Rave Master
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Rave Master, Rave, and alternatively, The Groove Adventure Rave in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series follows Haru Glory, a teenager on a quest to find the five fragments of the sacred stone of light Rave (renamed from "Holy Bring") in order to bring peace to the world by defeating the criminal group Demon Card. Mashima created this series with the idea of travelling around the world and was presented with difficulties in its serialization due to its considerable length.
Rave Master | |
Genre | Adventure,[1] fantasy[2] |
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Manga | |
Written by | Hiro Mashima |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 6, 1999 – July 27, 2005 |
Volumes | 35 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takashi Watanabe |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Licensed by |
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Original network | TBS |
English network | |
Original run | October 13, 2001 – September 28, 2002 |
Episodes | 51 (List of episodes) |
Video game | |
Developer | Konami |
Publisher | Konami |
Genre | Action, fighting |
Platform | GameCube |
Released | |
Video game | |
Special Attack Force | |
Developer | KCEJ |
Publisher | Konami |
Genre | Action, fighting |
Platform | Game Boy Advance |
Released |
The manga was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 to July 2005, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed their contract to expire. It was also adapted into a 51-episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which was broadcast on TBS from October 2001 to September 2002. Tokyopop also licensed the anime adaptation, which was broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network from June 2004 to July 2005.
By 2020, the manga had 23.5 million copies in circulation.