Musashi no Ken

Musashi no Ken
Cover of the 24th volume of Musashi no Ken as published by Shogakukan
六三四の剣
GenreComing-of-age, sports[1]
Manga
Written byMotoka Murakami
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 8, 1981September 25, 1985
Volumes24
Anime television series
Directed byToshitaka Tsunoda
StudioEiken
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 18, 1985 September 26, 1986
Episodes72
Video game
Musashi no Ken – Tadaima Shugyō Chū
PublisherTaito
GenrePlatform
PlatformFamicom
ReleasedAugust 8, 1986
Video game
Typing Shinken Shoubu: Musashi no Ken
PublisherRacjin / Sunsoft
GenreTyping / Action
PlatformPlayStation 2
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2002[2]

Musashi no Ken (六三四の剣, lit.'Musashi's Sword') is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami that focuses on kendo. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday between April 1981 and October 1985.[3] Musashi no Ken received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga.[4]

The manga was adapted as a 72-episode anime television series by Eiken.

The manga was also adapted into a Famicom platform game called Musashi no Ken – Tadaima Shugyō Chū (六三四の剣 ただいま修行中, lit.'Sword of Musashi - Now in the Middle of Training'). The game was developed and published by Taito. It was released in Japan on August 8, 1986.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference musashi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ タイピング剣豪 六三四の剣(キーボード同梱版) (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DVD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  5. ^ "Musashi no Ken". GameFAQs. Retrieved March 27, 2009.

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