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Shigurui (Japanese: シグルイ, "Death Frenzy") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi. It was first serialized in Akita Shoten's seinen manga magazine Champion Red from 2003 to 2006, and later in Champion Red Ichigo from 2007 to 2010; its chapters were collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes. It is based on the first chapter of the novel Suruga-jō Gozen Jiai by Norio Nanjō. An anime television adaptation, aired on Wowow from July to October 2007. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, written by Seishi Minakami, and produced by Madhouse.
Shigurui | |
シグルイ | |
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Written by | Takayuki Yamaguchi |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 2003 – September 2010 |
Volumes | 15 |
Anime television series | |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy | |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Seishi Minakami |
Music by | Kiyoshi Yoshida |
Studio | Madhouse |
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Original network | Wowow |
Original run | July 19, 2007 – October 12, 2007 |
Episodes | 12 |
The anime was licensed in North America by Funimation under the fully translated title Shigurui: Death Frenzy. The licensing was announced in May 2008 and the full series was released in March 2009, on Blu-ray and DVD. The manga and anime are both known for their graphic violence and sexual content.
The story begins in 1629 Shizuoka during Tokugawa Tadanaga's rule. The daimyō staged a tournament where the participants fought with real steel Japanese swords rather than bokken ("wooden sword"), against his vassals' strong objection. The story revolves around the first match between the one-armed swordsman Fujiki Gennosuke and the blind samurai Irako Seigen and deals with the circumstances that led the two to participate in Tokugawa's tournament.
The series was adapted into a 12-episode anime series based on the first 32 chapters (or the initial six and a half volumes) by Madhouse and broadcast on Wowow from July 19 to October 12, 2007. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and written by Seishi Minakami.[1] Funimation licensed the series for release in North America.[2] The series was later added to iTunes.[3]
Shigurui was nominated for the 15th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011.[4] The series ranked fifth and fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2007 and 2008 for male readers.[5]
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