竹宮惠子
The manga series, written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya, was serialized by Asahi Sonorama in "Gekkan Manga Shōnen" between January 1977 and May 1980. The chapters were collected in five bound volumes, which was reissued in August 1980 with the release of the movie. In 2007, on the day before the TV series began airing, the manga was reprinted by Japanese publisher Square Enix. In 2007, American publisher Vertical released the manga in three print volumes in North America under the title "To Terra...". Manga Planet re-released the series digitally in 2019 under the title “Toward the Terra.” The series won two awards: the Seiun Award for best manga in 1978 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen in 1979.