| Black God | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Black_God_cover.jpg) Cover of the first English volume of kuro as released by Yen Press | |
| 黒神 (Kuro Kami) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Lim Dall-young |
| Illustrated by | Park Sung-woo |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 2005 – August 2012 |
| Volumes | 19 |
| Anime television series | |
| Kurokami: The Animation | |
| Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Tomohisa Ishikawa |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | January 8, 2009 – June 18, 2009 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Black God (Japanese: 黒神, Hepburn: Kuro Kami) is a Japanese-Korean manga series written by Dall-Young Lim and illustrated by Park Sung-woo. Square Enix published the manga in Japan's bi-monthly seinen magazine Young Gangan. The story is initially set in modern-day Tokyo, then changes to the island of Okinawa in the middle of the story. The word "Black" in the title refers to the character Kuro (黒), as it means black in Japanese. "God" in the title refers to the fact that Kuro is a superhuman, or "Tera Guardian". In France and other French-speaking countries and territories, the manga goes under the name Kurokami: Black God.
The manga is created entirely by a Korean manhwa team led by both Lim and Park. They would occasionally make fun of the fact that none of them were fluent in Japanese in omake segments drawn at the end of each manga volume.[1]
Black God was among four manga titles licensed by Yen Press along with Zombie-Loan, Alice on Deadlines and Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning[2] when it was announced by their panel at the 2007 New York Comic Convention.[3] Nineteen volumes have been released in North America.
It has been adapted into an anime animated by Sunrise, and first aired in Japan and in the United States on January 8, 2009, while South Korea aired it on January 9, 2009.[4]
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- ^ "Yen Press to Launch with New Chmakova; Licensed Manga". Publishers Weekly. 2007-02-24. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ Yen Press (2008-12-30). "Yen Press New Releases, Yen Press". Yen Press. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Kurokami the Animation to Be Broadcast Simultaneously in Japan, U.S., and Korea". Anime News Network. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2008-12-14.