Kamui (1964 manga)
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Kamui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
カムイ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre | Action, historical[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kamui Den | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by | Sanpei Shirato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published by | Seirindo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English publisher | Former: Viz Communications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magazine | Garo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demographic | Seinen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original run | December 1964 – July 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volumes | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kamui (Japanese: カムイ
Plot[edit]
Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his intelligence and great abilities to survive. In the course of the series, Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui then started to believe that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across.
Publication[edit]
The original series, Kamui Den (カムイ
In 1987, two volumes of the second Kamui Gaiden series became one of the first manga titles to be published in the United States (by Eclipse Comics and Viz Comics), as The Legend of Kamui. The Viz edition featured lettering and retouching by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.
The original 1964 series is licensed in English by Drawn & Quarterly.[4]
Adaptations[edit]
The manga was adapted into an anime series The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja (1969) and a live-action film Kamui Gaiden (2009) (based on the first and second Kamui Gaiden series, respectively).
The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja (
References[edit]
- ^ Ruh, Brian (October 26, 2010). "Cartoon Culture Shock - Brain Diving". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "
週刊 少年 サンデー カムイ外伝 (白土 三平 赤目 プロ作品 )" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019. - ^ Trailer of "Kamui Gaiden", live-action film adaption of the Ninja Manga Classic - GIGAZINE
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (November 22, 2023). "Drawn & Quarterly Licenses Sanpei Shirato's The Legend of Kamuy Manga for 1st English Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "ズイヨー (c ZUIYO) 《
旧 ・瑞 鷹 エンタープライズ》作品 (ハイジetc)解説 ". www.mmjp.or.jp. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
External links[edit]
- The Legend of Kamui (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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- 1969 anime television series debuts
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