Tenjho Tenge
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Cover of the first volume of the manga
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天上天下 (Tenjō Tenge) |
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| Genre | Action, Martial arts, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Oh! great |
| Published by | Shūeisha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Ultra Jump |
| Original run | November 1997 – September 2010 |
| Volumes | 22 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Produced by | Masao Maruyama |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Music by | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio | Madhouse & DR Movie |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 1, 2004 – September 16, 2004 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Original video animation | |
| Ultimate Fight | |
| Directed by | Rintaro |
| Produced by | Masao Maruyama |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Inukai |
| Music by | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio | Madhouse & DR Movie |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 16, 2005 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
| The Past Chapter | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Produced by | Masao Maruyama |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Music by | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio | Madhouse & DR Movie |
| Released | March 30, 2005 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Tenjho Tenge (Japanese: 天上天下 Hepburn: Tenjō Tenge?, lit. "Heaven and Earth"), also written as Tenjo Tenge, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oh! great. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling student body of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat. As the story unfolds, both groups become increasingly involved with an ongoing battle that has been left unresolved for four hundred years.
Tenjho Tenge was serialized in the magazine Ultra Jump from 1997 to 2010, and collected into 22 volumes by Shūeisha. It was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime series and aired on TV Asahi between April 1, 2004 to September 16, 2004. A two-episode original video animation was also made and aired on March 16, 2005. Both versions of the series have been licensed for release in the English language by two different companies. The manga was licensed and released by CMX beginning in 2005, which came under criticism by fans for editing its sexual content. When CMX closed down in 2010, after releasing 18 volumes, Viz Media picked up the rights and completed their own uncut release of the series in 2013. The anime was licensed and released by Geneon Entertainment, also beginning in 2005, however, it is now licensed by Discotek Media.
The Japanese phrase Tenjho Tenge (Japanese: 天上天下 Hepburn: Tenjō Tenge?, lit. "Heaven and Earth") also is part of the full phrase Tenjō Tenge Yui Ga Doku Son (Japanese: ?) which can be translated literally as "There is no equal to me in this entire world (i.e. below the heaven and on this earth)", and in daily parlance now, the shortened form (yui ga dokuson) coming to mean a heavy-handed egotism. Traditionally the phrase is attributed to the Buddha Sakyamuni, purported to have said this whilst taking seven steps immediately after being born, supposed to assert his unparalleled status.
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