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Kamui (1964 manga)
Kamui (Japanese: カムイ伝, Hepburn: Kamui Den) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Seirindō's monthly gekiga magazine Garo between December 1964 and July 1971, with its chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. Set in feudal Japan, it tells the story of Kamui, a low-born ninja who has fled his clan, which pursues him. It illustrates the true nature of the Edo period and the discrimination that existed within the feudal system.[citation needed] The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebellion that reflect Shirato's Marxist convictions. By October 2021, the series had over 15 million copies in circulation.
A spin-off, titled Kamui Gaiden, ran in two parts: the first part ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 1965 to January 1967; and the second part, titled Kamui Gaiden Dai-ni-bu, ran in Shogakukan's magazine Big Comic from February 1982 to March 1987. A sequel, titled Kamui Den Da Ni-bu, illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto, ran in Big Comic from May 1988 to April 2000.
Kamui Gaiden was licensed for English release in North America under the title The Legend of Kamui by Viz Media and Eclipse Comics; in 1967, Kamui Gaiden received an anime adaptation under the title Ninpu Kamui Gaiden that ran for 26 episodes on Fuji TV; the series was also adapted into an anime film in 1971, titled Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki, and a live-action film, titled Kamui Gaiden, in 2009. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Drawn & Quarterly, starting in January 2025.
Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who decides to leave his clan, an act that carries with it a death sentence. After doing so, he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan, who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui wanders around Japan to escape from them using his intelligence and survival abilities. In the course of the series, Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui starts to believe that everybody wishes to murder him and distrusts everyone he encounters.
Rather than the story of Kamui, much of the first volume is concerned with the drama of tax collecting, crop inspection and the fate of various animals in and around Hanamaki Village, most notably the White Wolf, about whom Shirato states in the Author's Note at the end of the second chapter, "It seems I have gone on for too long about the lives of the wolves. Especially since the life of the white wolf is not related to the human world I am describing simultaneously in this story".
Kamui himself does not make an appearance until Dogs II, still as a baby, nearly 200 pages into the story, and as a full-fledged adolescent character in Yukiwari in chapter 3, The Sword. Kamui is shown to be a member of the lowest class in the feudal caste system, the Burakumin (translated here as "Outcasts"). but is shown, notably in the chapter Kogera I, to be plucky and resourceful, a child who bristles against the very idea of class itself. Shirato states at the end of Arson, the penultimate chapter in the volume, that "It is fair to say that the Legend of Kamui begins now."
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An original series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato, Kamui Den was serialized in Seirindō's monthly gekiga magazine Garo with a total of 74 installments. The first installment was published in the magazine's December 1, 1964, issue. The series released its final installment in the July 1, 1971, issue of Garo. Seirindō collected its chapters in 21 tankōbon volumes, released from May 10, 1967, to October 10, 1971.
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Kamui (1964 manga)
Kamui (Japanese: カムイ伝, Hepburn: Kamui Den) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Seirindō's monthly gekiga magazine Garo between December 1964 and July 1971, with its chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. Set in feudal Japan, it tells the story of Kamui, a low-born ninja who has fled his clan, which pursues him. It illustrates the true nature of the Edo period and the discrimination that existed within the feudal system.[citation needed] The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebellion that reflect Shirato's Marxist convictions. By October 2021, the series had over 15 million copies in circulation.
A spin-off, titled Kamui Gaiden, ran in two parts: the first part ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 1965 to January 1967; and the second part, titled Kamui Gaiden Dai-ni-bu, ran in Shogakukan's magazine Big Comic from February 1982 to March 1987. A sequel, titled Kamui Den Da Ni-bu, illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto, ran in Big Comic from May 1988 to April 2000.
Kamui Gaiden was licensed for English release in North America under the title The Legend of Kamui by Viz Media and Eclipse Comics; in 1967, Kamui Gaiden received an anime adaptation under the title Ninpu Kamui Gaiden that ran for 26 episodes on Fuji TV; the series was also adapted into an anime film in 1971, titled Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki, and a live-action film, titled Kamui Gaiden, in 2009. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Drawn & Quarterly, starting in January 2025.
Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who decides to leave his clan, an act that carries with it a death sentence. After doing so, he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan, who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui wanders around Japan to escape from them using his intelligence and survival abilities. In the course of the series, Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui starts to believe that everybody wishes to murder him and distrusts everyone he encounters.
Rather than the story of Kamui, much of the first volume is concerned with the drama of tax collecting, crop inspection and the fate of various animals in and around Hanamaki Village, most notably the White Wolf, about whom Shirato states in the Author's Note at the end of the second chapter, "It seems I have gone on for too long about the lives of the wolves. Especially since the life of the white wolf is not related to the human world I am describing simultaneously in this story".
Kamui himself does not make an appearance until Dogs II, still as a baby, nearly 200 pages into the story, and as a full-fledged adolescent character in Yukiwari in chapter 3, The Sword. Kamui is shown to be a member of the lowest class in the feudal caste system, the Burakumin (translated here as "Outcasts"). but is shown, notably in the chapter Kogera I, to be plucky and resourceful, a child who bristles against the very idea of class itself. Shirato states at the end of Arson, the penultimate chapter in the volume, that "It is fair to say that the Legend of Kamui begins now."
Source:
An original series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato, Kamui Den was serialized in Seirindō's monthly gekiga magazine Garo with a total of 74 installments. The first installment was published in the magazine's December 1, 1964, issue. The series released its final installment in the July 1, 1971, issue of Garo. Seirindō collected its chapters in 21 tankōbon volumes, released from May 10, 1967, to October 10, 1971.