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キングダム (Kingudamu) | |
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Written by | Yasuhisa Hara |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | January 26, 2006 – present |
Volumes | 72 |
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Licensed by | Crunchyroll
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Original network | NHK BS Premium, NHK General TV |
Original run | June 4, 2012 – March 31, 2024 |
Episodes | 142 |
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Kingdom | |
Directed by | Shinsuke Sato |
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Music by | Yutaka Yamada |
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Released | April 19, 2019 |
Runtime | 134 minutes |
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Kingdom II: To Far Lands | |
Directed by | Shinsuke Sato |
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Music by | Yutaka Yamada |
Studio | Credeus |
Released | July 15, 2022 |
Runtime | 134 minutes |
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Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny | |
Directed by | Shinsuke Sato |
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Music by | Yutaka Yamada |
Studio | Credeus |
Released | July 28, 2023 |
Runtime | 129 minutes |
Kingdom (Japanese: キングダム, Hepburn: Kingudamu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since January 2006, with its chapters collected in 72 tankōbon volumes as of May 2024. Kingdom provides a fictionalized account of the Warring States period primarily through the experiences of the war orphan Xin and his comrades as he fights to become the greatest general under the heavens, and in doing so, unifying China for the first time in 500 years.
The series was adapted into a five-season anime television series by studio Pierrot. The first 38-episode season aired from June 2012 to February 2013; a second 39-episode season aired from June 2013 to March 2014; a third 26-episode season by Studio Signpost and Pierrot aired from April 2020 to October 2021; a fourth 26-episode season aired from April to October 2022; a fifth 13-episode season aired from January to March 2024. A live-action film was released in April 2019; a sequel film premiered in July 2022; a third film premiered in July 2023. The anime has been licensed for English-language release by Crunchyroll.
By November 2023, the Kingdom manga had over 100 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2013, the manga won the Grand Prize of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Yasuhisa Hara's 2006 historical Chinese epic manga Kingdom has been getting a lot of press lately.
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