Violence Jack
| Violence Jack | |
Cover of the first volume
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バイオレンスジャック (Baiorensu Jakku) |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by |
Kodansha Chuokoron-Shinsha (Complete Edition) Shogakukan ebookjapan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | July 22, 1973 – September 29, 1974 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by |
Kodansha Chuokoron-Shinsha (Complete Edition) Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | January 1977 – December 1978 |
| Volumes | 7 |
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* Both serializations by Kodansha share the same volumes. |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku |
| Original run | August 5, 1983 – March 23, 1990 |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Harem Bomber | |
| Directed by | Osamu Kamijo |
| Produced by | Naotaka Yoshida Toshihiko Sato |
| Written by | Mikio Matsushita |
| Studio | Soei Shinsha, Ashi Production |
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| Released | June 1986 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Bunko |
| Original run | August 1986 – April 1987 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Evil Town | |
| Directed by | Ichiro Itano |
| Produced by | Kazufumi Nomura |
| Written by | Shō Aikawa (as Noboru Aikawa) |
| Music by | Hiroshi Ogasawara |
| Studio | Soei Shinsha, Japan Home Video, Studio88 (animation), D.A.S.T. (animation assistance) |
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| Released | December 21, 1988 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Violence Jack: Hell's Wind | |
| Directed by | Takuya Wada |
| Produced by | Yoshio Nakamura |
| Written by | Takuya Wada |
| Music by | Kaoru Ohori, Hiroyuki Kozu, Takeo Miratsu |
| Studio | Soei Shinsha, Japan Home Video, Studio88 (animation) |
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| Released | November 9, 1990 |
| Runtime | 55 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack Mao Korin Hen | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Nihon Bungeisha Chuokoron-Shinsha (Complete Edition) Shogakukan ebookjapan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Published | November 1, 1993 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Novel | |
| Violence Jack: Ogon Toshi Hen | |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Dan |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Published | July 1995 |
| Manga | |
| Violence Jack Sengoku Majinden | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump Special |
| Published | December 10, 2001 |
| Manga | |
| Shin Violence Jack | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Shinchosha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Comic Bunch |
| Original run | May 13, 2005 – April 11, 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
* Both serializations by Kodansha share the same volumes.
Violence Jack (Japanese: バイオレンスジャック Hepburn: Baiorensu Jakku?) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai in 1973. It has had several serializations and one-shot stories which have run in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Most of the stories have been compiled in around 45 tankōbon while a few of them have been published as special tankōbon or have yet to be published in that format.
A few of the sagas from the manga were adapted in three independent OVAs released in 1986, 1988 and 1990. These OVAs have been released in the United States, Italy, France, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. In some of these countries, the contents of the OVAs have caused censorship issues, while in Australia the second OVA was banned altogether.
The series takes place in the ruins of the Kanto region, after a massive earthquake (which in the OVAs was triggered by a Comet strike) dubbed 'The Great Kanto Hellquake'. Cut off from the rest of the world, The survivors of the disaster are divided between the strong and the weak. Violence Jack is uncovered amongst the rubble and demolished granite by the inhabitants of a ruined city, asking him to help the weak people and helping them destroy what, in most cases, are the strong groups commanded by killers and rapists (this is the story line of "Violence Jack: Evil Town"). In the three OVAs, Jack is requested to help different groups, such as the Zone A (later he ends up helping Zone C women) or a small town, as shown in "Hell's Wind". As for the manga, the stories change drastically, the first being the story Violence Jack helping a group of female models in a tropical forest in Kanto by possessing a boy living in said forest in order to fight off a roving tribe of bandits. Even though Jack contains the figure of a ruthless, evil character, he always helps the weak section of people, in trade for nothing.
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