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 . It was serialized in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
'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 , ''Gunjō Senki'' was serialized in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Weekly Young Jump'' from August 29, 2013, to June 15, 2017. Shueisha collected its chapters in 17 volumes, released from January 17, 2014,
to August 18, 2017.
A sequel, titled , written by Masaki Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 7, 2021. to March 17, 2022. Shueisha collected its chapters in five volumes, released from March 4, 2021,
to April 19, 2022.
''Gunjō Senki''
''Shin Gunjō Senki''
Live-action film
A live-action film adaptation, titled premiered in Japan on March 21, 2021. The film stars
Mackenyu as Aoi Nishino,
Haruma Miura as Ieyasu Tokugawa,
Kenichi Matsuyama as
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
and
Hirona Yamazaki as Haruka Seno.
It was directed by
Katsuyuki Motohiro
is a Japanese film director.
Filmography
*''Odoru Daisosasen Bangaihen – Wangansho Fukei Monogatari Shoka no Kôtsûanzen Special'' (1998)
*'' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998)
*'' Space Travelers'' (2000)
*''Satorare'' (2001)
*''Bayside S ...
, with scripts by Masahiro Yamaura and Toru Yamamoto, and music composed by
Yugo Kanno.
Uverworld performed the film's song theme "Hourglass".
Reception
By November 2019, the ''Gunjō Senki'' manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.
References
External links
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Action anime and manga
Historical anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shueisha manga
Toho films
Japanese action films