"Manga" tagged "Historical" (11)
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Vagabond Vagabond
Growing up in the late 16th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezou is shunned by the local villagers as a devil child due to his wild and violent nature. Running away from home with a fellow boy at age 17, Takezo joins the Toyotomi army to fight the Tokugawa clan at the Battle of Sekigahara. However, the Tokugawa win a crushing victory, leading to nearly three hundred years of Shogunate rule. Takezo and his friend manage to survive the battle and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. However, after their paths separate, Takezo becomes a wanted criminal and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death.
Awards:
Won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2000. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002 Note: was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category. -
20th Century Boys 20th Century Boys
Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.
Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2001 Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2008Volume Titles:
Tomodachi Yogen-sha Gitā o motta eiyū Aitoheiwa Sai kai Saigo no kibō Shinjitsu Kendji no uta Rabbit Nabokov Kao no nai shōnen Seibun hyōji Tomodachi no kao Owarinohajimari Shōnen to yume Ban paku ban zai Kagami no mukou Cross counter Min'na no uta Kaettekita otoko Jinrui no shōbu Uchūbito genru Seigi no hajimariSee AnimeNewsNetwork for the live-action adaption.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sitting by himself in the back of the class, 10th-grader Yugi always had his head in some game–until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharaohs! Awakened after three thousand years, the King of Games possesses Yugi, recklessly challenging bullies and evil-doers to the Shadow Games, where the stakes are high, and even the most ordinary bet may result in weirdness and danger beyond belief! Let the games… begin!
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Billy Bat Billy Bat
Kevin Yamagata is the creator of American comic "Billy Bat", which stars an anthropomorphic bat on various adventures. After a brief visit from the police, Kevin travels back to Japan, where he served in World War II as a translator for Allied troops, to discover the origins of his comic and the generation-spanning conspiracy of a much more supernatural origin. As the story unfolds, jumps forward and back in time occur in a nonlinear fashion, unraveling the mystery of the bat sigils, historical events caused by their influence, and those afflicted by their prophetic abilities.
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romance Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romance
140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, man slayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji . Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
Ten years later, a young woman's life is saved when she happens upon a strange wandering swordsman named Kenshin. The young woman accepts the wanderer into her dojo, despite his secretive past, and the two become fast friends. As their relationship grows, they meet and make more friends (as well as enemies), and they grow accustomed to their life together.
However, one man can only run from his past for so long, and it isn't long before Kenshin is forced to face the life he thought he'd left behind. Now, together with his friends, he must fight the ghosts of his past if he wants the people he loves to have any kind of future.
Contains a side story called Yahiko no Sakabato.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Since ancient times, rumors have abounded of man-eating demons lurking in the woods. Because of this, the local townsfolk never venture outside at night. Legend has it that a demon slayer also roams the night, hunting down these bloodthirsty demons. Ever since the death of his father, Tanjirou has taken it upon himself to support his mother and five siblings. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they've found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjirou finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a demon. Adding to this sorrow, a demon hunter named Tomioka Giyuu arrived and was about to finish Nezuko off, but to his surprise she and Tanjiro started to protect each other. Seeing this oddity and Tanjiro's promising fighting skills, Giyuu decides to send them to his old mentor to be trained. So begins Tanjiro's life as a demon hunter, bound on a quest to cure his sister and find the one who murdered his entire family.
Alternative English: MANGA Plus
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21st Century Boys 21st Century Boys
Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Picking up directly after the events of 20th Century Boys, it seems like the world is finally out of danger, but the mystery of "Friend" still exists. As the world is threatened again, Kenji must search his memories for any clue about "Friend."
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Vinland Saga Vinland Saga
As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery… the land Leif called Vinland.
Won the Japan Media Arts Award Division Grand Prize in 2009 Won the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2012 -
Asadora! Asadora!
In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom—and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there’s more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.
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Kingdom Kingdom
Millions of years have passed since the times of legends, when the worlds of man and gods were still the same. In these times it was the desires of man that moved the world. It is the era of the 500 year war: The warring states period. Kingdom is the story of a young boy named Shin who grew into a great general and all the trials and bloodshed that lead him there.
Won the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2013 Earned a Guinness World Record on December 12, 2012 for Manga written by the most people. -Note- The record was due to its "Social Kingdom" campaign in which fans and other artists were given the task of redrawing the entire 26th volume.As of June 2022, Kingdom has over 90 million copies in circulation, making it one of the currently best-selling manga series of all time.
Parution: Weekly Young Jump
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InuYasha InuYasha
Kagome is a modern Japanese high-school girl. Never the type to believe in myths and legends, her world view dramatically changes when, one day, she's pulled out of her own time and into another! There, in Japan's ancient past, Kagome discovers more than a few of those dusty old legends are true, and that her destiny is linked to one legendary creature in particular–the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! That same trick of fate also ties them both to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls." But demons beware…the smallest shard of the Shikon Jewel can give the user unimaginable power.
Official Release:
English release by Viz Media Indonesian release by Elex Media Won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 2002