Samurai Deeper Kyo

Samurai Deeper Kyo
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Mibu Kyoshiro (front) and Shiina Yuya (back)
Genre
Manga
Written byAkimine Kamijyo
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 25, 1999May 10, 2006
Volumes38 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byJunji Nishimura
Written byShō Aikawa
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run July 2, 2002 December 24, 2002
Episodes26
Video game
PublisherBandai
GenreFighting
PlatformPlayStation
Released
  • JP: December 12, 2002
Video game
DeveloperMarvelous Entertainment
Publisher
GenreAction
PlatformGame Boy Advance
Released
  • JP: December 27, 2002
  • NA: February 12, 2008

Samurai Deeper Kyo (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1999 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 38 tankōbon volumes. Set during the Edo period, the series follows Demon Eyes Kyo, a feared samurai seeking to regain his body after his soul is sealed inside the body of his rival, Mibu Kyoshiro. Kyo is joined in his search by the bounty-hunter Shiina Yuya, the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate Benitora; and Sanada Yukimura, a known rival of the Tokugawa. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop (vol. 1–34) and Del Rey Manga (vol. 35–38; released in two omnibus volumes).

A 26-episode anime television series produced by Studio Deen was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to December 2002. The series was licensed by Media Blasters and released on home video under its AnimeWorks label in 2003–04. It was broadcast in the United States on Encore Wam in 2006.

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