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Shutendoji (manga)
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, also written Shutendouji or Shuten Doji and also known as Legend of Shutendoji, is a science fantasy
Japanese manga
series created by Go Nagai
which combines elements from Japanese folklore
with science fiction
. An OVA series was released beginning in 1989 and ending in 1991, for a total of 4 episodes.
In 2002, a remake/sequel titled started being published in the magazine Champion Red
, being one of the series that were released in the first issue of the magazine.
magazine Princess, published by Akita Shoten
. While this manga has some similarities, it is a completely different story, as well as being a Shōjo manga instead of Shōnen. It would later be renamed as Jashin Senki (邪神戦記) or Princess Han Shutendoji (プリンセス版手天童子).
by Kodansha
.
The manga was originally compiled in 9 volumes, and would later be re-published several times.
Besides the printed volumes, the manga has also been published in 10 ebook format volumes by ebookjapan. The series has also been published in some compilations of other Nagai's manga.
published the full series in Italy from 2004 to 2005.
and was released in 6 volumes from 1986 to 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten
.
The second one was written by Fusamichi Kitamura and published in two volumes published in 1987 by JICC under the label Adventure Novels.
and later on laserdisc
, both times by Nippon Columbia.
They were re-released in DVD format also by Columbia in 2001.
They were also released in Italy by Granata Press and in Latin America
on TV by Locomotion
.
Source(s)
for the NEC PC-9801 was released by the Japanese company Enix
in .
shōnen magazine Champion Red
. While it has a similar setting, the story is different from the original series.
Science fantasy
Science fantasy is a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy. Although in some terms of its portrayal in recent media products it can be defined as instead of being a mixed genre of science fiction and fantasy it is instead a mixing of the...
Japanese manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series created by Go Nagai
Go Nagai
, better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...
which combines elements from Japanese folklore
Japanese folklore
The folklore of Japan is heavily influenced by both Shinto and Buddhism, the two primary religions in the country. It often involves humorous or bizarre characters and situations and also includes an assortment of supernatural beings, such as bodhisattva, kami , yōkai , yūrei ,...
with science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. An OVA series was released beginning in 1989 and ending in 1991, for a total of 4 episodes.
In 2002, a remake/sequel titled started being published in the magazine Champion Red
Champion Red
is a monthly Japanese shōnen manga magazine published on the 19th each month by Akita Shoten since . is a special edition of Champion Red.-Current serializations:*Chaotic Rune Es*Domina No Do!*Desperado*Franken Fran...
, being one of the series that were released in the first issue of the magazine.
Prototype
Before starting serialization, Nagai created a 57-page oneshot titled Shutendoji, published in the issue of in the ShōjoShojo
The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
magazine Princess, published by Akita Shoten
Akita Shoten
is a Japanese publishing company established on August 10, 1948 in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its main editorial target has always been teenagers , and it currently publishes mostly manga...
. While this manga has some similarities, it is a completely different story, as well as being a Shōjo manga instead of Shōnen. It would later be renamed as Jashin Senki (邪神戦記) or Princess Han Shutendoji (プリンセス版手天童子).
Original serialization
Shutendoji started being published as a serialized series from to in the magazine Weekly Shōnen MagazineWeekly Shonen Magazine
, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
by Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
.
The manga was originally compiled in 9 volumes, and would later be re-published several times.
- Kodansha (KC Magazine, 1977–1978)
Japanese release date Vol. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- Kodansha (KC Special, 1985)
Japanese release date Vol. ISBN 1 2 3 4 5
- Kodansha (Goka Aizoban, 1988–1989)
Japanese release date Vol. ISBN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Fusosha (Fusosha Bunko, 1996–1997)
Japanese release date Vol. ISBN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Fusosha (Legend of Shutendoji, 1998)
Japanese release date Vol. ISBN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Kodansha (Kodansha Manga Bunko, 2001)
Japanese release date Vol. ISBN 1 2 3 4
Besides the printed volumes, the manga has also been published in 10 ebook format volumes by ebookjapan. The series has also been published in some compilations of other Nagai's manga.
Publications outside of Japan
d/visualD/visual
d/visual incorporated d/visual incorporated d/visual incorporated (株式会社ディー・ビジュアル） is a Japanese publisher of manga books and anime home video.It was established in October 2002 by Federico Colpi and Kazuhiko Murata....
published the full series in Italy from 2004 to 2005.
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Novels
Two series of novels based on the manga were released during the 1980s. The first one was written by Yasutaka NagaiYasutaka Nagai
, bettern known by the pen name , is a Japanese novelist, manga author and scenario writer. He is one of the four brothers of manga artist Go Nagai.In 1969 he was a candidate for the Ranpo Edogawa prize for his novel Baptism of Blood , being Seiichi Morimura the winner of that year, but he...
and was released in 6 volumes from 1986 to 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
.
- Kadokawa Shoten (Kadokawa Novels)
Release date Vol. Subtitle Pages ISBN 1 218 2 204 3 188 4 194 5 198 6 201
The second one was written by Fusamichi Kitamura and published in two volumes published in 1987 by JICC under the label Adventure Novels.
- JICC (Adventure Novels)
Release date Vol. Pages ISBN 1 282 2 250
OVAs
The manga was adapted into 4 OVAs released from 1989 to 1991. The OVAs were originally released on VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and later on laserdisc
Laserdisc
LaserDisc was a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. Initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision in North America in 1978, the technology was previously referred to interally as Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical...
, both times by Nippon Columbia.
| # | Title | Length | Director | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
They were re-released in DVD format also by Columbia in 2001.
Releases outside of Japan
The OVAs were released in the US by ADV Films in VHS (4 tapes) and later on DVD (2 discs).They were also released in Italy by Granata Press and in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
on TV by Locomotion
Locomotion (TV channel)
Sony Spin is a Latin American cable television channel, launched on May 1, 2011, replacing the local version of Animax.-History:Animax, being Sony's first attempt to offer a 24-hour anime channel in Latin America, it was planned to broadcast the series in two formats...
.
Staff and production notes
- Distributor: Nippon Columbia
- Original work / organization: Go Nagai
- Planning work: Dynamic PlanningDynamic Planningis a licensing company owned by manga artist Go Nagai. It was established in 1974 as a sister company of Dynamic Productions.Dynamic Planning is credited in all of Go Nagai's animated works since 1974 as the "planner" and/or "producer"....
- Director: Junji NishimuraJunji Nishimurais a male Japanese animation director and producer from Yobuko, Saga, Japan, though currently resides in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production...
(1, 2), Jun KawagoeJun KawagoeJun Kawagoe is a Japanese anime director. He's known for directing anime based on the works of Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa and once, Shotaro Ishinomori.- Works :* Getter Robo Armageddon 1998 episode 4-13...
(3), Masatomo Sudo (4) - Scenario: Masashi Sogo
- Work supervision: Hideyuki Motohashi (1, 2)
- Animation supervisor: Satoshi HirayamaSatoshi HirayamaSatoshi "Fibber" Hirayama is a Japanese-American baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. Hirayama was an All-Star twice in Japan....
(3, 4), Masatomo Sudo (4) - Character design: Satoshi Hirayama (3, 4)
- Mecha design: Masahiko Okura (3, 4)
- Art director: Masazumi Matsumiya (1, 2), Masuo Nakayama (3, 4)
- Director of photography: Tadashi Hosono (1, 2, 3), Akihiko Takahashi (4)
- Sound director: Akira Yamazaki
- Music: Fumitaka Anzai
- Animation work: Studio Signal
- Production: Nippon Columbia
- Cast: Ryo HorikawaRyo Horikawais a Japanese voice actor. He is married to fellow Japanese voice actress Hitomi Oikawa, whose birth name is also . His former stage name is also Ryo Horikawa, which has his given name, Makoto, pronounced as Ryo.-Career:...
(Jiro Shutendo), Sumi ShimamotoSumi Shimamoto, real name , is a veteran Japanese voice actress born on December 8, 1954, in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe...
(Miyuki Shiratori), Michihiro IkemizuMichihiro Ikemizuis a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture and a graduate of Waseda University who works for Aoni Production.Among his other roles, he has performed the characters Onsen-Mark , Isao Ohta and Kinnikuman Super Phoenix .-TV anime:*Ashita no Joe 2 *Attacker You!...
(Ryuichiro Shiba), Sanae TakagiSanae Takagiis a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is married to voice actor Naoki Tatsuta.-Major roles:*Tsukino Ikuko, Grape , and Hell Ant in Sailor Moon*Bibimba in Kinnikuman Nisei*Chiyo in Mobile Suit Gundam*Jane in Akage no An...
(Kyoko Shiba), Rei SakumaRei Sakumais a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series Soreike! Anpanman; her most famous role in the English-speaking world, however, is probably as the Chinese Amazon Shampoo in Ranma ½.-Notable voice roles:*Akabon...
(Tanemura), Hiroya IshimaruHiroya Ishimaruis a Japanese voice actor most famous for performing the role of Kouji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels. He also gave voice to Tutty from Bosco Adventure and recently voiced Ultraman Taro in Ultraman Story, Ultraman Mebius, and Ultraman Mebius and Ultra Brothers He is also the...
(Kitani), Tessho GendaTessho Gendais a Japanese voice actor. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda."...
(Goki), Daisuke GoriDaisuke Goriwas a Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor from Kōtō, Tokyo. Throughout his life, he was attached to TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Promotion; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was...
(Senki), Osamu Kobayashi (Yonen Majari), Shigeru Sakahara (Yusuke), Yoko Matsuoka (Rickey), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Naojiro), Kiyoshi Kawakubo (Oyama), Akio Otsuka (Iron Kaiser), Rihoko Yoshida (Captain Persis), Ryusei Nakao (Major Gill), Sakiko Tamagawa (Sonia), Chikao Otsuka (Oniryu), Koji Yada (Ishi)
Source(s)
Video game
Along with the OVAs, a Role-playing gameRole-playing game (video games)
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
for the NEC PC-9801 was released by the Japanese company Enix
Enix
The was a Japanese company that produced video games, anime and manga. The company was founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22, 1975 as and renamed Enix in 1982...
in .
Gomaden Shutendoji
is a manga created by Go Nagai and Masato Natsumoto, which was originally published from (cover date ) to (cover date ) in Akita ShotenAkita Shoten
is a Japanese publishing company established on August 10, 1948 in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its main editorial target has always been teenagers , and it currently publishes mostly manga...
shōnen magazine Champion Red
Champion Red
is a monthly Japanese shōnen manga magazine published on the 19th each month by Akita Shoten since . is a special edition of Champion Red.-Current serializations:*Chaotic Rune Es*Domina No Do!*Desperado*Franken Fran...
. While it has a similar setting, the story is different from the original series.
External links
- Shutendouji at The World of Go Nagai webpage.