{{Short description|Manga by Shinji Wada and Yui Higuri}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Crown | image = Crown manga.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Cover of ''Crown'' volume 1 as published by Akita Shoten | ja_kanji = クラウン | ja_romaji = Kuraun | genre = Action, Romance }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Shinji Wada | illustrator = You Higuri | publisher = Akita Shoten | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA= Go! Comi}} | magazine = Princess Gold | first = August 16, 2005 | last = August 16, 2008 | volumes = 6 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Crown'''''|クラウン|Kuraun|lead=yes}} is a manga series written by Shinji Wada and illustrated by You Higuri. ''Crown'' was serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine, ''Princess Gold'' magazine around 2005. The 14 chapters and 6 volumes were published in Japan, France, Germany and other countries. The first 2 volumes were published in the United States in 2009 by Go! Comi, which officially shut down in May 2010.
==Plot== Its main character Mahiro Shinomiya gets kidnapped by two strangers, who turn out to be her lost brother Rem and his friend Jack. With them she also discovers that she's of royal blood and the rightful heiress to the throne of a small (fictional) central-Asian country called "Regalia". This state is currently ruled by the ruthless but extremely influential Fibyura, who is Mahiro's and Rem's father's second wife, who cannot attend to his governmental duties, as he is mortally ill. As it seems impossible to get Mahiro on the throne legally, she and her two allies start a small war against Fibyura's hired troops and notorious military leader "Condor", which endangers everybody involved.
==Manga== While in hiatus from writing ''Cantarella'', You Higuri started working along with Shinji Wada on ''Crown'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/dec05/cv_1205_14.shtml | title=Yaoi-Con 2005: A Celebration Of Female Fantasies | author=Avila, Kat | publisher=Sequential Tart | accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref> which started to be published on August 16, 2005, in ''Princess Gold'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-14/new-manga-by-you-higuri-and-shinji-wada | title=New Manga by You Higuri and Shinji Wada | date=August 14, 2005 | website=Anime News Network | accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref> and lasted until August 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/princessgold/2008/9 | title=プリンセスGOLD 2008年9月号 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 5, 2014 | language=Japanese | archive-date=August 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051439/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/princessgold/2008/9 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was published by Akita Shoten into six {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes between December 16, 2005, and October 16, 2008.<ref name=ja1/><ref name=ja6/>
In July 2008, at the Anime Expo, Go! Comi announced it had licensed the series for an English-language release.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-05/go-adds-cool-idols-angel-coffin-crown-bound-beauty | title=Go! Adds Cool Idols, Angel's Coffin, Crown, Bound Beauty (Updated) | date=July 5, 2008 | website=Anime News Network | accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref> The first volume was released on December 15, 2008,<ref name=en1>{{cite book | title=Crown Vol. 1 | isbn=978-1605100050 | last1=Wada | first1=Shinji | year=2008 | publisher=Go! Media Entertainment LLC }}</ref> and the second on April 7, 2009,<ref name=en2>{{cite book | title=Crown Vol. 2 | isbn=978-1605100067 | last1=Wada | first1=Shinji | year=2009 | publisher=Go! Media Entertainment LLC }}</ref> before Go! Comi officially shut down in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-11/go-comi-lets-its-website-expire | title=Go! Comi Lets Its Website Expire | date=May 11, 2010 | website=Anime News Network | accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref> It has been also licensed in Germany by Carlsen Comics,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/serie?id=41014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416234447/http://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/serie?id=41014 | archivedate=April 16, 2012 | title=Crown | publisher=Carlsen Comics | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=German}}</ref> and in France by Asuka.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asuka.fr/lire_manga.php?id_serie=76&order=1 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217181313/http://www.asuka.fr/lire_manga.php?id_serie=76&order=1 | archivedate=February 17, 2008 | title=Crown | publisher=Asuka | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=French}}</ref>
===Volume list=== {{Graphic novel list/header}} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | RelDate = December 16, 2005<ref name=ja1>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253153747 | title=CROWN 第1巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15374-4 | LicensedRelDate = December 15, 2008<ref name=en1/> | LicensedISBN = 978-1605100050 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | RelDate = May 16, 2006<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253153755 | title=CROWN 第2巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 5, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15375-1 | LicensedRelDate = April 7, 2009<ref name=en2/> | LicensedISBN = 978-1605100067 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | RelDate = March 16, 2007<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253153763 | title=CROWN 第3巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 5, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15376-8 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | RelDate = October 16, 2007<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253153771 | title=CROWN 第4巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15377-5 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 5 | RelDate = March 14, 2008<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/425315378X | title=CROWN 第5巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15378-2 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 6 | RelDate = October 16, 2008<ref name=ja6>{{cite web | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/comics/4253153798 | title=CROWN 第6巻 | publisher=Akita Shoten | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | language=Japanese}}</ref> | ISBN = 978-4-253-15379-9 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
==Reception== {{Expand section|date=August 2014|1=Further reading}}
==Further reading== *{{cite web | url=http://mangablog.mangabookshelf.com/2009/08/02/review-crown-vols-1-and-2/ | author=Alverson, Bridget | title=Review: Crown, vols. 1 and 2 | date=August 2, 2009 | work=MangaBlog | publisher=Manga Book Shelf}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/crown-vols-1-2/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830124604/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/crown-vols-1-2/ |archivedate=August 30, 2009 |title=Crown, Vols. 1-2 |publisher=Pop Culture Shock |date=August 27, 2009 |author=Ferguson, Chloe |url-status=usurped }} *{{cite web | url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/03/19/crown-vol-1/ | title=Crown Vol. 1 | author=Scholes, Sandra | date=March 19, 2009 | publisher=Active Anime}} *{{cite web | url=http://suvudu.com/2010/09/365-days-of-manga-day-350-crown.html | title=365 Days of Manga, Day 350: Crown | author=Thompson, Jason | publisher=Suvudu.com | date=September 5, 2010}}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Anime News Network|manga|5812}} *[https://myanimelist.net/manga/5067/Crown Crown] (manga) at MyAnimeList
Category:Action anime and manga Category:Akita Shoten manga Category:Go! Comi titles Category:Romance anime and manga Category:Shōjo manga Category:You Higuri