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Shutendoji (manga)
Shutendoji (Japanese: 手天童子, Hepburn: Shutendōji), also known as Legend of Shutendoji, is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai which combines elements from Japanese folklore with science fiction. An OVA series was released beginning in 1989 and ending in 1991, for a total of 4 episodes. In 2002, a remake/sequel titled Gomaden Shutendoji (降魔伝 手天童子, Gōmaden Shutendōji) started being published in the magazine Champion Red, being one of the series that were released in the first issue of the magazine. PlotArtist and writer Ryuichiro Shiba and his wife, Kyoko, are visiting a temple to make a promise of marriage to their ancestors. At that moment, however, two oni appear before them and fight to death; one of them carrying a baby on his mouth. After defeating his opponent, the oni gives Ryuichiro and Kyoko the baby and declares that he will return for him after 15 years. After said period of time, strange events start happening around the baby, now a teenager named Jiro Shutendo. Characters
Main characters
The fifteen-year-old protagonist of the story, he is an oni.
Jiro's schoolmate and love interest.
Jiro's adoptive human father.
Jiro's adoptive human mother.
One of the two oni created to protect Jiro. He looks relatively humanoid, unlike most oni, and acts as a mentor for Jiro.
One of the two oni created to protect Jiro. He brought him as a baby to his parents. Allies
Miyuki's older brother and Jiro's first and best friend.
A friend of Yusuke who is a descendant of ancient oni. He's the heir of a yakuza family trained through generations to protect Jiro.
A human descendant of ancient oni and another friend to Yusuke. She is a strong female oni who hides under the guise of a rowdy, masculine-looking girl with a love for professional wrestling. Her nickname is "Ricki".
Another descendant of an oni, a timid, bookish boy with psychic abilities.
Another descendant of an oni and the last member of Yusuke's gang. He is a plump boy with superhuman strength that practises sumo wrestling. He's nicknamed "Koyatashi". Enemies
The high priest of Ankoku Jashin Kyo ("School of the Evil God from Darkness"), an evil cult who worships demons. His goal is killing Jiro.
Majari's lieutenant, a powerful priest who wields a double kusarigama.
Kukai's son, who grew and became a military cyborg in order to avenge his father. Original manga publicationPrototypeBefore starting serialization, Nagai created a 57-page oneshot titled Shutendoji, published in the issue of February 1975 in the Shōjo magazine Princess, published by Akita Shoten.[1][2][3] While this manga has some similarities, it is a completely different story, as well as being a Shōjo manga instead of Shōnen. It would later be renamed as Jashin Senki (邪神戦記) or Princess Han Shutendoji (プリンセス版手天童子).[2][3] Original serializationShutendoji started being published as a serialized series from September 5, 1976, to April 30, 1978, in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha.[2][4] The manga was originally compiled in 9 volumes, and would later be re-published several times.
Besides the printed volumes, the manga has also been published in 10 ebook format volumes by ebookjapan.[5] The series has also been published in some compilations of other Nagai's manga. Publications outside Japand/visual published the full series in Italy from 2004 to 2005.
NovelsTwo series of novels based on the manga were released during the 1980s. The first one was written by Yasutaka Nagai and was released in 6 volumes from 1986 to 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten.[6][7][8]
The second one was written by Fusamichi Kitamura and published in two volumes published in 1987 by JICC under the label Adventure Novels.[6][9][10]
OVAsThe manga was adapted into 4 OVAs released from 1989 to 1991.[11] The OVAs were originally released on VHS and later on laserdisc, both times by Nippon Columbia.
They were re-released in DVD format also by Columbia in 2001.[12][13][14][15] Releases outside JapanThe OVAs were released in the US by ADV Films[16] in VHS (4 tapes) and later on DVD (2 discs). They were also released in Italy by Dynamic on VHS and in Latin America on TV by Locomotion. Staff and production notes
Video gameAlong with the OVAs, a Role-playing game for the NEC PC-9801 was released by the Japanese company Enix in October 1990.[19][20][21] Gomaden ShutendojiGomaden Shutendoji (降魔伝 手天童子, Gōmaden Shutendōji) is a manga created by Go Nagai and Masato Natsumoto, which was originally published from August 19, 2002 (cover date October 2002,)[22] to October 19, 2005 (cover date December 2005),[23] in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Champion Red. While it has a similar setting, the story is different from the original series.
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