Crying Freeman
| Crying Freeman | |
Polish cover of volume #1
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クライング フリーマン (Kuraingu Furīman) |
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| Genre | Crime, Martial arts |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuo Koike |
| Illustrated by | Ryoichi Ikegami |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| Original run | 1986 – 1988 |
| Volumes | 9 |
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| Directed by |
Daisuke Nishio (ep. 1–3) Shigeyasu Yamauchi (ep. 4–6) |
| Produced by | Akira Sasaki Naoko Takahashi Tomiro Kuriyama |
| Written by | Higashi Shimizu (ep. 1–3) Ryunosuke Ono (ep. 4–6) |
| Music by | Hiroaki Yoshino |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | September 1988 – January 1994 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 6 |
Crying Freeman (クライング フリーマン Kuraingu Furīman?) is a manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. Crying Freeman follows an assassin, a Japanese man hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent, and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman reflexively sheds tears after every killing as a sign of regret.
The manga was originally serialized by Shogakukan on its magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1986 to 1998. It was first published in North America by Viz Media in comic book form. Viz later republished the series in graphic novel form in two versions: an initial set and longer volumes that combined the initial volumes together, dubbed "Perfect Collections." From 2006 to 2007, the manga was republished by Dark Horse Comics in five volumes.
The story was adapted into an anime OVA by Toei Animation, released from 1988 to 1994. Crying Freeman has also been adapted into three live-action films: two in Hong Kong in Cantonese and an English-language adaptation in Canada.
Yō Hinomura, a Japanese potter, comes into the possession of some film showing an assassination by an agent of the 108 Dragons, a powerful Chinese mafia. When he refuses to turn the film over to them, they kidnap him. Hypnotized, he is trained as an assassin for them and his body is tattooed with dragons. He is given the codename "Crying Freeman," because he cries after a kill and longs to be free.
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