Uchuu Kyoudai

宇宙兄弟

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Synopsis

"A big brother must always stay ahead of his younger brother. That is my responsibility as the older sibling"—these are the words that have always motivated Mutta Nanba to try his best when it came to his younger brother, Hibito. So naturally, in the summer of 2006 when the Nanba brothers witness something strange in the night sky, Hibito declared that he would become an astronaut and travel to the Moon, while Mutta countered with the affirmation that he would go to Mars. That was the promise they made to each other.

Background

was nominated for the second and third Manga Taisho Awards in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, the series won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award, along with . In the same year, it also won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, along with . The series also won the Reader Award of the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. The series has been simulpub digitally in English as through K Manga. Kodansha USA has been releasing the series digitally since November 3, 2015.