| Violence Jack | |
 Cover of the first volume of Violence Jack, as published in Japan by Kodansha | |
| バイオレンスジャック (Baiorensu Jakku) | |
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| Genre | Horror,[1] post-apocalyptic[2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
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| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 1973 – December 1978 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack: Part 2 | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Dynamic Productions |
| Published by |
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| Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 5, 1983 – March 23, 1990 |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Harlem Bomber | |
| Directed by | Osamu Kamijo |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Mikio Matsushita |
| Studio | Ashi Productions |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | June 5, 1986 |
| Runtime | 37 minutes |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Bunko |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 1986 – April 1987 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Evil Town | |
| Directed by | Ichirō Itano |
| Produced by | Kazufumi Nomura |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Hiroshi Ogasawara |
| Studio | Studio 88 |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 21, 1988 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Hell's Wind | |
| Directed by | Takuya Wada |
| Produced by | Yoshio Nakamura |
| Written by | Takuya Wada |
| Music by | Kaoru Ohori, Hiroyuki Kozu, Takeo Miratsu |
| Studio | Studio 88 |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | November 9, 1990 |
| Runtime | 55 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack Mao Korin Hen | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Published | November 1, 1993 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Novel | |
| Violence Jack: Ogon Toshi Hen | |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Dan |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Published | July 1995 |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack Sengoku Majinden | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump Special |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Published | December 10, 2001 |
| Manga | |
| Shin Violence Jack | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Shinchosha |
| Magazine | Comic Bunch |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | May 13, 2005 – April 11, 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack 20XX | |
| Written by | Yū Kinutani |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Young Magazine |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | February 19, 2021 – November 21, 2022 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Violence Jack[3] is a Japanese manga, written and illustrated by Go Nagai since 1973 until its conclusion in 1990. It has had several serializations and one-shot stories which have run in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Most of the stories have been compiled in around 38 tankōbon volumes, while a few of them have been published as special tankōbon or have yet to be published in that format. Violence Jack is credited with creating the post-apocalyptic manga and anime genre.
A set of sagas from the manga were adapted in three independent original video animations (OVAs) released in 1986, 1988 and 1990. These OVAs have been released in the United States, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. In some of these countries, the contents of the OVAs have caused censorship issues, while in Australia the second OVA was banned altogether.
The original manga reuses many concepts and characters from other works by Go Nagai.
- ^ "Violence Jack 001" (in Italian). J-Pop. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Høgset, Stig. "Violence Jack". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Japanese: バイオレンスジャック, Hepburn: Baiorensu Jakku