Flame of Recca

Flame of Recca
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Recca Hanabishi (right) and Yanagi Sakoshita (left)
烈火の炎
(Rekka no Honō)
Genre
Manga
Written byNobuyuki Anzai
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 22, 1995 – January 30, 2002
Volumes33 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
English network
Original run July 19, 1997 – July 10, 1998
Episodes42 (List of episodes)
Video game
Flame of Recca: The Game
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami
GenreFighting
PlatformGame Boy Advance
ReleasedDecember 20, 2001
Video game
Flame of Recca: Final Burning
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami
GenreAction, fighting
PlatformPlayStation 2
ReleasedJune 10, 2004

Flame of Recca (Japanese: 烈火の炎, Hepburn: Rekka no Honō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1995 to January 2002, with its chapters collected in 33 tankōbon volumes.

The series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Pierrot, broadcast on Fuji TV from July 1997 to July 1998. The series has also spawned two video games and other merchandise. Both the anime and manga were licensed for North American distribution in English by Viz Media. The anime has since been picked up by Discotek Media who re-released the series on DVD in 2015.

The Flame of Recca manga has had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

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