The Fable
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The Fable (Japanese: ザ・ファブル, Hepburn: Za Faburu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhisa Minami. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled The Fable: The Second Contact, ran in Weekly Young Magazine from July 2021 to July 2023.
The Fable | |
ザ・ファブル (Za Faburu) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Katsuhisa Minami |
Published by | Kodansha |
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Imprint | Young Magazine KC |
Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | November 1, 2014 – November 18, 2019 |
Volumes | 22 (List of volumes) |
Manga | |
Written by | Katsuhisa Minami |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Comic Days |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 6, 2018 – February 26, 2019 |
Volumes | 1 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Kan Eguchi |
Written by | Yūsuke Watanabe |
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Released | June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21) |
Runtime | 123 minutes |
Live-action film | |
The Fable: A Hitman Who Doesn’t Kill | |
Directed by | Kan Eguchi |
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Released | June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18) |
Runtime | 131 minutes |
Manga | |
The Fable: The Second Contact | |
Written by | Katsuhisa Minami |
Published by | Kodansha |
Imprint | Young Magazine KC |
Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 19, 2021 – July 10, 2023 |
Volumes | 9 (List of volumes) |
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Music by | Shuichiro Fukuhiro |
Studio | Tezuka Productions |
Licensed by | Disney Platform Distribution |
Original network | NNS (Nippon TV) |
Original run | April 7, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 4 |
Anime and manga portal |
A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in June 2019 and a sequel premiered in June 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions premiered in April 2024.
By October 2022, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2017, The Fable won the 41st Kodansha Manga Award for the General category.