A Spirit of the Sun

A Spirit of the Sun
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
太陽の黙示録
(Taiyō no Mokushiroku)
Manga
Written byKaiji Kawaguchi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original run20022008
Volumes17
Anime television series
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Written byTatsuhiko Urahata
Music byToshiyuki Honda
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkWOWOW
Original run September 17, 2006 September 18, 2006
Episodes2
Manga
Foundation Chapter
Written byKaiji Kawaguchi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original run20082010
Volumes9

A Spirit of the Sun (Japanese: 太陽の黙示録, Hepburn: Taiyō no Mokushiroku, lit. "The Sun's Revelation") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It is about a resourceful boy, Genichiro Ryu, as he survives a series of natural disasters and collapse of the economy in Japan set in the beginning of the 21st century. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic from 2002 to 2008.

It was followed by a second part, serialized in the same magazine from 2008 to 2010. The series was adapted into a 2-episode anime television special produced by Madhouse in 2006.

In 2006, A Spirit of The Sun received the 51st Shogakukan Manga Award for the General category. As well as the Grand Prize of the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival.