Kaiji (manga)
| Kaiji | |
Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Vol. 1
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賭博黙示録カイジ (Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Nobuyuki Fukumoto |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Magazine |
| Original run |
1996 – 1999 (series 1) 2000 – 2003 (series 2) 2004 – 2008 (series 3) 2009 – 2012 (series 4) 2013 – ongoing (series 5) |
| Volumes | 61 |
| Anime television series | |
| Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor | |
| Directed by | Yūzō Satō |
| Written by | Hideo Takayashiki |
| Music by | Hideki Taniuchi |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | October 2, 2007 – April 1, 2008 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Live-action film | |
| Kaiji | |
| Directed by | Tōya Satō |
| Produced by | Masatoshi Yamaguchi |
| Written by | Mika Omori, Nobuyuki Fukumoto |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | October 10, 2009 |
| Runtime | 120 Minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen | |
| Directed by | Yūzō Satō |
| Written by | Hideo Takayashiki |
| Music by | Hideki Taniuchi |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | April 6, 2011 – September 27, 2011 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Live-action film | |
| Kaiji 2 | |
| Directed by | Tōya Satō |
| Produced by | Seiji Okuda, Katsu Kamikura, Hiroshi Miyazaki |
| Written by | Junya Yamazaki, Yukiko Oguchi |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | November 5, 2011 |
| Runtime | 133 Minutes |
Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (賭博黙示録カイジ lit. Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji?), also known as Ultimate Survivor Kaiji, is a Japanese manga series about the art of gambling, written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is published by Kodansha in Young Magazine. The first part of the manga (13 volumes), was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series called Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor (逆境無頼カイジ Ultimate Survivor lit. Suffering Outcast Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor?), which began airing October 2007. A live-action 'Kaiji' movie was released October 10, 2009 in Japan with Tatsuya Fujiwara playing the role of Kaiji. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji is considered Fukumoto's most famous work, and is well known in both Japan and Korea. In 1998, it was the winner of the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category. A second anime television series based on the second arc of the manga, entitled Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen (逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇 lit. Suffering Outcast Kaiji: Maverick Arc?) premiered April 5, 2011 and ran until September 27, 2011.
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