Gunjō Senki

Gunjō Senki
First tankōbon volume cover
群青戦記
Genre
Manga
Written byMasaki Kasahara [ja]
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 29, 2013 – June 15, 2017
Volumes17
Manga
Shin Gunjō Senki
Written byMasaki Kasahara
Illustrated byAzychika
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 7, 2021 – March 17, 2022
Volumes5
Live-action film
Brave: Gunjō Senki
Directed byKatsuyuki Motohiro
Written by
  • Masahiro Yamaura
  • Toru Yamamoto
Music byYugo Kanno
StudioToho
ReleasedMarch 21, 2021 (2021-03-21)

Gunjō Senki (群青戦記, "Record of Ultramarine") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaki Kasahara [ja]. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from August 2013 to June 2017. A sequel, titled Shin Gunjō Senki, written by Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in the same magazine from January 2021 to March 2022. A live-action film adaptation, titled Brave: Gunjō Senki, premiered in March 2021.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Masaki Kasahara [ja], Gunjō Senki was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from August 29, 2013,[3] to June 15, 2017.[4] Shueisha collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes, released from January 17, 2014,[5] to August 18, 2017.[6]

A sequel, titled Shin Gunjō Senki (真・群青戦記), written by Masaki Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from January 7, 2021.[7] to March 17, 2022.[8] Shueisha collected its chapters in five volumes, released from March 4, 2021,[9] to April 19, 2022.[10]

Gunjō Senki

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 January 17, 2014[5]978-4-08-879739-7
2 February 19, 2014[11]978-4-08-879824-0
3 May 19, 2014[12]978-4-08-879844-8
4 August 20, 2014[13]978-4-08-879885-1
5 November 19, 2014[14]978-4-08-890039-1
6 February 19, 2015[15]978-4-08-890120-6
7 May 19, 2015[16]978-4-08-890155-8
8 August 19, 2015[17]978-4-08-890241-8
9 November 19, 2015[18]978-4-08-890284-5
10 February 19, 2016[19]978-4-08-890358-3
11 May 19, 2016[20]978-4-08-890410-8
12 August 19, 2016[21]978-4-08-890480-1
13 November 18, 2016[22]978-4-08-890517-4
14 February 17, 2017[23]978-4-08-890590-7
15 May 19, 2017[24]978-4-08-890641-6
16 August 18, 2017[6]978-4-08-890724-6
17 August 18, 2017[6]978-4-08-890725-3

Shin Gunjō Senki

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 4, 2021[9]978-4-08-891859-4
2 June 18, 2021[25]978-4-08-892005-4
3 September 17, 2021[26]978-4-08-892076-4
4 December 17, 2021[27]978-4-08-892169-3
5 April 19, 2022[10]978-4-08-892249-2

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation, titled Brave: Gunjō Senki (ブレイブ ‐群青戦記‐, Bureibu Gunjō Senki) premiered in Japan on March 21, 2021. The film stars Mackenyu as Aoi Nishino, Haruma Miura as Ieyasu Tokugawa, Kenichi Matsuyama as Oda Nobunaga and Hirona Yamazaki as Haruka Seno.[28][1] It was directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, with scripts by Masahiro Yamaura and Toru Yamamoto, and music composed by Yugo Kanno.[29] Uverworld performed the film's song theme "Hourglass".[30]

Reception

By November 2019, the Gunjō Senki manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.[2]

References

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