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Haigakura (ハイガクラ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Takayama. It was initially serialized in Ichijinsha's shōjo manga magazine Comic Zero Sum WARD from January 2008 to May 2015, when that magazine ceased publication and was later transferred to the Zero-Sum Online manga website in September 2015. Its chapters collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2023.
Haigakura | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ichiyo | |
ハイガクラ | |
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Genre | Action, fantasy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Shinobu Takayama |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
Imprint | Zero Sum Comics |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | January 16, 2008 – present |
Volumes | 16 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Junichi Yamamoto |
Written by | Yū Murai |
Music by | Yuki Kurihara |
Studio | Typhoon Graphics |
Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, BS Asahi |
Original run | October 2024 – scheduled |
An anime television series adaptation produced by Typhoon Graphics is set to premiere in October 2024.
The world, supported by the four gods known as the Four Evil, is in a critical situation due to the escape of two of them. In order to bring back the fleeing gods, the song officers known as Kashikan used "songs" and "dances" to confine the foreign gods in their own "sai" and carry them back. Kashikans came to arrest the fugitive gods and restore stability to the country. Ichiyo goes into action to reclaim the evil gods and return to his peaceful life. He, who was said to be a dropout because of his incredible tone-deafness, is also traveling around the country. Are there gods in Japan? That's what Ichiyo and Tenko are trying to find out. Capturing gods and bringing them home to their land is actually their job. While they are in modern Japan, they face all kinds of adventures. Will Ichiyo and Tenko be able to find gods in Japan or have they all disappeared?
Written and illustrated by Shinobu Takayama, Haigakura initially began serialization in Ichijinsha's shōjo manga magazine Comic Zero Sum WARD on January 16, 2008.[lower-alpha 1] On May 16, 2015, the magazine ceased publication and Haigakura was later transferred to the Zero-Sum Online website.[11][12] Ichijinsha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 25, 2008.[13] As of August 24, 2023, sixteen volumes have been released.[13] Ichijinsha republished the first ten volumes of the series in bunkoban from February 29, 2024,[14] to June 28, 2024.[15]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | November 25, 2008[16] | 978-4-75-805382-2 |
2 | October 24, 2009[17] | 978-4-75-805449-2 |
3 | August 25, 2010[18] | 978-4-75-805536-9 |
4 | May 25, 2011[19][20] | 978-4-75-805593-2 978-4-75-805594-9 (SE) |
5 | March 24, 2012[21] | 978-4-75-805693-9 |
6 | January 25, 2013[22][23] | 978-4-75-805778-3 978-4-75-805779-0 (SE) |
7 | February 25, 2014[24][25] | 978-4-75-805877-3 978-4-75-805878-0 (SE) |
8 | February 25, 2015[26][27] | 978-4-75-805994-7 978-4-75-805995-4 (SE) |
9 | March 25, 2016[28][29] | 978-4-75-803168-4 978-4-75-803169-1 (SE) |
10 | February 25, 2017[30][31] | 978-4-75-803258-2 978-4-75-803259-9 (SE) |
11 | June 25, 2018[32][33] | 978-4-75-803358-9 978-4-75-803359-6 (SE) |
12 | June 25, 2019[34][35] | 978-4-75-803445-6 978-4-75-803446-3 (SE) |
13 | July 27, 2020[36][37] | 978-4-75-803532-3 978-4-75-803533-0 (SE) |
14 | June 24, 2021[38][39] | 978-4-75-803616-0 978-4-75-803617-7 (SE) |
15 | June 23, 2022[40][41] | 978-4-75-803751-8 978-4-75-803752-5 (SE) |
16 | August 24, 2023[13][42] | 978-4-75-803916-1 978-4-75-803917-8 (SE) |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 24, 2023.[43][1] The series is produced by Typhoon Graphics and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with Yū Murai handling series composition, Masaki Satō designing the characters, and Yuki Kurihara composing the music.[44] It is set to premiere in October 2024, on Tokyo MX and other channels.[45] The opening theme song is "Chaser" performed by Madkid, while the ending theme song is "Phoenix" performed by Hikaru Makishima.[46]
By August 2023, the manga had over 1.3 million copies in circulation.[47][43]