Shura no Mon | |
The first volume of Shura no Mon, published by Kodansha on October 8, 1987.
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修羅の門 (Shura no Mon) |
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Genre | Martial arts |
Manga | |
Written by | Masatoshi Kawahara |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | April 1987 – November 1996 |
Volumes | 31 |
Manga | |
Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki | |
Written by | Masatoshi Kawahara |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | July 1989 – November 2005 |
Volumes | 15 |
Anime television series | |
Shura no Toki – Age of Chaos | |
Directed by | Shin Misawa |
Music by | Yutaka Minobe Hideaki Kobayashi |
Studio | Media Factory, Studio Comet |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | April 6, 2004 – September 28, 2004 |
Episodes | 26 |
Manga | |
Shura no Mon: Daini Mon | |
Written by | Masatoshi Kawahara |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | November 2010 – April 2015 |
Volumes | 16 |
Manga | |
Shura no Mon: Fudekage | |
Written by | Masatoshi Kawahara |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
Original run | December 2010 – December 2014 |
Volumes | 8 |
Shura no Mon (修羅の門?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara. The story follows a young Karate practitioner named Tsukumo Mutsu, 40th master of the deadly Mutsu Enmei Ryu style. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published into 31 tankōbon volumes published between October 1987 and May 1997.
A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki also ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, premiering in July 1989 and running until November 2005. Its chapters were published in 15 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Media Factory and Studio Comet that aired from April 6, 2004 until September 28, 2004 and is licensed for release in North America by Media Blasters.
Shura no Mon received the 1990 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category, and has sold over 30 million copies. Two other spin-off series, Shura no Mon: Daini Mon and Shura no Mon: Fudekage, were published from 2010 to 2015 and 2010 to 2014, respectively.
Written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara, Shura no Mon was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published in Japan in 31 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between October 8, 1987 and May 16, 1997.
A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki (陸奥圓明流外伝 修羅の刻?), began serialization in the same magazine in July 1989 where it ran until November 2005. It was collected and published in 15 tankōbon volumes between February 13, 1990 and January 17, 2006. Five aizōban volumes of the series were also released between March 19, 2004 and July 21, 2004.