<p><strong>All <em>Humanoid Monster Bem</em> anime are original</strong>, but they also spawned manga adaptation.</p>

<p>The first <em>Humanoid Monster Bem</em> anime in 1968 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in <em>Bokura</em> monthly manga magazine until 1969, then reissued by <em>Kodansha</em> in 2012 and got its paperback edition in 2010.</p>

<p>The second anime in 2006 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in <em>Weekly Young Jump</em> and <em>Mankaku</em>, then got its tankobon version in 2007.</p>

<p>The third anime, <em>BEM</em> in 2019 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in <em>Manga Park</em> application.</p>

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<p>The manga spin-off <em>Humanoid Monster Bem RETURNS</em> was the only original manga, which was serialized in <em>Monthly Shonen Gangan</em> since 1993 until 1995. The anime (and game) adaptation was planned in 1997 but got canceled, and thus leaving only the manga.</p>

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<p>Source: <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A6%96%E6%80%AA%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E3%83%99%E3%83%A0#%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%E7%89%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Japanese Wikipedia</a></p>

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2019-08-05T10:34:26.510Z
2019-08-05T10:34:26.510Z
Aki Tanaka
<p>As far as I know, the 2019 BEM series is based in a late 60's anime of the same name. Did that anime have an original manga version? Or did the story start with the anime?</p>

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Did the original Bem have a manga that was based on?
# Did the original Bem have a manga that was based on?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-08-04
As far as I know, the 2019 BEM series is based in a late 60's anime of the same name. Did that anime have an original manga version? Or did the story start with the anime?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
**All *Humanoid Monster Bem* anime are original**, but they also spawned manga adaptation.

The first *Humanoid Monster Bem* anime in 1968 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in *Bokura* monthly manga magazine until 1969, then reissued by *Kodansha* in 2012 and got its paperback edition in 2010.

The second anime in 2006 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in *Weekly Young Jump* and *Mankaku*, then got its tankobon version in 2007.

The third anime, *BEM* in 2019 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in *Manga Park* application.

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The manga spin-off *Humanoid Monster Bem RETURNS* was the only original manga, which was serialized in *Monthly Shonen Gangan* since 1993 until 1995. The anime (and game) adaptation was planned in 1997 but got canceled, and thus leaving only the manga.

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Source: [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A6%96%E6%80%AA%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E3%83%99%E3%83%A0#%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%E7%89%88)
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