Hoshin Engi

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Hoshin Engi
Original title 封神 演義
transcription Hōshin Engi
genre Fantasy , Shons
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Ryu Fujisaki
publishing company Shueisha
magazine Shūkan Shōnen Jump
First publication 1996-2000
expenditure 23
Anime television series
title Soul Hunter - On behalf of the immortals
Original title 仙界 伝 封神 演義
transcription Senkaiden Hōshin Engi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1999
Studio Studio Deen
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26th
Director Junji Nishimura
music Ryō Sakai
First broadcast July 3, 1999 on TV Tokyo
German-language
first broadcast		 October 7, 2001 on Junior (Pay TV)
Anime television series
title Hakyu ​​Hoshin Engi
Original title 覇 穹 封神 演義
transcription Hakyū Hōshin Engi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2018
Studio C-station
length 25 minutes
Episodes 23
Director Masahiro Aizawa
music Maiko Iuchi
First broadcast January 12th - June 29th 2018 on Tokyo MX

First publication in German		 January 12, 2018 on Crunchyroll
synchronization

Hoshin Engi ( Japanese 封神演義 , Hōshin Engi ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Ryū Fujisaki , which was also implemented as an anime series. It is loosely based on the Chinese novel of the Ming Dynasty Fengshen Yanyi , with hōshin engi being the Japanese reading of the Chinese title.

action

The story takes place 3000 years ago in China in a world of Sennin (god-like sorcerers, from Chinese xianren ), Doshi (students of the Sennin) and mortals. Taikobo (Chinese: Taigong Wang ) is supposed to seal 365 Sendo (evil sorcerers) in the Hoshin in order to complete his training as a Sennin , including Dakki (Chinese: Daji ), which is the root of all evil in the realm of the Yin Dynasty . She has bewitched Emperor Chu (Chinese Zhou ) so that he no longer has a will of his own. So Dakki got the power over the country and lives out her cruelty and her desire for luxury. The people of the country and the residents of the neighboring countries whom she ambushed and executed for their entertainment suffer from her.

So Taikobo sets out with his Reji ( flying being ) Supushan to capture the souls and defeat Dakki. His power, like that of other wizards, is determined by his paopei, a magical object that gives him special abilities. With his paopei "slayer of gods" Taikobo can influence the magic of other wizards. So he succeeds first in defeating one of the subordinates of Dakki and sealing his soul. He can also defeat Dakki's big sister in battle and tries to move in with her as a hostage in the emperor's palace as a musician. Dakki lets him go first to protect her sister. But she can finally bring Supushan under her spell and so defeat Taikobo. He only escapes death with the help of the Supreme General, who is also suffering from Dakki's rule. The mighty Sennin Shinkohyo, who was previously at Dakki's side, saves Taikobo even Supushan.

Now Taikobo wants to look for allies before he faces Dakki again. On his journey he meets Nataku, who was born a paopei and artificial human. His father cast him out and after his death destroyed his grave. Now after his rebirth by the Sennin Taiitsu, Nataku wants to kill his father. Taikobo can resolve the conflict with his skills in dealing with other people and make it clear to Nataku that he loves his parents. Taiitsu then takes him into the world of the Sennin for training so that Nataku can fight with Taikobo in the future. After another journey, Taibobo meets the Doshi Yozen, who can transform himself as desired and is famous for his magic arts. He was sent by Taikobo's master to help him. But first, Yozen gives him three tasks that Taikobo can solve. The surprised Yozen retires after his defeat for further training, but wants to help Taikobo in the future.

Publications

Manga

Hoshin Engi appeared 1996-2000 in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump in Shueisha . The series was also published summarized in 23 volumes. A new edition was published between 2005 and 2006, Hōshin Engi Kanzenban , in A5 format in 18 volumes, and in 2016 and 2017 another in the more compact A6 format with 12 volumes. From 2003 to 2007 it was published in full by Egmont Manga & Anime in Germany . An English translation was published by Viz Media , a French and a Dutch by Glénat and a Chinese by Tong Li Publishing .

Anime

The 26-part anime series Senkaiden Hōshin Engi ( 仙界 伝 封神 演義 ), freely based on the manga template, ran from July 3 to December 25, 1999 on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo .

In Germany, the series was first broadcast on Premiere World (Junior) on October 7, 2001 under the name Soul Hunter - On behalf of the Immortals , with German synchronization. Anime Virtual released the TV series in Germany on VHS and DVD as the original German subtitled version.

A remake of the manga template was announced in July 2017. Hakyū Hōshin Engi ( 覇 穹 封神 演義 ) was animated by C-station directed. The 23 episodes ran from January 12 to June 29, 2018 on Tokyo MX , and on the following day on Sun TV , KBS Kyōto , BS11 and AT-X . Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide except Asia as a simulcast including German subtitles.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
1999 2018
Taikobo Hiro Yūki Kensho Ono Ozan Unal
Supushan Yōichi Masukawa Takahiro Sakurai Hans Hohlbein
Dakki Yumi Kakazu Yōko Hikasa Dascha Lehmann
Nataku Kōki Miyata Makoto Furukawa Hannes Maurer
Emperor Chu Takehito Koyasu Daisuke Namikawa Marius Clarén

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hoshin Engi (Soul Hunter) - New anime series announced. AnimeNachrichten.de, July 31, 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Joseph Luster: Crunchyroll Lines Up Details for "HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI" Anime. In: Crunchyroll. January 12, 2018, accessed July 14, 2018 .