| The Deer King | |
 First novel reprinted volume cover | |
| 鹿の王 (Shika no Ō) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Nahoko Uehashi |
| Illustrated by | HACCAN |
| Published by | Kadokawa |
| English publisher | |
| Original run | September 25, 2014 – March 27, 2019 |
| Volumes | 2 (first edition) 4 + 1 extra (second edition) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nahoko Uehashi |
| Illustrated by | Taro Sekiguchi |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Young Ace Up |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 26, 2021 – March 2, 2022 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Masashi Ando Masayuki Miyaji |
| Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
| Music by | Harumi Fuuki |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | June 14, 2021 (Annecy) February 4, 2022 (Japan) |
| Runtime | 114 minutes |
The Deer King (Japanese: 鹿の王, Hepburn: Shika no Ō, lit. "King of Deer") is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Nahoko Uehashi. Kadokawa published the original novel in two volumes in September 2014, and then republished it in four reprinted volumes between June and July 2017. A manga adaptation with art by Taro Sekiguchi was serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website between July 2021 and March 2022. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes.[1] An anime film adaptation produced by Production I.G premiered on February 4, 2022.
- ^ "The Deer King Manga Ends With 2nd Volume". Anime News Network. September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.