| Wild 7 | |
 North American cover of the first manga volume | |
| ワイルド7 (Wairudo Sebun) | |
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| Genre | Action[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mikiya Mochizuki |
| Published by | Shōnen Gahōsha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen King |
| Original run | September 21, 1969 –July 16, 1979 |
| Volumes | 48 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Hideo Rokka,Mio Ezuki Sadao Nozoki,Yasuharu Hasabe |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | October 9, 1972 – March 26, 1973 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kiyoshi Egami |
| Music by | Kazushi Umezo |
| Studio | Studio Kikan |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 17, 1994 – February 21, 1995 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Wild 7: Another | |
| Directed by | Sumio Watanabe |
| Music by | Hiroshi Motokura |
| Studio | E&G Films |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X |
| Original run | April 27, 2002 – August 31, 2002 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Eiichirō Hasumi |
| Produced by | Akira Morii |
| Written by | Masaki Fukasawa |
| Studio | Robot Communications |
| Released | December 21, 2011 (2011-12-21) |
Wild 7 (Japanese:ワイルド7,Hepburn:Wairudo Sebun) is a Japanese manga series by creatorMikiya Mochizuki that debuted on 1969 onWeekly Shōnen King where it ran until 1979. The creation of the manga had been based on the condition thatJapan and other non-communist countries were facing in the 1960s and 1970s with the rise ofmilitant student activists andpoliticians being caught and seen as corrupt with their economies recovering from the days ofWorld War II.[2]
It has been adapted into alive action series, anOVA and a spin-offanime. A live action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 21, 2011.
In the wake of rising criminality and terrorist activities inJapan againstJapanese nationals, theJapanese National Police Agency has no choice but to authorize the mobilization of a specialCounter-terroristMotorcycle unit consisting ofreformedconvicts, ranging from simple thugs, individuals forced into prison for simple petty trouble and formerYakuza henchmen and leaders to combat armed criminals and terrorists.
TheWild 7 OVA is an adaptation of the manga, howeverWild 7 Another television series is a sequel of 13 episodes set after the OVA. It was shown inJapan from April 27 to August 31 of 2002 before airing it onAnimax forLatin American viewers from September 9 to November 28 of 2006. The television series was released on DVD with Japanese audio and English subtitles byDiscotek Media on July 31, 2018.[3]
A live actiondrama series ran onNTV from 1972 to 1973. Despite being popular withTV viewers, it was forced to end after 25 episodes due to concerns of violence being shown. A live action film was released on December 21, 2011.[4][5]
Tony Salvaggio of Comic Book Resources said thatWild 7 was one of the best manga/anime from the 1960s and 1970s, similar to whatGolgo 13 andSpeed Racer had been through as they had fueledadventure to its readers and viewers.[6] He even pointed out thatWild 7 may have been the antithesis to the popularity of theA-Team.[6]
However, Mike Toole of Anime Jump said that the OVA's character designs are so horrible that the manga artist may have been responsible for it.[7] But he later suggested that the director of theWild 7 OVA,Kiyoshi Egami, should be held responsible for the OVA character design instead ofMikiya Mochizuki.[7]
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