Reborn!
Japanese manga series by Akira Amano / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Reborn!?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Reborn!, known in Japan as Katekyō Hitman Reborn! (Japanese: 家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!, Hepburn: Katekyō Hittoman Ribōn![lower-alpha 1]) and also as Hitman Reborn! for disambiguation purposes, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Amano. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 2004 to November 2012, with its chapters collected into 42 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Tsunayoshi Sawada, a young boy who discovers that he is next in line to become boss of the Vongola family, a powerful Mafia organization. The Vongolas' most powerful hitman, a gun-toting infant named Reborn, is sent to teach Tsuna how to be a boss.
Reborn! | |
家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN! (Katekyō Hittoman Ribōn!) | |
---|---|
Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Akira Amano |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 24, 2004 – November 12, 2012 |
Volumes | 42 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kenichi Imaizumi |
Produced by |
|
Written by | Nobuaki Kishima |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Artland |
Licensed by |
|
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | October 7, 2006 – September 25, 2010 |
Episodes | 203 + 2 OVAs (List of episodes) |
Light novel | |
Katekyō Hitman Reborn!: Hidden Bullet | |
Written by | Hideaki Koyasu |
Illustrated by | Akira Amano |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump J-Books |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | March 12, 2007 – May 2, 2011 |
Volumes | 5 |
An anime television series adaptation by Artland was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2006 to September 2010, and ran for 203 episodes. A number of video games, light novels, and other products were also created based on the series. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga and the streaming rights for the television series for English release. Viz Media only published the first sixteen volumes, with the last one being released in July 2010. Discotek Media later licensed the home video rights for the television series for subbed-only release.
Reborn! is one of the best-selling manga series of Weekly Shōnen Jump, with over 30 million copies in circulation. Reviewers praised its humor, storylines, fights and character designs, noting that the series grew more violent after volume eight, becoming a more typical shōnen series.