Kingdom (Manga)
| Kingdom | |
|---|---|
| Original title | キ ン グ ダ ム |
| transcription | Kingudamu |
 | |
| genre | Drama, action, adventure, his |
| Manga | |
| author | Yasuhisa Hara |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Shūkan Young Jump |
| First publication | January 2006 - ... |
| expenditure | 57 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2012-2014 |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 77 in 2 seasons |
| Director | Jun Kamiya , Akira Iwanaga |
| music | Minako Seki |
| First broadcast | June 4th, 2012 - March 2nd, 2014 on NHK BS Premium |
Kingdom ( Jap. キングダム , Kingudamu ) is a Japanese manga series of Yasuhisa Hara , which in since 2006 Shueisha His - manga magazine Weekly Young Jump appear. The series can be classified into the genres of drama, action and adventure and was also adapted as an anime television series.
By January 2017, a total of more than 28 million copies had been sold. In 2013, the manga won the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize in the general category.
content
The servant boy Xin ( 信 , Japanese Shin ) was born in China in the Age of Warring States and his great dream is to become king of the state of Qin ( 秦 , Shin ) as a military leader . The plot describes the war for the unification of China from the perspective of the protagonist and his closest friend Ying Zheng ( 嬴政 , Eisei ), who later becomes the first emperor in Qin ( 秦 , Shin ).
publication
The manga has been published in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha since May 2006 . The chapters have also been published in 51 anthologies ( Tankōbon ) so far . Volume 45 sold over 700,000 times in Japan in the first five weeks of its release. A Chinese translation is published by Ever Glory Publishing in Taiwan.
Anime adaptation
In 2012, Studio Pierrot produced an anime adaptation of the manga for television. The lead writer was Naruhisa Arakawa and directed by Jun Kamiya . Atsuo Tobe , Masatoshi Hakanda and Noriko Otake were employed as character designers and Junichi Higashi was the artistic director . The first 38 episodes were broadcast in Japan on June 4, 2012 by BS Premium and NHK . A second season by director Akira Iwanaga with 39 episodes was shown from June 8, 2013 to March 2, 2014.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice |
|---|---|
| Eisei | Jun Fukuyama |
| Ri Xin | Masakazu Morita |
| Piao | Aki Canada |
| Heliao Diao | Rie Kugimiya |
| Changwen-jun | Yutaka Nakano |
| Bi | Koji Yusa |
| Qiang Hui | Yōko Hikasa |
music
Minako Seki was the composer of the film music. The opening songs for both seasons are Pride by Nothing's Carved in Stone and Glory Days by D ☆ DATE. The credits were accompanied by the following songs:
- Voice of Soul by Takumi Ishida
- Destiny Sky by Yūki Wakai
- Never Ending by Dasoku
- 21 from The Sketchbook
- Exit from The Sketchbook
- Soko ni Kimi ga Aru ( そ こ に 君 が い る ) from The Sketchbook
Video games
In November 2010, Kingdom in Japan released a beat 'em up for the PlayStation Portable with the title Kingdom Ikki Tōsen No Tsurugi . The free-to-play game Kingdom: Seven Flags for mobile devices was released in 2016.
Web links
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry on the manga and its adaptations on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom Manga Has 28 Million Copies in Print. Anime News Network , January 19, 2017, accessed January 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, February 13-19. Anime News Network, accessed March 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Kingdom tankobon release dates. gamespot.com, accessed March 18, 2017 .
- ^ Sal Romano: Bandai Namco announces Kingdom: Seven Flags for smartphones. Gematsu, accessed March 18, 2017 .