Ginga Densetsu Weed
| Ginga Legend Weed | |
The front cover of volume 1 (Japanese edition)
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| 銀牙伝説ウィード Densetsu Wīdo | |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Takahashi |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku |
| Original run | 1999 – 2009 |
| Volumes | 60 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshiyuki Kato |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Original network | Animax |
| Original run | November 3, 2005 – May 11, 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Ginga Legend Riki | |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Takahashi |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weed World (ウィードWORLD) |
| Original run | March 31, 2002 – December 10, 2002 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Ginga Legend Weed: Orion | |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Takahashi |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku |
| Original run | 2009 – 2014 |
| Volumes | 30 |
| Manga | |
| Ginga: The Last Wars | |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Takahashi |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku |
| Original run | 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
Ginga Legend Weed (Japanese: 銀牙伝説ウィード Hepburn: Ginga Densetsu Wīdo?, lit. Silver Fang Legend Weed) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It is a sequel to Takahashi's 1980s manga Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, and focuses on Weed, the son of Gin, the original series' protagonist. Weed, named after the English word for wild plant, leaves his birthplace to search for his father in the Ōu Mountains. Upon arriving, Weed immediately begins protecting Ōu and its soldiers from dangerous threats. As the series progresses, Weed and his allies journey throughout Japan, aiding those in need and preventing takeovers.
Ginga Legend Weed was originally serialized in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku from 1999 to 2009. Publisher Nihon Bungeisha released 60 bound volumes and later reprinted early volumes. ComicsOne licensed the series for release in Canada and the United States, but issued only three volumes before it went out of business. Ginga Legend Weed has not been relicensed and distributed in the English language.
In addition to the main series, Takahashi authored several side stories and books relating to Weed and the supporting cast. In 2005, Studio Deen produced an anime series that aired on Animax. The show was released on several DVDs between 2006 and 2007 in Japan, and was licensed and distributed in Taiwan and several Nordic countries.
Several years after the events of Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, Gin's son is born in the Japanese Alps. After the puppy's mother Sakura dies from an illness, an English Setter named GB pledges to bring him to the Ōu Mountains and reunite him with his father. GB decides to name the pup Weed, after the English word for wild plant, because he is "small but powerful". Upon arriving at Ōu, the pair learn that a monstrous creature is wreaking havoc and Ōu has fallen into turmoil. Gin is away, on a desperate search for his mate. Weed, GB, and other Ōu soldiers meet a team of dogs led by the German shepherd Jerome. Jerome explains that the monster is a mutated dog that escaped from a laboratory after killing several scientists. Weed's group joins them and they succeed in killing the monster, though lose several soldiers in the process, among them Gin's old ally, Smith.
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