''Kazan'' (stylized in

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) is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

Gaku Miyao is a Japanese manga artist known for his work on the series ''Kazan''. He began his career as an animator, but started creating manga so he could explore the storytelling process on his own. His signature titles include ''Kazan'', ''Cycle Shop ...

. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahosha's ''seinen'' manga magazines '' Young King OURs'' (1997 to 2000) and OURs Lite (2000 to 2001), with its chapters collected in seven ''

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'' volumes.

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Written and illustrated by

, ''Kazan'' was serialized in Shōnen Gahosha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from the May 1997 to the July 2000 issues. The series was later transferred to ''OURs Lite'', where it ran from the September 2000 to the August 2001 issues. Shōnen Gahosha collected its chapters in seven ''

'' volumes, released from September 1997 to June 2001. The manga was published in English by

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in a left-to-right orientation, firstly as an

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before being released in a print graphic novel format. The seven volumes were released in print from June 2001 to August 2002.

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* {{Young King OURs Adventure anime and manga Fantasy anime and manga Seinen manga Shōnen Gahōsha manga

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