| Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kenichi Shirahama (left) and Miu Furinji | |
| 史上最強の弟子 ケンイチ (Shijō Saikyō no Deshi: Ken'ichi) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Tatakae! Ryōzanpaku Shijō Saikyō no Deshi | |
| Written by | Syun Matsuena |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Shōnen Sunday Super |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1999 – 2002 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Syun Matsuena |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 17, 2002 – September 17, 2014 |
| Volumes | 61 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hajime Kamegaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yoshiyuki Suga |
| Music by | Joe Rinoie |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 8, 2006 – September 29, 2007 |
| Episodes | 50 |
| Original video animation | |
| Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – The Attack of Darkness | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Ishiodori |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Eizo Kobayashi |
| Music by | Keiji Inai |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| Licensed by |
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| Released | March 14, 2012 – May 16, 2014 |
| Episodes | 11 |
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (Japanese: 史上最強の弟子 ケンイチ, Hepburn: Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Ken'ichi, lit. 'History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Syun Matsuena. Matsuena first published a manga titled Tatakae! Ryōzanpaku Shijō Saikyō no Deshi, which ran in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super from 1999 to 2002. Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple is a remake of the series, and was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2002 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 61 tankōbon volumes.
A 50-episode anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment aired on TV Tokyo from October 2006 to September 2007. Brain's Base produced an 11-episode original video animation (OVA) series, titled Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – The Attack of Darkness, released between March 2012 and May 2014. The anime television series was licensed in North America by Funimation in 2008, but the rights to the series expired in 2018. It was re-licensed by Discotek Media in 2020.
The Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple manga has had over 12 million copies in circulation.
- ^ a b "Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple". Funimation. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017.
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