Akagi (manga)

Akagi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shigeru Akagi
アカギ 〜闇に降り立った天才〜
(Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai)
Genre
Manga
Written byNobuyuki Fukumoto
Published byTakeshobo
MagazineKindai Mahjong
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 1, 1991 – February 1, 2018
Volumes36 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Tōhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai
Directed byYūzō Satō
Produced by
Written byHideo Takayashiki
Music byHideki Taniuchi
StudioMadhouse
Original networkNippon TV
Original run October 5, 2005 – March 29, 2006
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Directed by
  • Mitsuru Kubota
  • Hitoshi Iwamoto (S1–2)
  • Hiroshi Itō (S1–2)
Produced by
  • Atsushi Nagauchi
  • Hiroshi Itō
Written by
  • Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Eizo Kobayashi (S1)
Music byTarō Makido
Original networkBS SKY PerfecTV!
Original run July 17, 2015 – June 8, 2018
Episodes18

Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai (アカギ 〜闇に降り立った天才〜, lit. "Akagi: The Genius Who Descended into Darkness") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. First published in 1991 in Takeshobo's weekly magazine Kindai Mahjong, it is a spin-off prequel to the author's previous work Ten. It revolves around Shigeru Akagi, a boy who defeats yakuza members well versed in mahjong at 13. He returns to the game six years later, carrying a mythical status and still impresses his opponents.

It was adapted as two V-Cinema live-action films directed by Kenzō Maihara in 1995 and 1997. A 26-episode anime television series directed by Yūzō Satō was broadcast on Nippon Television from October 2005 to March 2006. Two live-action television dramas directed by Mitsuru Kubota aired on BS SKY PerfecTV! between July 2015 and June 2018. The series has also spawned several companion books, spin-off manga, video games, and other merchandise.

By February 2017, the Akagi manga series had over 12 million copies in circulation.

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