Arata: The Legend
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The cover of the first tankōbon volume of Arata: The Legend as published by Shogakukan.
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アラタカンガタリ 〜革神語〜 (Arata Kangatari) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuu Watase |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | October 2008 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kenji Yasuda Woo Hyun Park |
| Music by | Kou Otani |
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Satelight JM Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
| Original run | April 9, 2013 – July 1, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Arata: The Legend (アラタカンガタリ 〜革神語〜 Arata Kangatari?), a Japanese manga written by Yuu Watase that began serialization in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2008. The first volume of the series was released in Japan on January 16, 2009. The series has twenty-four volumes and is still serialized in Shōnen Sunday. The series is Watase's first shōnen series. It is licensed by Viz Media as part of their Shōnen Sunday imprint.
An anime TV series adaptation produced by Satelight and Korean studio JM Animation began airing on April 9, 2013.
In a mystical world called Amawakuni (天和国, Amawakuni), a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a maiden from the Hime Clan may take this position, but a boy called Arata must pose for the role, due to the lack of females born to this family. During the ceremony, the Twelve Shinshō, wielders of special swords called Hayagami (劍神, Hayagami), led by Kannagi, betray Princess Kikuri and attempted to assassinate her and Arata (an eyewitness) in a competition to become emperor. Kannagi frames Arata for the princess' murder, yet Arata manages to escape and into the Kando Forest.
Meanwhile, in modern-day Japan, an athletic boy named Arata Hinohara is starting his new life in high school. He wants to put memories of his difficult past behind him, but things aren't going to be simple when Masato Kadowaki, the bully from his old school, emerges. Feeling the world is untrustworthy, Hinohara walks into an alley, and soon finds himself in Amawakuni, where the world mistakes him for "Arata". Having to run to Arata's house, Hinohara learns from Arata's grandmother that he and the other Arata have "switched lives" according to legend within Kando Forest. When Kannagi searches the house, Hinohara comes across a rusted sword, activates its power, and becomes a Shō (鞘, Shou). The sword is a Hayagami named Tsukuyo.
Kotoha, Arata's childhood friend, offers Hinohara the princess' charm (ミチヒノタマ, Michihi no Tama) before he is arrested. In a jail cell, Hinohara contacts Arata via the other charm Kotoha had given him, where he discovers the truth from Arata, and are forced to take each other's roles. At the Imperial Court, Hinohara is found guilty, and exiled to Gatoya Island. On the trip to the island, Kotoha tags along and gives him his Hayagami. Also because of the charm's power he is able to talk to Kikuri (who is just barely alive) and she asks him to govern the world as otherwise there will only be war. After escaping Gatoya Island, Hinohara and Kotoha with their new friend Kanata, a former bandit, head to the mainland on a quest to restore order and save the princess.
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