is a Japanese
manga
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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series written by and illustrated by . It has been serialized in
Nihon Bungeisha
, or , is a book and magazine publisher established in 1959 and based in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, known as Chiyoda City in English,[Weekly Manga Goraku
is a Japanese weekly manga magazine published since 1968, by Nihon Bungeisha. The magazine is published every Friday.
Serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.
*''69 Denashi'' (Yasuhito Yamamoto)
*''Ad Boy'' (Makoto Niwano)
*''Aisu Otoko ...]
'' since 1992. It is one of the
longest manga series, with 182 volumes published by April 2025. It has been adapted into several
live-action
Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define film, video games or ...
films, including
original videos and two
television films
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and also into two
original video animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...
s.
Media
''Minami no Teiō: Young-hen''
A prequel manga, titled (and later ), was published from 2006 to 2013, and nine volumes were released from 30 November 2006 to 29 June 2013.
''Minami no Teiō: Young-hen – Riken Kūkō''
Manga volumes
Written by and illustrated . It has been serialized in
Nihon Bungeisha
, or , is a book and magazine publisher established in 1959 and based in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, known as Chiyoda City in English,[Weekly Manga Goraku
is a Japanese weekly manga magazine published since 1968, by Nihon Bungeisha. The magazine is published every Friday.
Serialized works
Listed alphabetically by title.
*''69 Denashi'' (Yasuhito Yamamoto)
*''Ad Boy'' (Makoto Niwano)
*''Aisu Otoko ...]
'' since 1992. Nihon Bungeisha released its volume on 16 March 1992. As of 26 April 2025 182 volumes have been released.
Films
The first
original video film was released on 26 June 1992. The first theatrical film was released on 26 June 1993.
Incomplete list
*The King of Minami Returns: Scholarship and Oreore Fraud (2016)
*The King of Minami The Movie (2017)
*The King of Minami Returns: The Price of a Life (2017)
*The King of Minami Returns: Light and Shadow (2017)
Reception
The manga has sold 53 million copies.
See also
*
List of best-selling manga
The following is a list of the best-selling Japanese manga series to date in terms of the number of collected volumes sold. All series in this list have at least 20 million copies in circulation. This list is limited to Japanese manga and does ...
References
External links
''Shin Minami no Teiō''on
KTV
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Business in anime and manga
Manga adapted into films
Nihon Bungeisha manga
Seinen manga
Long stubs with short prose
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