Garou Den
| Garouden | |
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餓狼伝 (Garō Den THE LEGEND OF THE FIGHTING WOLVES) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | MMA |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Baku Yumemakura |
| Published by | Futabasha |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Live-action film | |
| Released |
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| Runtime | 95 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Baku Yumemakura |
| Illustrated by | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Published by | Kodansha/Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Magazine Uppers, Evening |
| Original run | 1999 – present |
| Volumes | 25 |
| Game | |
| Garōden Breakblow | |
| Genre | Fighting game |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | November 17, 2005 |
| Game | |
| Garōden Breakblow Fist or Twist | |
| Genre | Fighting game |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | March 15, 2007 |
Garouden (餓狼伝) is a series of Japanese martial arts novels by Baku Yumemakura. They have been adapted as a feature film, a manga by Keisuke Itagaki (of Baki the Grappler fame), and two video games. The film was released on January 25, 1995. The two video games are Garōden Breakblow (餓狼伝 Breakblow) (), released November 17, 2005 and Garōden Breakblow Fist or Twist (餓狼伝 Breakblow Fist or Twist) (), released March 15, 2007, both for PlayStation 2.
Fighting expert Bunshichi Tanba enjoys defeating fighting TV champions and celebrities on the street until he stumbles in the underground wrestling club known as FAW ( federation of amateur wrestling), unfortunately he's defeated by one of the underdogs of the wrestling world and forces himself to improve and looks for a rematch.
Years later he returns better than even and his fights attract the attention of the two "monsters" of the fighting world that are constantly in competition with each other, Makoto "the great" Tatsumi, owner of the FAW and with a power and charisma unrivaled in the ring, and "the demon of karate" Matsuo Shozan, owner of the best Karate schools in Japan and with a power and speed that's almost godlike.
Both will try to recruit Tanba to their own side and Tanba will experience a fighting world like he has never seen, with friends and rivals everywhere, he must have to step to the many challenges that present in front of him, also it has the special appearance of other martial arts characters from his other fighting novel series, the gate of the lions.
Volume 20 of the manga ranked 9th in the May 9–15, 2007 Japanese comic ranking. Volume 23 ranked 15th in the April 19–26, 2009 ranking, selling 41,216 copies.
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