Basilisk (manga)

Basilisk
Cover of Basilisk volume 1, featuring Kouga Gennosuke
バジリスク〜甲賀忍法帖〜 (Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls)
Genre	Action[1] Historical[2][3] Martial arts[4]
Manga
Written by	Futaro Yamada
Illustrated by	Masaki Segawa
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Del Rey Manga (former) Kodansha USA (digital) UK: Tanoshimi
Magazine	Young Magazine Uppers
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	February 2003 – July 2004
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime television series Directed by Fumitomo Kizaki Produced by Hidemasa Arai Hideyuki Nanba Written by Yasuyuki Mutō Music by Kō Nakagawa Studio Gonzo Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll[a] UK: MVM Films Original network TV Saitama, TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, KBS, AT-X English network CA: Razer US: IFC, Funimation Channel ZA: Animax Original run April 12, 2005 – September 20, 2005 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Serial novel The Ouka Ninja Scrolls Written by Masaki Yamada Illustrated by Masaki Segawa Published by Kodansha Imprint Kodansha Taiga Original run November 19, 2015 – December 15, 2015 Volumes 2 Manga The Ouka Ninja Scrolls Written by Masaki Yamada Illustrated by Tatsuya Shihira Published by Kodansha Magazine Weekly Young Magazine Demographic Seinen Original run July 24, 2017 – April 8, 2019 Volumes 7 Anime television series The Ouka Ninja Scrolls Directed by Junji Nishimura Produced by Isao Hidaka Renta Suzuki Natsuko Tatsuzawa Hiroshi Shibusawa Written by Shinsuke Ōnishi Music by Go Sakabe Studio Seven Arcs Pictures Licensed by Funimation Original network Tokyo MX, tvk, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, AT-X Original run January 8, 2018 – June 18, 2018 Episodes 24 (List of episodes)

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 based on the 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls written by Futaro Yamada and illustrated by Masaki Segawa. 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 10 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. Basilisk won the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.

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 Tensei in 2012. Additionally, a two-part novel sequel titled The Ouka Ninja Scrolls: Basilisk New Chapter, penned by Masaki Yamada, was published in November and December 2015; a manga adaptation, Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls, illustrated by Tatsuya Shihira, was serialized between 2017 and 2019. Seven Arcs Pictures produced a 24-episode anime television series based on Masaki Yamada's The Ouka Ninja Scrolls: Basilisk New Chapter novel sequel, titled Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls that aired from January to June 2018.

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