''Helck'' is a Japanese
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
series written and illustrated by Nanaki Nanao. It was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
's ''Ura Sunday'' website and ''MangaONE'' app from May 2014 to December 2017, with its chapters collected into twelve ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
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'' volumes. An
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series adaptation by
Satelight is set to premiere in July 2023.
Plot
It has been three months since the Demon Lord was defeated by a lone human hero. While the humans celebrated their victory, the Demon realm quickly organized a tournament to choose their next Lord. One peculiar contestant quickly rising up through the tournament is a human hero named Helck, who claims to hate his own kind. Vermilio the Red, one of the Elite Four Demons overseeing the tournament, immediately suspects Helck of being a saboteur and tries to rig the following matches into games of skill, but Helck continues to win. Vermilio soon finds out that Helck is a wanted criminal in the human world, suspected of killing his brother, who happens to be the legendary hero Cress, the one who killed the Demon Lord. Vermilio still wants to know, what is Helck's true motivation for entering the tournament? What happened in the human world over the past three months? And what are these mysterious winged soldiers now threatening the Demon realm in place of the humans?
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Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Nanaki Nanao, ''Helck'' was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
's ''Ura Sunday'' website and ''MangaONE'' app from May 5, 2014, to December 18, 2017. Shogakukan collected its chapters into twelve ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...
'' volumes, published from August 2014 to May 2018.
In April 2022, Shogakukan began publishing new edition volumes that feature color pages from the original series run and new covers.
In June 2022,
Viz Media
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...
announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
A spin-off manga titled ''Piwi: Fushigi na Ikimono'' was serialized in the ''MangaONE'' app from July 16 to October 8, 2018. It has been collected into a single ''tankōbon'' volume, published on November 12 of the same year.
A prequel manga titled ''Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga'' began serialization in the ''Ura Sunday'' website and the ''MangaONE'' app on August 31, 2020. It has been collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes as of February 2023.
The series is licensed digitally in English by Comikey.
Volume list
New edition
''Piwi: Fushigi na Ikimono''
''Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga''
Anime
An
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
adaptation was announced by Nanaki Nanao on February 14, 2022,
later revealed to be a television series. It is produced by
Satelight and directed by
Tatsuo Sato, with scripts written by Toshizo Nemoto and Mitsutaka Hirota, character designs handled by Yoshinori Deno, and music composed by
Yoshihisa Hirano
is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is best known for composing the scores for anime series, such as ''Death Note'', '' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'', and ''Edens Zero''. He has also made the orchestration for video games, mostly in the Final ...
. The series is set to premiere in July 2023 on
NTV and BS NTV.
licensed the series, and will be streaming it on Hidive.
Reception
In 2015, ''Helck'' placed eighth in the first
Next Manga Award. In 2017, the series placed fifth in the male category of the ''Hyakuman Hito ga Erabu Hontō ni Omoshiroi WEB Comic wa Kore da!'' polls. The series' prequel, ''Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga'', was nominated for the
Next Manga Award in the web manga category in 2022 and placed 18th out of 50 nominees.
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