Hells Angels (manga)

Hells Angels is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from 2002 to 2004 and compiled into three tankōbon volumes.

Hells Angels
Theatrical release poster
GenreDark comedy,[1] dark fantasy[2]
Manga
Written bySin'Ichi Hiromoto
Published byShueisha
MagazineUltra Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 2002 – May 2004
Volumes3
Anime film
Hells
Directed byYoshiki Yamakawa
Written byYoshiki Yamakawa
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music byEDISON
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
ReleasedOctober 2008
Runtime117 minutes

It was adapted into an anime film by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film has been licensed by Discotek Media in 2017.

Voice cast
Character Japanese English[3]
Rinne Amagane Misato Fukuen Amanda Lee
Ryu Kutou Daisuke Kishio Howard Wang
Hellvis Fumihiko Tachiki Jason Marnocha
Mario Hidenobu Kiuchi Joshua Gotay
Who Keiji Fujiwara Chris Guererro
Steela Miyuki Sawashiro Megan Shipman
Phantoma Yui Kano Marianne Miller
Kiki Ami Koshimizu Sarah Anne Williams
Wolfie Yuki Matsuoka Marissa Lenti
Cronola Yū Asakawa Caitlyn Elizabeth
Curia Nana Inoue Elizabeth Maxwell
Gillealla Rina Satō Amanda Gish
Mummyla Akeno Watanabe Emily Fajardo
Rokku Chō Martin Billany
Pandaz Nobuyuki Hiyama Scott Frerichs
Rei Kagurazaka Yūna Inamura Amber Lee Connors
Luca Akeno Watanabe Corinne Sudberg
Rinne's Mother Romi Park Jessica Calvello

Media

Manga

Hells Angels is written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from the September 2002 issue to the May 2004 issue.[4][5][6] Shueisha compiled its individual chapters intro three tankōbon volumes published from April 18, 2003 to July 16, 2004.

Volumes
No. Release date ISBN
1 April 18, 2003[7]4-08-876438-2
2 October 17, 2003[8]4-08-876521-4
3 July 16, 2004[9]4-08-876633-4

Film

The manga series was adapted into an anime film by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1][10]

The Japanese distributor TC Entertainment released the film simply titled as Hells on Blu-ray with English subtitles on August 3, 2012.[2][11] On June 12, 2017, Discotek Media had announced at their panel at AnimeNEXT that they would be releasing Hells on Blu-ray and DVD.[12] On August 13, 2017, Discotek announced that the home media release would include an English dub.[3] The English dub of the film marked the first time voice acting/video production company TeamFourStar (known for the comedic webseries Dragon Ball Z Abridged) worked on an official dub.[3][13][14] Discotek released the Blu-ray on November 27, 2018.[15]

Reception

The Hells anime film was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2008.[16]

References
  1. Loo, Egan (2008-11-27). "Madhouse's Hells Angels Anime Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  2. Loo, Egan (2012-07-13). "1st 3 Minutes of Dark Fantasy Anime Hells Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. Mateo, Alex (August 12, 2018). "Discotek Streams Hells Anime Film's English Dub Trailers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  4. ウルトラジャンプ9月号（69号）・ホ－ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 26, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. ウルトラジャンプ5月号（89号）・ホ－ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 26, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. ＨＥＬＬＳ　ＡＮＧＥＬＳ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  7. HELLS　ANGELS　　1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. HELLS　ANGELS　　2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  9. HELLS　ANGELS　　3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  10. "Hells Angels Anime to Premiere in October in Japan". Anime News Network. 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  11. "Hells Angels' Anime Adaptation Gets English-Subbed BD". Anime News Network. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  12. Luster, Joseph (2017-06-12). "Discotek to Bring "Galaxy Express 999" Films, "HELLS," and "Kaiba" to Blu-ray". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  13. Green, Scott (August 14, 2017). "Discotek Announces Plans for "Robot Carnival," "Bananya" And More". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  14. TeamFourStar [@teamfourstar] (August 13, 2017). "We're proud to announce that we'll be dubbing the Madhouse film Hells. Our first *official* dub! *Not* a parody!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. "Hells Blu-ray". Right Stuf-US. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  16. "Animation Division – 2008 [12th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
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