{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = | caption = | ja_kanji = 天外レトロジカル | ja_romaji = Tengai Retorojikaru | genre = [[Fantasy]]<ref name=JT/><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Rin Asano | publisher = [[Mag Garden]] | publisher_en = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[ADV Manga]]}} | magazine = [[Monthly Comic Blade]] | first = 2002 | last = 2006 | volumes = 7 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} {{nihongo|'''''Tengai Retrogical'''''|天外レトロジカル|Tengai Retorojikaru|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by Rin Asano. It was serialized in [[Mag Garden]]'s ''[[Monthly Comic Blade]]'' magazine from 2002 to 2006 and published in seven volumes.
== Plot == {{No plot|date=April 2026}}
==Publication== Written and illustrated by Rin Asano, the series began serialization in [[Mag Garden]]'s ''[[Monthly Comic Blade]]'' magazine in 2002. It completed its serialization in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' in 2006.<ref name=JT>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=[[Manga: The Complete Guide]]|type=Google Play Books|date=July 3, 2012|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|isbn=978-0-34-553944-1|page=1207}}</ref> Its individual chapters were collected into seven {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes.<ref name=vol7/>
In March 2004, [[ADV Manga]] announced that they licensed the series for English publication.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2004-03-30/adv-manga-announces-37-acquisitions|title=ADV Manga Announces 37 Acquisitions|publisher=[[ADV Manga]]|date=March 30, 2004|access-date=February 17, 2024|via=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
===Volumes=== {{Graphic novel list/header |Language=Japanese |SecondLanguage=English |Width = 100% }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | OriginalRelDate = November 9, 2002<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 1 (1) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4901926179|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-90-192617-1 | LicensedRelDate = December 14, 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=Tengai-Retrogical Volume 1 [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)|isbn=1413902081}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-41-390208-2 | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | OriginalRelDate = March 10, 2003<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 2 (2) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4901926497|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-90-192649-2 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | OriginalRelDate = January 10, 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 3 (3) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4861270073|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-86-127007-9 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | OriginalRelDate = November 10, 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 4 (4) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4861270898|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-86-127089-5 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 5 | OriginalRelDate = December 10, 2005<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 5 (5) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4861272211|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-86-127221-9 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 6 | OriginalRelDate = September 9, 2006<ref>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 6 (6) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4861273099|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-86-127309-4 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 7 | OriginalRelDate = March 10, 2007<ref name=vol7>{{cite book|title=天外レトロジカル 7 (7) (BLADE COMICS) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|486127382X|country=jp}}}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-86-127382-7 | LicensedRelDate = — | LicensedISBN = | ChapterList = | VolumeExtras = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
==Reception== Mike Dungan of ''Mania'' described the manga as "a very enjoyable story that is equal parts action, horror, fantasy, science fiction, historical drama, and comedy." He commended the manga's characterization, stating there was an "air of confidence in both the art and the storytelling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/tengai-retrogical-vol-01_article_81792.html|title=Tengai Retrogical Vol. #01|last=Dungan|first=Mike|date=October 6, 2004|website=Mania|access-date=March 7, 2009|archive-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930112938/http://www.mania.com/tengai-retrogical-vol-01_article_81792.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In ''[[Manga: The Complete Guide]]'', [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] praised the artwork, though he felt the plot was too vague and withheld too much information from the reader.<ref name=JT/> Liann Cooper of ''[[Anime News Network]]'' described the characters as "generic" and the environments as "bland". He concluded by describing the manga as "so unimpressive that just ends up being incredibly boring".<ref>{{cite web|title=Right Turn Only!! Is That A Kiba In Your Pocket...|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2004-11-08|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Cooper|first=Liann|date=November 8, 2004|access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * ''[[Deaimon]]'', another manga series by the same author
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{anime News Network|manga|4335}}
[[Category:ADV Manga]] [[Category:Fantasy anime and manga]] [[Category:Mag Garden manga]] [[Category:Shōnen manga]]