Tough | |
高校鉄拳伝タフ/タフ (Kōkō Tekken-den Tafu) | |
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Genre | Martial arts[1] |
Manga | |
High School Exciting Story: Tough | |
Written by | Tetsuya Saruwatari |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1993 – 2003 |
Volumes | 42 |
Manga | |
Oton | |
Written by | Tetsuya Saruwatari |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2001 – 2021 |
Volumes | 2 |
Original video animation | |
Shootfighter Tekken | |
Directed by | Yukio Nishimoto |
Written by | Jin Munesue |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | January 31, 2002 – December 7, 2004 |
Episodes | 3 |
Manga | |
Tough | |
Written by | Tetsuya Saruwatari |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 31, 2003 – July 19, 2012 |
Volumes | 39 |
Manga | |
Tough: Ryū wo Tsugu Otoko | |
Written by | Tetsuya Saruwatari |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Playboy |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 21, 2015 – present |
Volumes | 29 |
Tough, known in Japan as High School Exciting Story: Tough (Japanese: 高校鉄拳伝タフ, Hepburn: Kōkō Tekken-den Tough, lit. 'Tough: High School Iron Fist Legend'), is a Japanese martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Saruwatari. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1993 to 2003, with its chapters collected in 42 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled Tough (Latin-script title in the original release), was published in the same magazine from 2003 to 2012, with its chapters collected in 39 volumes. The first series was licensed in North America by Viz Media, who only published the first six volumes from 2005 to 2006.
A three-episode original video animation (OVA) series adaptation was released in 2002, and released in North America, as Shootfighter Tekken, by Central Park Media in 2004; the third episode was only released in North America. A spin-off series, titled Oton, has been irregularly published across three Shueisha's magazines from 2001 to 2008, in 2009, and in 2021. Another series, titled Tough: Ryū wo Tsugu Otoko, started in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy in 2015.