Keiji (manga)

Keiji
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Maeda Keiji
花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-
(Hana no Keiji -Kumo no Kanata ni-)
GenreHistorical,[1] samurai[2]
Manga
Written byKeiichiro Ryu
Illustrated byTetsuo Hara
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 12, 1990 – August 2, 1993
Volumes18
Further information
Video game
DeveloperTOSE
PublisherYojigen
GenreFighting
PlatformSuper Famicom
ReleasedNovember 18, 1994
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Tsuki-gatari-
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byYuji Takemura
Published byShinchosha
MagazineWeekly Comic Bunch
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 7, 2008 – August 27, 2010
Volumes9
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Sake-gatari
Written byTetsuo Hara
Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byYuji Takemura
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 25, 2010 – January 27, 2014
Volumes10
Anime television series
Kanetsugu & Keiji
Directed byBob Shirahata
Produced byNaoki Miya
Written byYasuhiro Imagawa
Music byKazsin
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run July 2, 2013 – December 17, 2013
Episodes25
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Hana-gatari
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byMasato Deguchi
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 24, 2014 – October 25, 2018
Volumes14

Hana no Keiji (花の慶次, lit. The Flowery Keiji) is a Japanese period manga series, based on the novel Ichi-Mu-An Fūryūki by Keiichiro Ryu and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 1990 to August 1993. The story serves as a fictionalized account of the life of Keiji Maeda. Hana no Keiji is one of best-selling Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series of all time, with over 17 million copies in circulation.[3] An English adaptation was published in Raijin Comics under the shortened title Keiji.

  1. ^ Surat, Daryl (June 7, 2010). "Hana no Keiji". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "ABOUT HARA TETSUO". Raijin Comics. Archived from the original on October 9, 2003.
  3. ^ "Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data". Comipress. December 31, 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.