Drifters (manga)

Drifters
First tankōbon volume cover
ドリフターズ
(Dorifutāzu)
Genre
Manga
Written byKouta Hirano
Published byShōnen Gahosha
English publisher
ImprintYoung King Comics
MagazineYoung King OURs
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 30, 2009 – present
Volumes7
Original video animation
Drifters: Special Edition
StudioHoods Drifters Studio
ReleasedJune 6, 2016
Runtime36 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Kenichi Suzuki (TV, OVA 1–2)
  • Hitomi Ezoe (OVA 3)[a]
Produced by
  • Yasuyuki Ueda
  • Yoshiyuki Fudetani
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music by
StudioHoods Drifters Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, KBS, MBC, GBS
Original run October 7, 2016 November 30, 2018
Episodes12 + 3 OVAs
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Drifters (Japanese: ドリフターズ, Hepburn: Dorifutāzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine Young King Ours in April 2009. The series focuses on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians in order to save their world from total destruction. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation aired between October and December 2016; three additional original video animation (OVA) episodes were released from December 2017 to November 2018.

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  4. ^ "Drifters". SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2018. The copyright information states "©2016 Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd." for the promotional images of the screening.
  5. ^ "Universal To Release New Berserk and Drifters". Anime News Network. May 27, 2016. Archived from the original on September 30, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.


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