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BakéGyamon - Wikipedia

BakéGyamon (妖逆もん, Bakegyamon) is a Japanese manga and anime series, with its concept created by Kazuhiro Fujita. The manga series, written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura [ja], was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2006 to April 2007, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media published it in English in 2009.

BakéGyamon
Cover of the fifth manga volume
妖逆もん
(Bakegyamon)
GenreAdventure,[1] fantasy[2]
Created byKazuhiro Fujita
Manga
Written byMitsuhisa Tamura [ja]
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 15, 2006April 4, 2007
Volumes5 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Negishi
Written byKazuho Hyodo
Music byKazunori Miyake
StudioRadix Ace Entertainment
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 3, 2006 March 26, 2007
Episodes51

The 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to March 2007. It was the last series to be produced by the company right before it was defunct.

Plot

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Sanshiro Tamon's chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger named Fue invites him to play a game. Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakéGyamon, a game pitting monsters against monsters. Along the way he meets other players who have a particular reason for being there; to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner.

Media

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Manga

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BakéGyamon's concept was created by Kazuhiro Fujita and the manga was written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 15, 2006 to April 4, 2007.[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from June 16, 2006 to May 18, 2007.[5][6]

In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media in 2008, and published it as BakéGyamon: Backwards Game.[7] The five volumes were released from March 3 to December 1, 2009.[8][9]

Chuang Yi published the manga in English in Singapore.[10] In France Sakka published the manga.[11]

Volume list

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 June 16, 2006[5]978-4-09-120440-0March 3, 2009[8]978-1-4215-1793-3
2 September 15, 2006[12]978-4-09-120627-5May 5, 2009[13]978-1-4215-1794-0
3 December 16, 2006[14]978-4-09-120705-0August 4, 2009[15]978-1-4215-1795-7
4 February 16, 2007[16]978-4-09-121018-0October 6, 2009[17]978-1-4215-1882-4
5 May 18, 2007[6]978-4-09-121069-2December 1, 2009[9]978-1-4215-2171-8

Anime

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A 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2006 to March 26, 2007.[18][19]

Video game

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A Nintendo DS 3D fighting game was published by Takara Tomy on March 1, 2007 in Japan.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "The Official Website for BakéGyamon". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ 妖逆もんはなし. Sunday Web Every (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ 週刊しゅうかん少年しょうねんサンデー 2006ねん 表示ひょうじごうすう13. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  4. ^ 週刊しゅうかん少年しょうねんサンデー 2007ねん 表示ひょうじごうすう16. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b 妖逆もん / 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. ^ a b 妖逆もん / 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (July 25, 2008). "Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's Dogs, Mase's Ikigami Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "BakéGyamon, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "BakéGyamon, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  10. ^ National Library Board, Singapore. "Bakegyamon. 2 / story & art by Tamura Mitsuhisa ; original concept, Fujita Kazuhiro". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Sakka official page". Sakka. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  12. ^ 妖逆もん / 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "BakéGyamon, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  14. ^ 妖逆もん / 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "BakéGyamon, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  16. ^ 妖逆もん / 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "BakéGyamon, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  18. ^ 妖逆もんだい1だい13 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  19. ^ だい40最終さいしゅうばなし (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  20. ^ 妖逆もん アヤカシ・ファイティング (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved January 5, 2019.

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