Battle Royale | |
![]() Cover of the first manga volume | |
バトル・ロワイアル (Batoru rowaiaru) | |
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Genre | Science fiction, thriller[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Koushun Takami |
Illustrated by | Masayuki Taguchi |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2000 – 2005 |
Volumes | 15 |
Manga | |
Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale | |
Written by | Hitoshi Tomizawa |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 21, 2003 – May 27, 2004 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Battle Royale: Angels' Border | |
Written by | Koushun Takami |
Illustrated by |
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Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | February 22, 2011 – August 9, 2011 |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
Battle Royale III: Enforcers | |
Written by | Koushun Takami |
Illustrated by | Yukai Asada |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Bessatsu Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | February 1, 2022 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Battle Royale (Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a Japanese manga series written by Koushun Takami and illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi. It is based on Takami's novel of the same name, telling the story of a class of junior high school children who are forced to fight each other to the death. It was serialized by Akita Shoten in Young Champion from 2000 to 2005,[2] and later combined into 15 tankobon volumes, which were released in English by Tokyopop from 2003 to 2006. In October 2007, a special edition of the manga began being released.
The manga follows the plot of the novel fairly closely, but expands on the backstory of each of the students. Much like the plots of the novel and film adaptation, the manga is noted for its intense and gory violence. The Tokyopop English adaptation of the manga makes several changes to the plot, such as claiming that "[The] Program" is a reality TV show and changing the time setting of the story by almost 10 years; both changes are contradicted in later volumes.