| Basilisk | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Basilisk_vol1_cover.jpg) First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kouga Gennosuke | |
| バジリスク〜甲賀忍法帖〜 (Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masaki Segawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Magazine | Young Magazine Uppers |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | February 2003 – July 2004 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fumitomo Kizaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yasuyuki Mutō |
| Music by | Kō Nakagawa |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
| Original network | TV Saitama, TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, KBS, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 12, 2005 – September 20, 2005 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Sequel | |
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Basilisk (Japanese: バジリスク〜甲賀忍法帖〜, Hepburn: Bajirisuku ~Kōga Ninpō Chō~, lit. Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls) is a Japanese manga series by Masaki Segawa, based on Futaro Yamada's 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine Uppers from February 2003 to July 2004. The story takes place in the year 1614. Two ninja clans, Iga of Tsubagakure and the Kouga of Manjidani, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun. The deadly competition between ten elite ninja from each clan unleashes a centuries-old hatred that threatens to destroy all hope for peace between them.
Del Rey Manga licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America; they published five volumes from May 2006 to May 2007. After Del Rey Manga's license expired, in September 2014, Kodansha USA acquired the license for print and digital in North America.
A 24-episode anime television series by Gonzo was broadcast in Japan from April to September 2005. Segawa continued producing serialized adaptations of Futaro Yamada's novels with The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls in 2005, Yama Fu-Tang in 2010 and Jū: Ninpō Makai Tenshō in 2012. Additionally, a two-part novel sequel, titled Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls, penned by Masaki Yamada with illustrations by Segawa, was published in November and December 2015.
Basilisk won the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.
- ^ "Basilisk". Funimation. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Basilisk". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Kimlinger, Carl (February 25, 2007). "Basilisk DVD 4 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ DeMott, Rick (June 7, 2005). "FUNimation Finds Basilisk Anime Series". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
BASILISK can also be seen as a new take on the martial arts 'tournament' genre since ten representatives from two ninja clans fight to the death.
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