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Battle Royale (Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a Japanese manga series written by Koushun Takami and illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi. It is based on Takami's novel of the same name, telling the story of a class of junior high school children who are forced to fight each other to the death.
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Shuya Nanahara|七原 秋也|Nanahara Shūya}} is a fictional Japanese student and one of the three main protagonists. Shuya, who is nicknamed "Shu", lives in the fictional town Shiroiwa in Kagawa Prefecture.Noriko Nakagawa|中川 典子|Nakagawa Noriko}} is the main female protagonist of the series. She is one of the class of third-year students in Shuya's school. Noriko has a crush on Shuya, whom she admired...Shogo Kawada|川田 章吾|Kawada Shōgo}} is a transfer studentand the winner of the previous Program. At the very beginning, he meets Shuya and Noriko and joins up with the two of them.Kazuo Kiriyama|桐山 和雄|Kiriyama Kazuo}} is the primary antagonist. Leader of a powerful gang known as the Kiriyama Family, Kazuo is extremely intelligent and can master any skill with hardly any prac...Writing style
At first the creators of the original version of the Battle Royale manga kept the story close to the original Japanese novel. As publication increased, Taguchi took increasing liberties with the story. Takami said that he looked forward to new installments of Taguchi's story and Taguchi said that he more strongly "cared" about the characters. Takami liked how Taguchi "distributed" the time among characters; Takami said that in the manga the characters changed and grew as the story progressed,...
Art style
Taguchi said that many people describe his art style as "reminiscent of "gekiga", or that it's realistic." Taguchi disagrees with the descriptions, instead characterizing faces in his works as "manga faces" since he feels that it is "really easy to put my own emotions into the faces." Taguchi said that when he shows sadness in characters, he locates the characters' eyebrows "down as far as possible." Takami describes Taguchi's art as "directly descended from Osamu Tezuka" and "manga-esque." T...
Differences between Original and Keith Griffin
1. There isn't a reality TV show aspect 2. Sakura doesn't make any bets prior to the program 3. Izumi was at the reef before Kazuo and the rest arrived and Kazuo killed her when he arrived 4. Kazushi makes up excuses for his actions and isn't as psychotic as he is in the K.G manga.
Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi have agreed to create a special edition of the Battle Royale Manga, Ultimate Edition 1 Released: October 16, 2007 1. Volumes 1-3 2. Afterword from Koushun Takami 3. Unpublished character sketches 4. Weapon details by Eliot R. Brown 5. "On the Couch" character psychiatric evaluation 6. Shuya Nanahara and Noriko Na...
Oct 23, 2007 · Looking for information on the manga Battle Royale? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Every year, a class is randomly chosen to be placed in a deserted area where they are forced to kill each other in order to survive.
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The manga consists of 15 volumes and is distributed in English by Tokyopop. There is a manga sequel called Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale. At October 2007, a new special edition of the manga will be released. The manga follows the plot of the novel fairly closely, but also expands on the backstory of each of the students.
Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル Batoru rowaiaru?) is a serialized manga, written by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi. It is based on the novel of the same name, and was published in Japan by Akita Publishing.
Publication: 2000, Completed. In the future, random Jr. High School classes are chosen to compete in a game called Battle Royale. The rules: only one student can survive after 3 days on an island or else they all perish.
Dec 15, 2007 · Battle Royale is a Japanese seinen manga series written by Koushun Takami and illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi. It is based on Takami's novel of the same name, telling the story of a class of junior high school children who are forced to fight each other to the death.
