Crows | |
Cover of the first Crows volume
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クローズ (Kurōzu) |
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Genre | Comedy, action |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiroshi Takahashi |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Champion |
Original run | 1990 – 1998 |
Volumes | 26 (+3 gaiden) |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Masamune Ochiai |
Produced by | Hiroshi Iwakawa Noriko Nishino |
Music by | Keiichi Gotō |
Studio | Knack Productions |
Released | January 28, 1994 |
Runtime | 45 minutes |
Episodes | 2 |
Crows (Japanese: クローズ Hepburn: Kurōzu?) is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Takahashi about high school delinquents, which takes place in the same universe as Worst. As of October 2007, it had sold more than 32 million copies worldwide.
The series has been adapted into two OVAs by Knack Productions. It has also been loosely adapted into three live-action films: Crows Zero in 2007, Crows Zero 2 in 2009 (both directed by Takashi Miike), and Crows Explode (directed by Toshiaki Toyoda) in 2014. The first two films have subsequently been adapted into official prequel novels by Takahashi with art by Kenichiro Naitou, entitled Crows Zero and Crows Zero II: Suzuran x Housen.
A beat-em-up game for Sega Saturn titled Crows: The Battle Action was released in 1997.
An action-adventure video game by Bandai Namco Games for PlayStation 4 titled Crows: Burning Edge has been announced for October 2016.