Dinosaur Sanctuary
Dinosaur Sanctuary is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita, with paleontologist Dr. Shin-ichi Fujiwara serving as research consultant. It began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021; in April 2024, its serialization was transferred to Comic Bunch Kai. As of November 2025, eight volumes have been released.
Plot
In a world where dinosaurs were rediscovered in 1946, Suma Suzume works in Enoshima Dinoland, a struggling dinosaur park where she takes care of many dinosaurs and faces many challenges.Characters
Enoshima Dinoland staff and keepers
;Suzume Suma;Arata Kaidou
;Karin Kirishima
;Takatoshi Ogino
;Ami Torikai
;Ren Shiranui
;Keisuke Igarashi
;Shougo Katase
;Harue Katou
;Makabe Kazuya
;Fuzuki Hayashi
;Hoshino Kurumi
;Ryuuji Kazama
Enoshima Dinoland's dinosaurs and other animals
;Yuuki;Niko & Vena
;Masaru
;Roy
;Daikichi, Shoukichi, & Umeko
;Hanako
;Eiger
;Hachibei
;Momiji
;Ayaka, Fuuka, Nia, & Norika
;Kaka & Kuku
;Dekopin, Mango, Parimo, Perry, Polo, Pyou, Spoon, & Tori
;Trom
;Unnamed Camarasaurus
;Unnamed Protoceratops
;Unnamed Deinocheirus
;Unnamed Psittacosaurus
;Unnamed Plateosaurus
;Unnamed Thescelosaurus
; Unnamed Edmontosaurus
;Unnamed Pterodactylus
;Unnamed Rhamphorhynchus
;Unnamed Ctenochasma
;Halszkaraptor
;''Futabasaurus''
Other dinosaurs and prehistoric animals
;Ichigo;Sophia
;Unnamed Ichthyosaurs
;Unnamed Plesiosaurs
;Velociraptor
;Diplodocus
;Lambeosaurus
;Chasmosaurus
;Styracosaurus
;Prosaurolophus
;Unnamed Pachycephalosaurs
;Daspletosaurus
;Apatosaurus
;''Hyphalosaurus''
Publication
Written by Itaru Kinoshita, the series began serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine on March 19, 2021. Shin-ichi Fujiwara, a lecturer at the, is serving as the series' research consultant. Monthly Comic Bunch was discontinued in March 2024. On April 26, 2024, the series resumed its serialization on Comic Bunch Kai. As of November 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eight volumes.In January 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Reception
Danica Davidson of Otaku USA praised the story, characters, and extra notes from Fujiwara, noting that "Dinosaur Sanctuary does a good job of making like animals with personalities, rather than monsters in a monster movie". Jonathan Greenall of Comic Book Resources praised the tone and art style. Additionally, Greenall felt the series does a good job of describing how to care for animals. J. Caleb Mozzocco of School Library Journal also praised the artwork and characters. Mozocco felt the plot was " the park works like it was supposed to".The series ranked 20th in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.