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Battle Royale (manga)

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Related anime:
    Battle Royale (live-action movie)
      Battle Royale II: Requiem (live-action movie) (sequel)
    Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale (manga) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Королевская Битва (Russian)
バトル・ロワイアル (Japanese)
生存遊戲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, drama, horror, science fiction
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In a world where teenagers are roaming wild, the Japanese government decides to hold "lotteries" where 9th graders enter and are picked to "battle it all out" on an island with other students. An island where even your best friend will become your worst enemy.
User Ratings: 279 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 53 votes (English:17, dub:16, sub:14, Ita.dub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1, Russian:1, Italian:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 77 votes (English:31, sub:25, dub:10, raw:2, Ita.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, German:1, raw:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 57 votes (English:22, sub:19, dub:12, Por.sub:1, French:1, raw:1, ?:1)
 Good: 45 votes (English:21, sub:11, dub:8, ?:2, Ita.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (English:7, sub:5, ?:1, dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (English:5, sub:2)
 Not really good: 9 votes (English:5, dub:2, French:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (English:4, dub:2, Spa.sub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (English:2, sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (English:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 673 users, rank: #67
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.857 (Very good-.14), std. dev.: 2.0056, rank: #1029
Weighted mean: 7.732 (Very good-.26), rank: #1055 (seen all: 8.36 / seen some: 7.43 / won't finish: 4.37)
Bayesian estimate: 7.733 (Very good-.26), rank: #632
Number of tankoubon: 15
Number of pages: 216
Vintage: 2000-11 (Began Serialization in Young Champion)
Releases: We have 48
Official website:
Battle Royale Manga - TOKYOPOP
Links: We have 2
In the news 9 times:
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2009-05-30   M and N, Heart no Kuni no Alice Listed by Amazon.ca
2009-01-27   Viz Starts Haikasoru Novel Imprint for Sci-Fi, Fantasy
2008-05-14   UK Fans Give Eagle Award to Death Note Manga
2007-10-02   Junko Mizuno, 2 New Book Authors, Battle Royale Editor Interviewed
2007-05-16   Blade of the Immortal Wins British Fans' Eagle Award
2006-01-23   Diamond Announces Top Direct Market Performers
2002-04-11   Pulp Ends in August
Comment:
Originally a novel by Koushun Takami, Battle Royale was then adapted into movie by Kinji Fukasaku. Following the popularity of the movie, Takami worked with artist Masayuki Taguchi to adapt it into a Manga.
Battle Royale has become infamous in Japan (and to a lesser degree, around the world) and has sparked much controversy.
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Related releases:
    Battle Royale - Ultimate Edition (GN 1) 2007-10-16 (from $14.92)
    Battle Royale - Ultimate Edition (GN 2) 2008-02-12 (from $15.95)
    Battle Royale - Ultimate Edition (GN 3) 2008-06-17 (from $15.95)
    Battle Royale - Ultimate Edition (GN 4) 2008-10-07 (from $15.95)
    Battle Royale - Ultimate Edition (GN 5) 2009-02-10 (from $15.95)
    Battle Royale (GN 1) 2003-05-13 (from $5.99)
    Battle Royale (GN 2) 2003-07-15 (from $6.37)
    Battle Royale (GN 3) 2003-10-11 (from $3.50)
    Battle Royale (GN 4) 2003-12-09 (from $2.78)
    Battle Royale (GN 5) 2004-01-13 (from $2.49)
    Battle Royale (GN 6) 2004-03-02 (from $2.50)
    Battle Royale (GN 7) 2004-06-01 (from $5.99)
    Battle Royale (GN 8) 2004-08-03 (from $5.80)
    Battle Royale (GN 9) 2004-10-05 (from $6.37)
    Battle Royale (GN 10) 2004-12-07 (from $6.37)
    Battle Royale (GN 11) 2005-02-08 (from $5.24)
    Battle Royale (GN 12) 2005-04-12 (from $4.94)
    Battle Royale (GN 13) 2005-07-12 (from $6.48)
    Battle Royale (GN 14) 2005-11-08 (from $6.48)
    Battle Royale (GN 15) 2006-04-11 (from $5.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story: Koushun Takami

Original creator: Koushun Takami

Art: Masayuki Taguchi

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Akita Shoten

Serialized In: Young Champion Magazine

English staff 

Art director: Matthew Alford

Translation:
Takako Maeda
Tomo Iwo

Adaptation: Keith Giffen

Additional Lettering And Design: Mark Paniccia

Cover Layout & Design: Gary Shum

Editing: Mark Paniccia

Managing Editor: Jill Freshney

Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro

Production manager: Jennifer Miller

Retouch:
Anna Kernbaum
Towfic Kassis

English cast 
(none)
English companies 

Licensed by: TOKYOPOP

French companies 
French staff 

Translation: Arnaud Delage

Publisher:
Soleil
Vegetal Soleil

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Play Press

Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Tokyopop Germany

German cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian cast 

Translation: Galina Solovyova

Retouch & Lettering:
Dmitry Zubov
Konstantin Galaev

 (none)
Russian companies 

Publisher: Sakura-Press

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Conrad (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd. (called back)

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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