Saki (manga)

Saki
Original title	咲 -Saki-
genre	Mahjong
Manga
country	Japan Japan
author	Ritz Kobayashi
publishing company	Square Enix
magazine	Young Gangan
First publication	February 3, 2006 - ...
expenditure	17th
Manga
title	Saki Biyori
Original title	咲日和
country	Japan Japan
author	Saya Miyoshi
publishing company	Square Enix
magazine	Young Gangan, Big Gangan
First publication	June 17, 2011 - ...
expenditure	5
Manga
title	Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A
Original title	咲 -Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
country	Japan Japan
author	Ritz Kobayashi
Illustrator	Aguri Igarashi
publishing company	Square Enix
magazine	Shōnen Gangan
First publication	August 12, 2011 - March 12, 2013
expenditure	6th
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2009
Studio	Gonzo , Picture Magic
length	25 minutes
Episodes	25th
Director	Manabu Ono
music	Takeshi Watanabe
First broadcast	April 6 - September 28, 2009 on TV Tokyo
Anime television series
title	Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
Year (s)	2012-2013
Studio	Studio Gokumi
length	25 minutes
Episodes	12 + 4
Director	Manabu Ono
music	Takeshi Watanabe
First broadcast	April 9, 2012 - May 25, 2013 on TV Tokyo (1–12), AT-X (13–16)
Anime television series
title	Saki: Zenkoku-hen
Original title	咲 -Saki- 全国編
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2014
Studio	Studio Gokumi
length	25 minutes
Episodes	13
Director	Manabu Ono
First broadcast	January 6th - April 7th 2014 on TV Tokyo, TV Aichi
synchronization

Saki ( Japanese 咲 -Saki- ) is a manga series written and illustrated by Ritz Kobayashi that was first published in June 2006 and is still ongoing. At the center of the plot is the high school student Saki Miyanaga, who has a great but undiscovered talent for the game of mah-jongg . In 2009 the manga was adapted as an anime television series by Gonzo and Picture Magic . Saki Biyori , a manga adaptation in Yonkoma format , has been published since June 2011 . A spin-off manga titled Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A started in August 2011, and a subsequent anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi was broadcast in 2012. From January 2014 the third series Saki: Zenkoku-hen will be broadcast. According to the main theme, the work can be classified in the Mah-Jongg genre .

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The student Saki Miyanaga, who has just switched to the Kiyosumi high school , is confronted with the game of mah-jongg at school. But she doesn't like this at all, because when she played it with her family, regardless of whether she won or lost, she always suffered from the result: if she won, the family members were angry with her, and if she lost, got they don't have a sweet reward. As a result, she developed the ability to always finish the game with a zero balance so that she neither wins nor loses. Her friend Kyōtarō can still convince her to join the school-based mahjong club. When club members see their ability, they persuade them to use their skills to win games too. Through Saki, the club can take part in the district championships with the aim of reaching the national competitions.

Origin and publications

The manga written and illustrated by Ritz Kobayashi has been published since February 3, 2006 (issue 4/2006) of Seinen's magazine Young Gangan , which is published by Square Enix every two weeks. The individual chapters were later combined into tankōbon editions, of which 17 volumes have so far appeared:

Volume 01, December 25, 2006, ISBN 978-4-7575-1782-0
Volume 02, May 25, 2007, ISBN 978-4-7575-2019-6
Volume 03, November 24, 2007, ISBN 978-4-7575-2164-3
Volume 04, June 25, 2008, ISBN 978-4-7575-2316-6
Volume 05, March 25, 2009, ISBN 978-4-7575-2517-7
Volume 06, July 25, 2009, ISBN 978-4-7575-2623-5
Volume 07, April 24, 2010, ISBN 978-4-7575-2859-8
Volume 08, June 25, 2011, ISBN 978-4-7575-3272-4
Volume 09, March 24, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3537-4
Volume 10, June 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3635-7
Volume 11, April 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-3934-1
Volume 12, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4182-5
Volume 13, September 25, 2014, ISBN 978-4-7575-4422-2
Volume 14, July 25, 2015, ISBN 978-4-7575-4490-1
Volume 15, March 25, 2016, ISBN 978-4-7575-4919-7
Volume 16, December 24, 2016, ISBN 978-4-7575-5193-0
Volume 17, November 25, 2017, ISBN 978-4-7575-5530-3

Parallel to the publications in Japan, the manga appeared as Tankōbon also in Taiwan , where the first seven volumes were published.

A Yonkoma implementation by Saya Kiyoshi with the title Saki Biyori ( 咲日和 ) ran from June 17, 2011 (13/2011 issue) to August 17, 2012 (17/2012 issue) in Young Gangan magazine and since 25. October 2011 (Vol. 01/2011) of the first issue of Big Gangan magazine . So far six edited volumes have been published:

Volume 1, March 24, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3538-1
Volume 2, August 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3708-8
Volume 3, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4183-2
Volume 4, July 25, 2015, ISBN 978-4-7575-4698-1
Volume 5, March 25, 2016, ISBN 978-4-7575-4938-8
Volume 6, March 25, 2016, ISBN 978-4-7575-4920-3

On June 25, 2011, a spin-off manga titled Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A ( 咲 -Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A ) was announced. The manga written by Ritz Kobayashi and drawn by Aguri Igarashi ran from August 12, 2011 (9/2011 issue) to March 12, 2013 (4/2013 issue) of the monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine . Six edited volumes were published by December 2013:

Volume 1, March 24, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3535-0
Volume 2, June 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3636-4
Volume 3, August 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3709-5
Volume 4, November 24, 2012, ISBN 978-4-7575-3809-2
Volume 5, April 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-3911-2
Volume 6, August 24, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4052-1

Another spin-off from Ritz Kobayashi and Aguri Igarashi called Shinohayu ( シノハユ ) has been published in Big Gangan since September 25, 2013 (issue 10/2013) . Up to December 2013 the chapters were summarized in an anthology:

Volume 1, December 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-7575-4184-9

Anime

Saki

The manga Saki was adapted as an anime television series in 2009 by the animation studio Gonzo . Directed by Manabu Ono assisted by Kenji Setō; Hiroki Matsumoto took over the artistic direction . With the 15th episode, the animation production switched from Gonzo to Picture Magic .

The 25-episode series premiered on TV Tokyo from April 6 to September 28, 2009 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) . Other channels such as AT-X , TV Aichi , TV Hokkaido , TV Osaka , TV Setouchi , TVQ Kyushu began broadcasting a few days or weeks apart.

Saki: Achiga-hen episode of side-A

On June 25, 2011, another anime adaptation for television was announced. It started after midnight on April 9, 2012 and follows the plot of the spin-off manga. The animation studio switched to Studio Gokumi , with the staff essentially unchanged. The first 12 episodes ran until July 2, 2012, first on TV Tokyo and then later on AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi, TV Osaka and TVQ Kyushu. The series was later expanded to include four more episodes on AT-X: episode 13 on December 24, 2012, episode 14 on January 29, episode 15 on April 2 and episode 16 on May 25, 2013.

Saki: Zenkoku-hen

A sequel to the television series was announced on October 28, 2012.

The 13 episodes premiered on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi from January 6 to April 7, 2014 after midnight, followed by TVQ Kyushu, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi and TV Hokkaido. At the same time, the series is streamed with English subtitles on Crunchyroll .