Kamui (1964 manga)

Kamui
Cover of the first English edition of Kamui den under the title The Legend of Kamui, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
カムイ
Genre	Adventure[1][2] Epic[3][4][5] Historical[3][4]
Manga
Kamui Den
Written by	Sanpei Shirato
Published by	Seirindo
English publisher	NA: Drawn & Quarterly
Magazine	Garo
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 1, 1964 – July 1, 1971
Volumes	21
Further information Manga Kamui Gaiden Written by Sanpei Shirato Published by Shogakukan English publisher NA: Viz Comics/Eclipse Comics Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Demographic Shōnen Original run May 1, 1965 – January 4, 1967 Volumes 3 Anime television series Ninpu Kamui Gaiden Directed by Yonehiko Watanabe Music by Ryōichi Mizutani Studio TCJ, Zuiyo Original network Fuji TV Original run April 6, 1969 – September 28, 1969 Episodes 26 Anime film Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki Directed by Yonehiko Watanabe Written by Junji Tashiro Music by Ryōichi Mizutani Tadashi Ōkura Studio TCJ Released March 20, 1971 Manga Kamui Gaiden Dai-ni-bu Written by Sanpei Shirato Published by Shogakukan English publisher NA: Viz Comics/Eclipse Comics Magazine Big Comic Demographic Seinen Original run February 25, 1982 – March 25, 1987 Volumes 20 Manga Kamui Den Da Ni-bu Written by Sanpei Shirato Illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto [ja] Published by Shogakukan Magazine Big Comic Demographic Seinen Original run May 5, 1988 – April 10, 2000 Volumes 22 Manga Kamui Gaiden: Reunion Written by Sanpei Shirato Illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto Published by Shogakukan Magazine Big Comic Demographic Seinen Original run September 25, 2009 – October 24, 2009 Live-action film Kamui Gaiden (2009)

Kamui (Japanese: カムイ伝, Hepburn: Kamui Den) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Seirindō's monthly gekiga magazine Garo between December 1964 and July 1971, with its chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. Set in feudal Japan, it tells the story of Kamui, a low-born ninja who has fled his clan, which pursues him. It illustrates the true nature of the Edo period and the discrimination that existed within the feudal system.^{[citation needed]} The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebellion that reflect Shirato's Marxist convictions. By October 2021, the series had over 15 million copies in circulation.

A spin-off, titled Kamui Gaiden,^[a] ran in two parts: the first part ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 1965 to January 1967; and the second part, titled Kamui Gaiden Dai-ni-bu,^[b] ran in Shogakukan's magazine Big Comic from February 1982 to March 1987. A sequel, titled Kamui Den Da Ni-bu,^[c] illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto, ran in Big Comic from May 1988 to April 2000.

Kamui Gaiden was licensed for English release in North America under the title The Legend of Kamui by Viz Media and Eclipse Comics; in 1967, Kamui Gaiden received an anime adaptation under the title Ninpu Kamui Gaiden that ran for 26 episodes on Fuji TV; the series was also adapted into an anime film in 1971, titled Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki, and a live-action film, titled Kamui Gaiden, in 2009. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Drawn & Quarterly, starting in January 2025.

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