The Guin Saga
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Cover art of the first Guin Saga novel
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グイン・サーガ (Guin Sāga) |
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| Genre | Heroic fantasy |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Kaoru Kurimoto |
| Illustrated by |
Naoyuki Kato (1–19) Yoshitaka Amano (20–57) Jun Suemi (58–87) Shinobu Tanno (88–130) |
| Published by | Hayakawa Publishing |
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| Manga | |
| The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi | |
| Written by |
Kaoru Kurimoto Kazuaki Yanagisawa |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Comic Flapper |
| Original run | 2001 – 2003 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Written by |
Kaoru Kurimoto Hajime Sawada |
| Published by | Jive |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Comic Rush |
| Original run | January 2007 – June 2010 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Atsushi Wakabayashi |
| Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
| Music by | Nobuo Uematsu |
| Studio | Satelight |
| Licensed by | |
| Original run | April 5, 2009 – September 27, 2009 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Guin Saga (グイン・サーガ Guin Sāga?) is a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned, but the final total stands at 130 volumes and 22 side-story novels, with the last four volumes and the twenty-second side novel published posthumously. She was working on the 130th volume of Guin Saga up until May 23, 2009, after which point she became too ill to write. After the 100th book in the series was published in 2005, an event to celebrate this was held in Tokyo, with 600 attending.Guin Saga is the longest continuing single-writer's work in the world with total circulation exceeding 28 million worldwide.
The main story of Guin Saga resumed on November 8, 2013, four years after the passing of the original author. Yū Godai published Volume 131 Parro no Ankoku on that date, followed by Yume Yohino's Volume 132 Cylon no Banka in December 2013.
The story centers around a mysterious warrior named Guin, an amnesiac with a leopard mask magically affixed to his head. Remembering nothing but his fighting instincts and the word "Aurra", he confronts a world laden with danger, intrigue, and magic.
Painted covers and interior illustrations for volumes 1-19 (1979–1984) were done by Naoyuki Kato. Noted artist Yoshitaka Amano then took the reins until vol. 57 (1997), upon which time he was replaced by Jun Suemi. Shinobu Tanno, whose style closely resembles Suemi's, has been the series artist since vol. 88 (2003) until the final 130th book in 2009.
American publisher Vertical has released the first five volumes, translated into English by known game translator Alexander O. Smith. The English editions have drawn praise comparing the series to The Lord of the Rings and Conan the Barbarian. The novels have also been translated into German, French, Russian, Italian, Korean and Chinese. Vertical has released the first five novels in English, but only the first three in hardback and paperback editions.
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