Mermaid Saga

Mermaid Saga
First shinsōban volume cover
人魚シリーズ
(Ningyo Shirīzu)
Genre
Manga
Written byRumiko Takahashi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics Special
Magazine
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1984February 1994
Volumes3
Original video animation
Mermaid's Forest
Directed byTakaya Mizutani
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioPastel
Licensed by
ReleasedAugust 16, 1991
Runtime55 minutes
Original video animation
Mermaid's Scar
Directed byMorio Asaka
Produced by
Music byNorihiro Tsuru
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
  • NA: Central Park Media
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1993
Runtime45 minutes
Anime television series
Mermaid's Forest
Directed byMasaharu Okuwaki
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run October 4, 2003 December 20, 2003
Episodes11 + 2 OVA

Mermaid Saga (Japanese: 人魚シリーズ, Hepburn: Ningyo Shirīzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It consists of nine stories told in 16 chapters irregularly published in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Zōkan and Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1984 to 1994.

Two of the stories from the series, Mermaid's Forest and Mermaid's Scar, were adapted as original video animations (OVAs) in 1991 and 1993, respectively. All of the tales, except one, were later adapted as an anime television series in 2003. In North America, the manga has been licensed by Viz Media, while the first OVA was released by US Manga Corps in 1993 and the second OVA by Viz Media in 1995. The anime television series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment.

In 1989, Mermaid Saga received the 20th Seiun Award for the Best Comic.

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