter shows lives average day drinking beer playing video games jesus portrayed person love shopping tends calm likes manga comedy involves visual gags jokes reference elements christianity buddhism example jesus creates wine water public bath shines excited production writing saint young men working bridge started serialized december issue square_enix manga magazine attracted attention editor magazine weekly morning wanted publish series magazine accepted offer admiration works serialized weekly morning series title derived song called literally saint old man starting sketches friends wearing casual shirts conceived idea portraying jesus average people envisioned comedy manga protagonist powerful character realized divine character fit premise planned jesus character series gags work added series opposing personalities inspired sister sister husband observing relationship saw amusing situations saw resemblance version version despite religious references series stated personal knowledge aspects modern society intended critical added fit story similarly secondary characters introduced series chapter needed new character introduce topic themes chapters created situations jokes specific theme created jokes connected form story creating simpler chapter compared elaborate thematic ones wrote worrying creating jokes situations advance help assistants average took days weeks complete chapter media manga saint young men written illustrated began manga magazine morning september series hiatus september march pregnancy collected volume released january twelfth volume published november released april series translated languages including chinese french italian spanish editor american publisher vertical contacted japanese series request publishing north_america japanese series refused allow published north_america thought americans offense volume list anime production anime film announced issue weekly morning film release film published april film directed written characters designed music composed film produced animated distributed premiered japan soundtrack published later october released dvd blu ray formats addition film staff produced original animation dvd released manga volume second released ninth volume interview staff anime noted wanted stay loyal artwork manga creating movie decided focus art character designs decided look instead traditional bold dark lines typically shadows colored sure look came like manga anime film attractions including memorial park reception manga received short work manga edition surveys people manga publishing industry named best manga series male readers nominated category best comic result popularity issues morning started selling began making magazine available online day published best selling manga series japan individual volumes 12th appeared lists best selling manga respective year japan manga sold million copies japan manga displayed daily dot reported growing western spread series comics writer chose best comics japan writers elected wanted titles licensing japanese manga critic noted manga fun read commended keeping jesus faithful real character kindness confronted evil criticized art questioned capacity evolve jesus hanging normal people embarrassing things complained jesus philosophical differences personalities explored praised series comedy noting simplicity saying brilliance comes purposely world great religions highlighting secular world famous religious figures placed according series lose capacity making readers laugh progress unlike manga guardian praised visual gags wrote story introduction religious doctrines feature overt commentary role religions contemporary society film anime film adaptation debuted number japanese theaters grossing screens subsequent weekends decreased placement closing run million grossed dvd release ranked seventh week list best selling anime dvds japan dropping ninth place second week list
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