Weathering Continent

The Weathering Continent
Cover of Part 24, illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata.
風の大陸 (Kaze no Tairiku)
Genre	Adventure, Fantasy
Serial novel
Written by	Sei Takekawa
Illustrated by	Mutsumi Inomata
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dragon Magazine
Original run	April 1990 – 2006
Volumes	28 (plus 7 side stories)
Anime film
Directed by	Kōichi Mashimo
Written by	Kōichi Mashimo
Music by	Michiru Oshima
Studio	Production I.G as I.G Tatsunoko
Licensed by	NA Media Blasters
Released	July 18, 1992
Runtime	54 minutes
Light novel
Shin Kaze no Tairiku
Written by	Sei Takekawa
Illustrated by	Mutsumi Inomata
Published by	Kadokawa Haruki Corporation
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 15, 2010 – March 15, 2011
Volumes	2

The Weathering Continent (風の大陸, Kaze no Tairiku) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Sei Takekawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata. The Weathering Continent centers on three travelers - the delicately handsome sorcerer Tieh, the burly and reticent warrior Bois, and the spritely young Lakshi - as they trek though the shattered wastelands of the ancient continent of Atlantis.

The first installment of The Weathering Continent was published in Monthly Dragon Magazine in April 1988, with a total of 28 collected novels released from November 1990 to April 2006. An anime feature film based on the novels was also released theatrically in Japan on July 18, 1992. It is available in the United States courtesy of Media Blasters. During the novels' original run, several side stories were published. A short, sequel series also followed when the original The Weathering Continent ended.

The Weathering Continent, serial novels written by Sei Takekawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata, was first serialized in the Fujimi Shobo seinen publication Monthly Dragon Magazine in the April 1990 issue. The series totals 28 collected volumes. The first was released on November 11, 1988 and the last was released on April 20, 2006. The entire The Weathering Continent series was also collected into five larger volumes and published on September 28, 2007.

During the publication of The Weathering Continent, several related stories were issued: The three volume Kaze no Tairiku Gaiden (風の大陸 外伝1, lit. "The Weathering Continent Side Story"); the three volume Kaze no Tairiku Koori no Shima (風の大陸 氷の島, lit. "The Weathering Continent: Island of Ice"); and the single volume Kaze no Taikiku Gekkou Nisamayoumono (風の大陸 月光にさまようもの, lit. "The Weathering Continent: Something to Wander in the Moonlight"). A sequel light novel series, Shin Kaze no Tairiku (新 風の大陸, lit. "The New Weathering Continent), has been published in two volumes by Kadokawa Haruki Corporation from November 2010 to March 2011.