Guin Saga

Guin Saga
Cover art of the first Guin Saga novel
グイン・サーガ
(Guin Sāga)
Genre
Novel series
Written byKaoru Kurimoto
Illustrated byNaoyuki Kato (1–19)
Yoshitaka Amano (20–57)
Jun Suemi (58–87)
Shinobu Tanno (88–147)
Published byHayakawa Publishing
English publisher
Original run19792020
Volumes147
Novel series
Side Stories
Written byKaoru Kurimoto
Published byHayakawa Publishing
Original run19792020
Volumes26
Manga
The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi
Written byKazuaki Yanagisawa
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
MagazineComic Flapper
DemographicSeinen
Original run20002003
Volumes3
Manga
Written byHajime Sawada
Published byJive
MagazineComic Rush
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 2007June 2010
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byAtsushi Wakabayashi
Written byShōji Yonemura
Music byNobuo Uematsu
StudioSatelight
Licensed by
Original networkNHK BS2
Original run April 5, 2009 September 27, 2009
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
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Guin Saga (グイン・サーガ, Guin Sāga) is a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned,[4] but the final total stands at 147 volumes and 26 side-story novels, with the last seventeen volumes and five side stories being published posthumously.[5] She was working on the 130th volume of Guin Saga up until May 23, 2009, after which point she became too ill to write and died three days later.[6] After the 100th book in the series was published in 2005, an event to celebrate this was held in Tokyo, with 600 attending.[7] Guin Saga is the longest single-writer's work in the world,[8] with total sales of 30 million copies.[5]

The main story of Guin Saga resumed on November 8, 2013, four years after the passing of the original author. Yū Godai published Volume 131 Parro no Ankoku on that date, followed by Yume Yohino's Volume 132 Cylon no Banka in December 2013.[9]

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (February 27, 2009). "Guin Saga Epic Fantasy Anime Trailer Video Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Guin Saga Manga:The Seven Magi". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Legulalp, Serdar (May 28, 2014). "Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Anime (Top Best List)". About.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Dodds, Georges. "The Leopard Mask: The Guin Saga, Book 1". sfsite.com. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Loo, Egan (May 26, 2009). "Guin Saga Author Kaoru Kurimoto Passes Away at 56 (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  6. ^ 栗本薫さん「グイン・サーガ」129巻出版へ…絶筆130巻も (in Japanese). yomiuri.co.jp. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009.
  7. ^ "asahi.com: 栗本薫の大河小説「グイン・サーガ」が100巻達成 - BOOK". asahi.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "Introduction". guinsaga.net. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (October 31, 2013). "Guin Saga to Resume 4 Years After Original Novelist's Passing". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 4, 2015.