ɪt wʌz lˈaɪsənst tə nˈɔːɹθ ɐmˈɛɹɪkə baɪ vˈɪz mˈiːdiːə ænd sˈɪɹiəlˌaɪzd ɪn ɪts ɐdˈʌlt ˈoːɹiəntᵻd mˌæɡɐzˈiːn pˈʌlp fɹʌmðə fˈɜːst ˈɪʃuː ɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən tə ðə lˈæst ˈɪʃuː ɪn ˈɔːɡəst tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː.
It was licensed to North America by Viz Media and serialized in its adult oriented magazine Pulp from the first issue in December 1997 to the last issue in August 2002.