Togainu no Chi

Togainu no Chi
Original PC game cover
咎狗の血
Genre	Action, Romance, BL
Video game
Developer	Nitro+chiral (PC) HuneX (PS2, PSP)
Publisher	Nitro+chiral (PC) Kadokawa Shoten (PS2, PSP)
Genre	BL game, visual novel
Platform	Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
Released	Windows: JP: February 25, 2005 NA: February 25, 2020 PlayStation 2: JP: May 29, 2008 PlayStation Portable: JP: December 23, 2010
Manga
Written by	Kana Yamamoto
Published by	ASCII Media Works (2008) Biblos (2005)
Magazine	Magazine ZERO
Demographic	shoujo
Original run	2005 – 2008
Volumes	1
Novel
Written by	Kabura Fuchii
Published	February 7, 2006
Manga
Written by	Suguro Chayamachi
Published by	Enterbrain
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop
Magazine	comic B's-LOG
Original run	November 1, 2006 – present
Volumes	10
Anime television series
togainu no chi -Bloody Curs-
Directed by	Naoyuki Konno
Produced by	Atsuhiro Iwakami
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi
Music by	Tomohisa Ishikawa Masaaki Iizuka
Studio	A-1 Pictures Inc.
Licensed by	NA: Aniplex of America
Original network	TBS, MBS
Original run	October 7, 2010 – December 23, 2010
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Togainu no Chi (咎狗の血, lit. "Blood of the Reprimanded Dog") is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who is made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" (from "игра"/ "igra", Russian and Bulgarian for "game") in post-apocalyptic Japan in exchange for being freed from prison. His goal is to beat "Il Re" (Italian for "The King"), the strongest person in Igura. The game was originally released on PC as Togainu no Chi in 2005, with a PlayStation 2 version titled Togainu no Chi TRUE BLOOD being released on May 29, 2008. A PlayStation Portable version was released on December 23, 2010 under the name of Togainu no Chi True Blood Portable.^[1]

The game has been adapted into two manga series, a novel, and a twelve-episode anime series. In March 2010 as part of the Nitro+CHiRAL 5th anniversary an anime adaptation was announced for Togainu no Chi with production by Aniplex.^[2] The anime began airing on MBS and TBS on October 7, 2010. Aniplex of America streamed and simulcast the series in North America on Anime News Network.^[3]