Kamui (1964 manga)

Kamui den (カムイ伝) is a manga series written and drawn by Sanpei Shirato. Set in feudal Japan, it tells the story of a low-born ninja who has fled his clan. The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebellion that reflect Shirato's Marxist convictions.

カムイ
Kamui

Genre	Action, historical[1]
Manga
Kamui Den
Written by	Sanpei Shirato
Published by	Seirindo
Magazine	Garo
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1964 – 1971
Volumes	21
Manga
Kamui Gaiden
Written by	Sanpei Shirato
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday[2]
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1965 – 1967
Manga
The Legend of Kamui
Written by	Sanpei Shirato
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	^NA Viz Media
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1982 – 2000
Volumes	22
Anime television series
The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja
Directed by	Yonehiko Watanabe
Music by	Ryōichi Mizutani
Studio	TCJ
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 6, 1969 – September 28, 1969
Episodes	26

Plot

Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his intelligence and great abilities to survive. In the course of the series Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui then started to believe that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across.

Publication

The original series, Kamui Den (カムイ伝), ran from December 1964 to July 1971 in the monthly gekiga magazine Garo. The sequel titled Legend of Kamui (カムイ外伝, Kamui Gaiden) ran from 1982 to 2000 in Big Comic.[3]

In 1987, two volumes of the second series became one of the first manga titles to be published in the United States (by Eclipse Comics and Viz Comics), as The Legend of Kamui. The Viz edition featured lettering and retouching by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.

Adaptations

The manga was adapted into an anime series The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja (1969) and a live-action film Kamui Gaiden (2009).

The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja (忍風カムイ外伝, Ninpū Kamui Gaiden) was produced by TCJ in 1969. It was broadcast in Japan from 6 April 1969 to 28 September 1969 by Fuji TV. Kamui the Ninja had 26 episodes with a running time of 22 minutes each one. An episode of the series was dubbed to English released as a VHS bundle by REMCO under their Secret of the Ninja toyline.

References

Ruh, Brian (October 26, 2010). "Cartoon Culture Shock - Brain Diving". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
"週刊少年サンデー　カムイ外伝(白土三平赤目プロ作品)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
Trailer of "Kamui Gaiden", live-action film adaption of the Ninja Manga Classic - GIGAZINE

External links

The Legend of Kamui (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Weekly Shōnen Sunday: 1959–1969
1959	Dr. Thrill
1960	Captain Ken
1961	Iga no Kagemaru
1962	Osomatsu-kun Brave Dan
1963	Submarine 707
1964	Little Ghost Q-Taro
1965	Kamui Gaiden The Amazing 3 Super Jetter
1966	The Vampires Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Akakage
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