Samurai Deeper Kyo | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Mibu Kyoshiro (front) and Shiina Yuya (back) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Akimine Kamijyo |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 25, 1999 – May 10, 2006 |
Volumes | 38 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Junji Nishimura |
Written by | Shō Aikawa |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | July 2, 2002 – December 24, 2002 |
Episodes | 26 |
Video game | |
Publisher | Bandai |
Genre | Fighting |
Platform | PlayStation |
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Video game | |
Developer | Marvelous Entertainment |
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Genre | Action |
Platform | Game Boy Advance |
Released |
Samurai Deeper Kyo (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1999 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 38 tankōbon volumes. Set during the Edo period, the series follows Demon Eyes Kyo, a feared samurai seeking to regain his body after his soul is sealed inside the body of his rival, Mibu Kyoshiro. Kyo is joined in his search by the bounty-hunter Shiina Yuya, the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate Benitora; and Sanada Yukimura, a known rival of the Tokugawa. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop (vol. 1–34) and Del Rey Manga (vol. 35–38; released in two omnibus volumes).
A 26-episode anime television series produced by Studio Deen was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to December 2002. The series was licensed by Media Blasters and released on home video under its AnimeWorks label in 2003–04. It was broadcast in the United States on Encore Wam in 2006.