. . "value"@en . . . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "2005-03-08"^^ . "4"^^ . . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . . "3"^^ . . . "7"^^ . "1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "2003-07-25"^^ . "Sobisha/Shueisha"@en . "Planet Ladder"@en . "2000-06-23"^^ . . . . . . . "2002-07-23"^^ . . . . "Planet Ladder (Japanese: \u30D7\u30E9\u30CD\u30C3\u30C8\u00B7\u30E9\u30C0\u30FC, Hepburn: Puranetto Rad\u0101) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuri Narushima. Appearing as a serial in the sh\u014Djo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Crimson from the March 1998 issue to the May 2003 issue, the chapters of Planet Ladder were published by Sobisha/Shueisha in seven tank\u014Dbon volumes from December 1998 to May 2004. Based on the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter in which a girl is discovered to be the princess of the moon, the story focuses on a teenager named Kaguya, who is prophesied to save only one of the nine parallel worlds, and her quest to bring peace to a warring universe while finding her true identity."@en . "22282"^^ . . "3892229"^^ . . "Crimson"@en . . "2002-04-23"^^ . . . "Puranetto Rad\u0101"@en . "Japanese"@en . . . . "English"@en . . "2003-03-11"^^ . . . . . . "Sh\u014Djo"@en . . "manga"@en . "2002-09-25"^^ . . . . . . . . "Planet Ladder"@en . . "\u30D7\u30E9\u30CD\u30C3\u30C8\u00B7\u30E9\u30C0\u30FC"@en . "--04-23"^^ . . . . . "2001-06-25"^^ . "1"^^ . . . . . "A book cover. At the top, text reads \"Planet Ladder\" and notes that this is the first volume; it is followed by a picture of a young black-haired girl who wears a flowing light-blue dress. At the bottom, text notes that this is by Yuri Narushima."@en . "May 2003"@en . . . . . . "2002-12-10"^^ . . "March 1998"@en . . "2004-02-10"^^ . . "1998-12-18"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "978"^^ . . . . . . . "2004-05-25"^^ . . . . . . "2002-10-22"^^ . . . "7"^^ . "1093271175"^^ . . "1999-08-25"^^ . . "Planet Ladder (Japanese: \u30D7\u30E9\u30CD\u30C3\u30C8\u00B7\u30E9\u30C0\u30FC, Hepburn: Puranetto Rad\u0101) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuri Narushima. Appearing as a serial in the sh\u014Djo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Crimson from the March 1998 issue to the May 2003 issue, the chapters of Planet Ladder were published by Sobisha/Shueisha in seven tank\u014Dbon volumes from December 1998 to May 2004. Based on the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter in which a girl is discovered to be the princess of the moon, the story focuses on a teenager named Kaguya, who is prophesied to save only one of the nine parallel worlds, and her quest to bring peace to a warring universe while finding her true identity. Planet Ladder was licensed for an English-language translation in North America by Tokyopop, and released from April 2002 to March 2005 after being serialized in Tokyopop's manga anthology Smile. Planet Ladder was part of Tokyopop's line-up of manga in its original right-to-left format; previously, the majority of manga licensed in the United States was \"flopped\" to read left-to-right for a Western audience. Planet Ladder was positively received by English-language readers, with two volumes placing in ICv2's list of best-selling graphic novels. The series received generally positive reviews from English-language critics. On April 2, 2007, it went out of print in North America."@en .