High-Rise Invasion
High-Rise Invasion is a Japanese manga series written by Tsuina Miura and illustrated by Takahiro Oba. The series was serialized online in DeNA's Manga Box app from December 2013 to April 2019, with Kodansha compiling it into twenty-one volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A sequel manga titled High-Rise Invasion Arrive was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website and app from July 2019 to April 2021, with seven volumes released.
An original net animation series adaptation produced by Zero-G streamed worldwide on Netflix in February 2021.
Premise
High school girl Yuri Honjō is transported to a world full of skyscrapers and suspension bridges connecting them. She then finds herself being hunted by mysterious figures wearing masks. She later discovers that her brother, Rika, is also trapped in this world. She thereupon encounters other teenagers in the same situation, but it is not clear if they will be friends or foes.
Characters
;Yuri Honjō
;Mayuko Nise
;Kuon Shinzaki
;Rika Honjō
;Sniper Mask
;Kazuma Aohara
;Yayoi Kusakabe
;Mamoru Aikawa
Media
Manga
The manga was serialized online in DeNA's Manga Box app from December 5, 2013, to April 4, 2019. Kodansha held the license to publish the series and compiled it into twenty-one volumes, while Seven Seas Entertainment published it in two-in-one omnibus volumes in North America from June 2018 to October 2021. A sequel manga, titled High-Rise Invasion Arrive, was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website and app from July 28, 2019, to April 24, 2021, and was compiled into seven volumes.
Anime
At the Netflix Anime Festival on October 26, 2020, an original net animation anime series adaptation was announced with a February 2021 release window. In mid-January 2021, Netflix revealed that the series was scheduled for a February 25 release on the streaming service. The series was animated by Zero-G and directed by Masahiro Takata, with Touko Machida handling series' composition, Yōichi Ueda designing the characters, and tatsuo and Youichi Sakai composing the series' music. EMPiRE performed the opening theme "HON-NO," while Have a Nice Day! performed the ending theme "My Name Is Blue".
Episodes
Reception
Jean-Karlo Lemus and Steve Jones reviewed the series in their "This Week in Anime" segment for Anime News Network. Lemus said that the series does not give the "best first impression," and while he hated it when he first started watching, he became "indifferent," comparing it to Gantz, adding that the series "preoccupied itself with panty shots and various states of undress." Jones, however, praised the portrayal of the villains and hoped that a second season of the series would be produced, while acknowledging it is "not for everyone."