×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Ichi the Killer (manga)

Have you read this? want to / read some / read all

Alternative title:
Koroshiya Ichi (Japanese)
殺し屋１ (Japanese)
고로시야 이치 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: In Shinjuku Kabuki-Cho, the biggest sin town in Japan, there are two crazy guys. Ichi is a coward and a wimp, but once he breaks into tears, he turns into a human weapon. With great martial arts skill and a blade hidden in his boots, he butchers a bunch of enemies into mincemeat in the blink of an eye. His arch enemy is Kakihara, a yakuza boss who's tired of everything, including himself. Only when he pierces, cuts, and burns his own and other people's bodies does he feel that he is alive.
User Ratings: 68 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (Eng:7, sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 Excellent: 7 votes (Eng:5, sub:2)
 Very good: 25 votes (Eng:14, sub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Good: 10 votes (Eng:6, sub:3, dub:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:5, sub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 141 users, rank: #620 (of 7036)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.735 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6415, rank: #1716 (of 7915)
Weighted mean: 7.691 (Very good−), rank: #2053 (of 7915) (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 6.47 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.690 (Very good−), rank: #1077 (of 3556)
Number of tankoubon: 10
Number of pages: 216
Vintage: 1998-06-05
Release dates: We have 26
Comment:
Due to its sheer graphic nature, Ichi the Killer was banned in several parts of Japan.
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 27-August 2 (Jul 30, 2025)
Seven Seas Licenses Pet Shop of Horrors, Ichi the Killer, 9 More Titles (Aug 24, 2024)
Hideo Yamamoto Ends Homunculus Horror Manga Next Week (Feb 14, 2011)
Hideo Yamamoto's Homunculus Manga Returns from 1-Year Break (Jul 13, 2009)
Shogakukan Considers Ending Weekly Young Sunday Mag (May 20, 2008)
Press Release:
Seven Seas Licenses Fourteen New Releases at Anime NYC 2024 (Aug 25, 2024)
You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register
Graphic novel
    Ichi the Killer [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2025-07-29 (from $27.99)
    Ichi the Killer [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2025-10-28 (from $27.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hideo Yamamoto
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English companies
(none)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: ECC Ediciones (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Edoardo Serino
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga

This encyclopedia is collaboratively edited by the users of this site
DISCLAIMER add information report an error lookup sources

Compare this manga's credits with others

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Manga anthology