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Fushigi Yûgi (manga)

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[ serialized in [Animerica Extra], serialized in [Sho-Comi] ]

Related anime:
    Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play (TV) (adaptation)
      Fushigi Yuugi (OAV) (sequel)
        Fushigi Yuugi (OAV 2) (sequel)
          Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV) (sequel)
    Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden (manga) (spinoff)

Alternative title:
El Juego Misterioso Fushigi Yugi (Spanish)
Fushigi Yugi : Un Jeu Etrange (French)
The Mysterious Play
Таинственная игра (Russian)
ふしぎ遊戯 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, magic, romance
Themes: magical girl, male harem
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Miaka was just an average student preparing to take the exams for high school. She goes to study with her extremely smart best friend Yui, when she and her friend are drawn into the book, "The Universe of the Four Gods." There, she is offered the position of the Priestess of Suzaku, one of the gods, to be awarded 3 wishes. In order to summon Suzaku, she must find the 7 celestial warriors of Suzaku, which are identified by a character somewhere on their body. Along the way, her friend Yui is made the Priestess of Seiryu and turns into her enemy. As Miaka goes to find the Celestial warriors, many turns and obstacles are in her path. She must fight the warriors of Seiryu and save Konan and her life.
User Ratings: 353 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 80 votes (sub:30, English:21, dub:20, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, German:1, Russian:1, Swe.edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Swedish:1)
 Excellent: 79 votes (English:35, sub:17, dub:16, ?:3, Rus.dub:1, Spanish:1, Swe.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, French:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Very good: 61 votes (English:28, sub:15, dub:9, ?:5, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1, Swedish:1)
 Good: 62 votes (English:39, sub:9, dub:8, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 38 votes (English:13, sub:8, dub:6, ?:3, French:1, edit.dub:1, Portuguese:1, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (English:8, sub:2, raw:2, dub:1, Portuguese:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (English:2, dub:2, raw:1, Swedish:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:2, dub:2, French:1, English:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (English:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (?:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1071 users, rank: #28
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.881 (Very good-.11), std. dev.: 1.9242, rank: #1007
Weighted mean: 7.657 (Very good-.34), rank: #1127 (seen all: 8.14 / seen some: 7.39 / won't finish: 6.45)
Bayesian estimate: 7.658 (Very good-.34), rank: #711
Number of tankoubon: 18
Number of pages: 192
Volumes:
#01. Priestess
#02. Oracle
#03. Disciple
#04. Bandit
#05. Rival
#06. Summoner
#07. Castaway
#08. Friend
#09. Lover
#10. Enemy
#11. Veteran
#12. Girlfriend
#13. Goddess
#14. Prophet
#15. Guardian
#16. Assassin
#17. Demon
Vintage:
1992 to 1995 (JP serialized in Sho-Comi magazine)
1999-08 to 2006-04-11 (USA)
Releases: We have 45
Official website:
Madman's Official Fushigi Yugi (Manga) Sales Site
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 40 times:
2009-07-08   Viz to Launch Shonen Sunday Imprint with Rin-ne Manga (Updated)
2009-03-17   Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden's Return Pushed to Spring 2010
2008-07-04   Viz Adds Honey Hunt, Gestalt, Magic Touch, Otomen
2008-06-27   Fushigi Yuugi's Yuu Watase to Start New Original Work
2008-02-21   Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend Adapted for Live-Action
2008-01-22   The Law of Ueki's Fukuchi Draws Takkoku One-Shot Manga
2008-01-17   Fushigi Yugi's Watase Draws Pandora Cube 1-Shot Manga
2007-06-15   Fushigi Yuugi, Basara, Utena Artists in New Rinka Mag
2004-07-24   Geneon November and December Releases
2004-05-27   Fushigi Yugi Magazine
[MORE]
Comment:
The Fushigi Yugi manga, published by Viz, was first introduced in the flopped left-to-right reading style. Starting with Volume 9: Lover, Viz changed the format to the Japanese right-to-left reading style and started re-publishing 2nd editions of Volumes 1 to 8 in the same format.
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Related releases:
    Fushigi Yugi - Art of Fushigi Yugi (Artbook) 2006-10-10 (from $11.66)
    Fushigi Yugi - Priestess (GN 1) 2003-05-01 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi - Oracle (GN 2) 2003-05-01 (from $6.35)
    Fushigi Yûgi - Bandit (GN 4) 2004-10-05 (from $6.35)
    Fushigi Yugi - Rival (GN 5) 2003-11-01 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi - Summoner (GN 6) 2005-04-15 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi - Castaway (GN 7) 2005-07-15 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi - Friend (2nd Ed) (GN 8) 2005-10-11 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi - Enemy (Hard cover) (GN 10) 2004-03-01 (from $20.85)
    Fushigi Yugi - Girlfriend (2nd Ed) (GN 12) 2004-02-01 (from $2.75)
    Fushigi Yugi - Goddess (GN 13) 2004-11-01 (from $3.70)
    Fushigi Yugi - Prophet (GN 14) 2005-04-15 (from $6.35)
    Fushigi Yugi - Guardian (GN 15) 2005-07-15 (from $6.88)
    Fushigi Yugi - Assassin (GN 16) 2005-10-04 (from $4.98)
    Fushigi Yugi - Demon (GN 17) 2006-01-03 (from $3.34)
    Fushigi Yugi - Bride (GN 18) 2006-04-11 (from $5.13)
    Fushigi Yûgi - Disciple (GN 3) 2004-07-07 (from $5.99)
    Fushigi Yugi [BIG Edition] (GN 1) 2009-01-06 (from $10.37)
    Fushigi Yugi [BIG Edition] (GN 2) 2009-06-16 (from $10.82)
    Fushigi Yugi [BIG Edition] (GN 3) 2009-09-15 (from $10.82)
    Fushigi Yugi [BIG Edition] (GN 4) 2009-12-15 (from $10.71)
    Fushigi Yugi [BIG Edition] (GN 5) 2010-03-16 (from $10.71)

Japanese staff 
Japanese companies 

Story & Art: Yuu Watase

 

Imprint: Flower Comics

Publisher: Shogakukan, Inc.

Japanese cast 
(none)
English staff 
English cast 

Assistant Marketing Manager: Jaime Starling (3)

Assistant Sales Manager: Denya S. Jur (3)

Cover Design: Hidemi Sahara

Director of Sales and Marketing:
Dallas Middaugh (3-6)
Oliver Chin (1,2)

Editing:
Elizabeth Kawasaki (shojo edition vol 9)
William Flanagan

Editor-in-Chief:
Hyoe Narita (vol 1-7)
William Flanagan (vol 9,10)

English Adaptation: Yuji Oniki

Graphics: Carolina Ugalde (vol 1-8)

Graphics & Design: Hidemi Sahara (vol 9,10)

Layout: Carolina Ugalde (vol 1-8)

Lettering & Touch-up Art: Bill Spicer

Managing Editor: Annette Roman

Production manager: Noboru Watanabe

Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi

Retouch & Lettering: Andy Ristaino (9)

Senior Marketing Manager: Renee Solberg (3-5)

Senior Sales Manager: Mike Roberson (3-5)

Senior VP Of Editorial: Hyoe Narita (vol 8-10)

Senior VP Of Sales & Marketing: Rick Bauer (7,8)

Sr. Director Of Licensing & Aquisitions: Rika Inouye

Translation - Sound Effects: Kaori Inoue (1 - 9)

Translation Assist: Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (vol 9)

V.P. Of Marketing: Liza Coppola (9,10)

 (none)
English companies 

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

Licensed by: Viz Media

Publisher: Gollancz Manga (UK)

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Editions Tonkam

Translation: Studio Tonkam

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Spain)
Marta E. Gallego (Spain)
Verónica Calafell (Spain)

Collection Director: Enric Piñeyro (Spain)

Editing: Joan Navarro (Spain)

Graphic Design: Dani Barbero (Spain)

Redaction: Félix Sabaté (Spain)

 (none)
Spanish companies 

Layout: Estudio Fenix (Spain)

Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Glènat España (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Planet Manga

Italian cast 
(none)

German cast 
German staff 

Translation:
Josef Shanel
Matthias Wissnet

(none)
German companies 

Publisher: EMA (Egmont Manga and Anime)

Russian staff 
Russian cast 

Translation: Polina Smoljanitskaja

Retouch & Lettering:
Anna Sinchukova
Anton Kudryashov
Dmitry Zubov
Ekaterina Djakonenko
Irina Karjagina
Irina Mihajlina
Nikolay Chesnokov
Olga Kirjuhina
Sergey Kropivnitsky

 (none)
Russian companies 

Publisher: Sakura-Press

Polish cast 
Polish staff 

Translation:
Agnieszka Opalko (vol. 5-18)
Rafal Rzepka (vol. 1 - 4)

(none)
Polish companies 

Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica (JPF) "

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Translation: Renato Siqueira

 (none)
Portuguese companies 

Publisher: Conrad

Swedish staff 
Swedish cast 

Translation: Björn Aström

 (none)
Swedish companies 

Publisher: Egmont Kärnan

 
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