Hōshin Engi
| Hoshin Engi | |
First volume of Hoshin Engi (Viz Media rendition)
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封神演義 (Hōshin Engi) |
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| Genre | shenmo fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryu Fujisaki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | June 24, 1996 – November 6, 2000 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Tsutomu Ano |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Original run | November 8, 1988 – January 6, 1989 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Soul Hunter | |
| Directed by | Junji Nishimura |
| Produced by | Noriko Kobayashi Masahiro Toyosumi |
| Written by | Junji Nishimura |
| Music by | Ryo Sakai |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | 3 July 1999 – 25 December 1999 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Hoshin Engi (Japanese: 封神演義 Hepburn: Hōshin Engi?, stylized as HOSHiN ENGi), also known as Soul Hunter, is a Japanese manga series by Ryu Fujisaki. Hoshin Engi was inspired by the Chinese literary classic Fengshen Yanyi, a shenmo novel. The story involves the Chinese mythology and history of China, in particular the last members of the In (Yin Dynasty aka Shang Dynasty) and the plot to overthrow them.
The manga series was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1996–2000 and compiled in 23 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. VIZ Media acquired the rights to the manga, with bimonthly releases starting June 5, 2007. Also of note is that the manga has been re-released and re-compiled into fewer larger volumes with new cover art, illustrations and afterwords. The 18 Kanzenban volumes were released periodically between July 2005 and June 2006 in Japan only.
The story has been adapted into an anime series titled Senkai-den Hōshin Engi, broadcast on Japanese TV in 1999 and released in North America on DVD as Soul Hunter in 2001. The anime is 26 episodes in length. In January 2009, Shomei TV announced their intentions to remake the anime series if they received 10,000 signatures. Although the 10,000 signatures were reached, there's been no word about the remake as of April 2011.
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