Baki the Grappler
| Baki the Grappler | |
Cover of the English release of Baki the Grappler volume 1.
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グラップラー刃牙 (Gurappurā Baki) |
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| Genre | Martial arts |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | 1991 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 42 |
| Manga | |
| Baki | |
| Written by | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | June 1, 1999 – November 24, 2005 |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Manga | |
| Baki Hanma | |
| Written by | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | December 1, 2005 – August 16, 2012 |
| Volumes | 37 |
| Manga | |
| Baki-Dou | |
| Written by | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | March 20, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Yuji Asada |
| Produced by | Chiaki Yasuda Tsuneo Seto |
| Written by | Yoshihisa Araki |
| Music by | Takahiro Saito |
| Studio | Sung San |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 21, 1994 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hitoshi Nanba |
| Produced by | Dynamite Tommy |
| Written by | Yasunori Yamada |
| Music by | Project Baki |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 8, 2001 – June 25, 2001 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Anime television series | |
| Grappler Baki: Maximum Tournament | |
| Directed by | Katsuyoshi Yatabe |
| Produced by | Dynamite Tommy |
| Written by | Yasunori Yamada |
| Music by | Project Baki |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 23, 2001 – December 24, 2001 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Original animation DVD | |
| Baki: Most Evil Death Row Convicts Special Anime | |
| Directed by | Teiichi Takiguchi |
| Produced by | Yu Kiyozono |
| Music by | Kenji Fujisawa |
| Studio | Telecom Animation Film |
| Released | December 6, 2016 |
| Game | |
| Fighting Fury | |
| Developer | Tomy |
| Publisher | Midas Interactive |
| Genre | Fighting video game |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
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Baki the Grappler (グラップラー刃牙 Gurappurā Baki?, "Grappler Baki") is a manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by two sequel series; Baki (バキ, officially romanized as "New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero"), which was serialized from 1999 to 2005 and collected into 31 volumes, and Baki Hanma (範馬刃牙 Hanma Baki, officially romanized as "Baki: Son of Ogre"), which was serialized from 2005 to 2012 and collected into 37 volumes. A third sequel, Baki-Dou (刃牙道 Baki Dō, lit. "Baki: The Way"), began serialization on March 20, 2014.
A 45-minute original video animation (OVA) was released in 1994. A 24-episode anime aired on TV Tokyo between January 8 and June 25, 2001. This was quickly followed by a second 24-episode series, from July 22 to December 24, 2001. The OVA was the first to be licensed and released in North America, in 1998 by Central Park Media, followed by the original manga series in 2002 by Gutsoon! Entertainment (incomplete), and finally both anime series in 2005 by Funimation Entertainment. As of September 2016, the Baki series had sold over 63 million copies.
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