Master Keaton

Master Keaton
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Taichi Keaton
MASTERキートン
(Masutā Kīton)
Genre
Manga
Written by
Illustrated byNaoki Urasawa
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintBig Comics
MagazineBig Comic Original
DemographicSeinen
Original run19881994
Volumes18
Anime television series
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Produced by
Written byTatsuhiko Urahata
Music byKuniaki Haishima
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkNippon TV
Original run Season 1
October 6, 1998 –
March 30, 1999
Season 2 (direct-to-video)
June 21, 1999
June 21, 2000
Episodes39 (List of episodes)
Manga
Master Keaton Remaster
Written byTakashi Nagasaki
Illustrated byNaoki Urasawa
Published byShogakukan
Imprint
  • Big Comics (regular edition)
  • Big Comics Special (deluxe edition)
MagazineBig Comic Original
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 19, 2012August 20, 2014
Volumes1
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Master Keaton (Japanese: MASTERキートン, Hepburn: Masutā Kīton) is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa, and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in Big Comic Original from 1988 to 1994, with its 144 chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release.

An anime adaptation was created by Madhouse, with 24 episodes airing from 1998 to 1999 in Japan on Nippon Television. An additional 15 episodes were created and released as original video animations (OVAs), bringing the total to 39 episodes. The anime and OVA series were dubbed into English and released in North America by Pioneer Entertainment from 2003 to 2004. Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki created a sequel to the series, titled Master Keaton Remaster. Set 20 years after the original series ended, it ran in Big Comic Original from 2012 to 2014 and was collected into a single volume.

By 2014, Master Keaton had over 20 million copies in circulation.

  1. ^ a b c "The Official Website for Master Keaton". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2017.