Hero Tales

Hero Tales
First tankōbon volume cover
獣神演武
(Jūshin Enbu)
Genre
Manga
Written byHuang Jin Zhou
Illustrated byHiromu Arakawa
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
Magazine
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 21, 2006August 12, 2010
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byOsamu Sekita
Produced by
  • Fukashi Azuma
  • Shinsaku Tanaka
  • Muneyuki Kanbe
Written byMayori Sekijima
Music byTamiya Terashima
StudioStudio Flag
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 7, 2007 March 30, 2008
Episodes26

Hero Tales (Japanese: 獣神演武, Hepburn: Jūshin Enbu) is a Japanese manga and anime series created by Huang Jin Zhou, a unit composed of Hiromu Arakawa, Genco, and Studio Flag. The manga series, illustrated by Arakawa, was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Powered (2006–2009) and Monthly Shōnen Gangan (2009–2010), with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. The 26-episode anime television series, produced by Studio Flag, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from 2007 to 2008. The series' setting is rooted in Chinese folklore and history, as well as having an element of fantasy.

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