Zipang (manga)
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Zipang (Japanese: ジパング, Hepburn: Jipangu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning from 2000 to 2009, with its chapters collected in forty-three tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of the members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force who are transported back in time more than 60 years to 1942.
Zipang | |
ジパング (Jipangu) | |
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Written by | Kaiji Kawaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Morning |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 2000 – November 2009 |
Volumes | 43 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
Written by |
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Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | October 7, 2004 – March 31, 2005 |
Episodes | 26 (List of episodes) |
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A twenty-six episode anime television series by Studio Deen and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi was broadcast on TBS from 2004 to 2006. It was licensed for English release in North America by Geneon Entertainment.
In 2002, Zipang won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category.