Keiji (manga)

Keiji
Cover of the first volume of the Jump Comics edition
花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-
(Hana no Keiji -Kumo no Kanata ni-)
Manga
Written by Tetsuo Hara
Published by Shueisha
English publisher Gutsoon! Entertainment
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run March 1990 – August 1993
Volumes 18
Game
Developer TOSE
Publisher Yojigen
Genre Fighting
Platform Super Famicom
Released November 18, 1994
Manga
Naoe Kanetsugu
Written by Tetsuo Hara (vol. 1—9)
Nobuhiko Horie (vol. 10—present)
Illustrated by Yuji Takemura (vol. 1—19)
Masato Deguchi (vol. 20—present)
Published by Shinchosha (2008—2010)
Tokuma Shoten (2010—present)
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Comic Bunch (2008—2010)
Monthly Comic Zenon (2010—present)
Original run November 7, 2008 – present
Volumes 31
Anime television series
Kanetsugu & Keiji
Directed by Bob Shirahata
Produced by Naoki Miya
Written by Yasuhiro Imagawa
Music by Kazsin
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by North Stars Pictures
Original network TV Tokyo
Original run July 2, 2013 – December 17, 2013
Episodes 25

Keiji (花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-, Hana no Keiji -Kumo no Kanata ni-, lit. "The Flowery Keiji: At the Other Side of the Clouds") is a period manga authored by Tetsuo Hara, which was serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1990 to 1993. It is an adaptation of the novel Ichi-Mu-An Fūryūki (一夢庵風流記) by Keiichiro Ryu and serves as a fictionalized account of the life of Keiji Maeda. Hana no Keiji is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with over 17 million copies sold.[1]

Main characters

Maeda Keiji (前田 慶次)
A tall military commander who is said to be the best "kabukimono" on Earth. Although the son of Takigawa Kazumasu, he was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, Toshiie's older brother. Despite this, Toshiie dislikes him. A free-spirited warrior who lives by his own will. His beloved horse is named Matsukaze (松風).
Sutemaru (捨丸)
A pint-sized shinobi who formerly served Yotsui Shume. Even though his younger brother was trampled to death by Keiji and his horse Matsukaze, he becomes fascinated with Keiji to the point of infatuation and becomes his follower.
Iwabei (岩兵衛)
A character original to the manga. A resident from the Village of Seven Faces who has the face of an oni. He fought against Keiji at first in order to rescue his adoptive daughter Ofū, but comes to admire Keiji's character and eventually becomes one of his followers. He possesses enormous strength, as well as the ability to read minds.
Ofū (おふう)
Matsu (まつ)
Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家)

Publication

Hana no Keiji was originally published as a one-shot manga published in issue 50 of 1989 of the Weekly Shōnen Jump. The serialized version was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump as well from issue 13 of 1990 to issue 33 of 1993. 18 tankōbon editions were published under the Jump Comics imprint. The series was republished in a 10-volume bunkokan edition by Shueisha and a 15-volume kanzenban edition by Tokuma Shoten from 2004 to 2005.

An English version of the manga was serialized in the short-lived anthology Raijin Comics published by the now-defunct Gutsoon! Entertainment, where the first 26 chapters were printed, although no collected volumes were published. Solicitations were released for the first two unpublished collected volumes under the Raijin Graphic Novels imprint.

  • Shueisha released an audiobook version of Hana no Keiji on December 1993. The audiobook stars Akio Ōtsuka as the voice of Keiji Maeda.
  • A Hana no Keiji video game was developed by TOSE and published by Yojigen for the Super Famicom on November 18, 1994. It is a competitive weapon-based fighting game which adapts the storyline of the manga from the beginning and up until the Fūma Kotarō arc.

After the conclusion of Keiji, Tetsuo Hara adapted another of Keiichiro Ryu's novels titled Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu, centering on Tokugawa Ieyasu's body double. It was followed by a spinoff titled Sakon, centering on Sakon Shima. In 2008, a Keiji spinoff titled Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu, written by Tetsuo Hara and Nobuhiko Horie and illustrated by Yuji Takemura, began to be serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch.[2] The latter title has been adapted into an anime television series aired first on July 2, 2013, entitled Gifū Dōdō!! Kanetsugu to Keiji, and streaming on Crunchyroll.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data". Comipress. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-10-17/tetsuo-hara-to-launch-keiji-spinoff-naoe-kanetsugu
  3. ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/gifu-dodo-kanetsugu-and-keiji/episode-1-kanetsugu-and-keiji-628203
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