Editing Apocalypse Zero (section)

=== Manga ===
The ''Apocalypse Zero'' [[manga]] series was written and illustrated by [[Takayuki Yamaguchi (artist)|Takayuki Yamaguchi]]. It was originally serialized in the [[Akita Shoten]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]'' from 1994 to 1996. A total of 11 ''[[tankōbon]]'' (chapter collections) volumes were published by Akita Shoten.<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:覚悟のススメ 第1巻 | trans-title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 1 | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051561 | publisher=[[Akita Shoten]] | language=ja | access-date=2010-11-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324100740/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051561 | archive-date=2012-03-24 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:覚悟のススメ 第11巻 |trans-title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 11 |url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051952 |publisher=[[Akita Shoten]] |language=ja |access-date=2010-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316001701/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051952 |archive-date=2005-03-16 }}</ref> An English translation of the manga was published as a [[graphic novel]] in the US by [[Media Blasters]] beginning on January 19, 2005. The manga was sold [[shrink wrap]]ped, presumably due to the large amount of violence.<ref>{{cite web | date=November 24, 2004 | title=Level C Uncut but... | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-11-24/level-c-uncut-but | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref> Only six of the original 11 volumes were translated and released, as Media Blasters chose to cease publication of the series in early 2007.<ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Vol. 1 (v. 1) | isbn=1586555758 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=February 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters, Incorporated }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 2 (6) (v. 2) | isbn=1586556266 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=April 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 3 (6) (v. 3) | isbn=1586556908 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=5 September 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 4 (v. 4) | isbn=1586557289 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=14 December 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 5 (v. 5)  | isbn=1586557912 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=15 March 2006 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 6 | isbn=1586558331 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=14 July 2006 | publisher=Media Blasters, Incorporated }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date=March 14, 2007 | title=Media Blasters pulls out of Seinen / Older Shounen Market | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-03-14/media-blasters-leaves-shounen-manga-market | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref>

The manga was published in Italy by [[Dynit|Dynamic Italia]], flipping it in a left-to-right format.

From 2010 to 2014, Yamaguchi wrote ''Exoskull Zero'', a [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of ''Apocalypse Zero'' featuring a similar protagonist in a slightly different plot. It was published in Akita Shoten's [[Champion Red]] magazine.