Nabari no Ou
| Nabari no Ou | |
The cover of the first volume of the original Japanese manga release
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隠の王 (Nabari no Ō) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuhki Kamatani |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| Original run | 2004 – 2010 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kunihisa Sugishima |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | Michiru Oshima |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Nabari no Ou (Japanese: 隠の王 Hepburn: Nabari no Ō?, lit. "King of Nabari") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuhki Kamatani. The series premiered in Japan in Monthly GFantasy in 2004 and ended serialization in 2010. Square Enix is also publishing the individual chapters in collected volumes with fourteen volumes released as of February 2011. The series has been licensed for an English language release in North America by Yen Press. The first volume was released in May 2009.
J.C.Staff created a twenty-six episode anime adaptation of the Nabari no Ou manga series. Directed by Kunihisa Sugishima, the series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. The series has been licensed by Funimation. Part one of the complete series was released in the US on DVD September 22, 2009.
Miharu Rokujo is a modern-day Japanese student apathetic to the world around him. One day, Miharu is protected from a ninja by Koichi Aizawa and Tobari Kumohira, who are ninja affiliated with the Banten Village. He learns that his body carries the Shinra Banshou, a scroll that holds the most powerful secret art in the ninja world of Nabari. Because the Grey Wolves, a faction associated with Iga Village that wants to use the Shinra Banshou for their personal gain, will kill Miharu for the secret art, Miharu cannot return to his normal life.
Although he wants nothing to do with ninja, Tobari vows to protect him until he becomes Nabari's ruler. Miharu instead asks that the Shinra Banshou be removed, which has never been successfully done. Soon after, Raimei Shimizu, a samurai from the neighboring Fuuma ninja village, arrives to test Miharu's abilities. Eventually, Raimei invites the Banten ninja to see Kotarou Fuuma, the leader of Fuuma Village. Because he has written every text on ninjutsu, he may find a way to remove the Shinra Banshou.
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