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Takemitsuzamurai

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Japanese manga series by Taiyō Matsumoto

竹光侍
Takemitsuzamurai
First volume cover
Genre	Historical^[1]
Manga
Written by	Issei Eifuku
Illustrated by	Taiyō Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2006 –2010
Volumes	8

Takemitsuzamurai orTakemitsu Zamurai (竹光侍,lit. '"Bamboo Sword Samurai"') is a Japanese historical samurai manga series written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated byTaiyō Matsumoto. It was published inShogakukan'sBig Comic Spiritsseinen manga magazine, with its chapters collected in eightwideban volumes.

Plot

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Takemitsu Zamurai follows the story of masterless samurai Senō Sōichirō.^[2]

Publication

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Takemitsu Zamurai is written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated byTaiyō Matsumoto. It was serialized inShogakukan'sseinen manga magazineBig Comic Spirits from 2006 to 2010.^[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in eightwideban volumes, released from December 15, 2006, to April 28, 2010.^[4]^[5]

The manga was licensed in Spain byGlénat^[6]^[7] and in France by Kana.^[8]

Volumes

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No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	December 15, 2006^[4]	978-4-09-181034-2
2	May 30, 2007^[9]	978-4-09-181320-6
3	October 30, 2007^[10]	978-4-09-181588-0
4	March 28, 2008^[11]	978-4-09-181848-5
5	September 30, 2008^[12]	978-4-09-182190-4
6	April 30, 2009^[13]	978-4-09-182476-9
7	October 30, 2009^[14]	978-4-09-182736-4
8	April 28, 2010^[5]	978-4-09-183119-4

Reception

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Takemitsu Zamurai won the Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 11thJapan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2007.^[15] It also won the Grand Prize at the 15thTezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011.^[16] It was nominated for Best Comic at the 2012Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[17]

Manga criticNatsume Fusanosuke calls the series a "fascinating work" and understands it less as a manga and more as an example ofjidaimono, a genre of classic popular novels with historical themes.^[18]

References

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^Kosaka, Kris (November 26, 2016)."A dark, bittersweet childhood becomes a manga masterpiece".The Japan Times.Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. RetrievedJuly 29, 2018.[The] historical manga "Takemitsu Zamurai," which traces the life of a masterless samurai in feudal Japan.
^"Taiyō Matsumoto's ~30th Anniversary Exhibit~Event Report - Manga Planet".Manga Planet. July 18, 2018. Archived fromthe original on July 19, 2018. RetrievedJuly 19, 2018.
^スピ「創魂」にたがみよしひさ。大洋「竹光侍」最終回.Natalie (in Japanese). March 15, 2010.Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^^a ^b竹光侍１ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^^a ^b竹光侍８ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^"Takemitsu Zamurai vo".manga-news.com (in French).Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. RetrievedJuly 30, 2014.
^chibisake (October 21, 2011)."La situación de 'Takemitsu Zamurai' con Glénat".Deculture (in Spanish).Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. RetrievedJuly 30, 2014.
^"Samourai Bambou (le) - Manga série".manga-news.com (in French).Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. RetrievedJuly 16, 2023.
^竹光侍２ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^竹光侍３ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^竹光侍４ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^竹光侍５ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^竹光侍６ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^竹光侍７ (in Japanese).Shogakukan.Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2021.
^"Coo, Gurren-Lagann, 'Kafka' Win Media Arts Awards".Anime News Network. December 4, 2007.Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. RetrievedJuly 30, 2014.
^"15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced".Anime News Network. May 2, 2011.Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. RetrievedJuly 30, 2014.
^"Drifting Life, St. Young Men, More Nominated at France's Angoulême".Anime News Network. December 7, 2011.Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. RetrievedJuly 30, 2014.
^Furanosuke, Natsume (September 20, 2021)."Making it Just in Time: Author-Creator Matsumoto Taiyō".The Comics Journal.Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. RetrievedJuly 24, 2023.

External links

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Takemitsuzamurai atAnime News Network's encyclopedia

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2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada forHyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami forJin andIssei Eifuku andTaiyō Matsumoto forTakemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki forHistorie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara forKingdom (2013) Chica Umino forMarch Comes In like a Lion (2014) Yoiko Hoshi forAisawa Riku (2015) Kei Ichinoseki forHanagami Sharaku andKiyohiko Azuma forYotsuba&! (2016) Fusako Kuramochi forHana ni Somu (2017) Satoru Noda forGolden Kamuy (2018) Shinobu Arima forJitterbug The Forties (2019)
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