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Blade of the Immortal (manga)

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Alternative title:
A Lâmina do Imortal (Portuguese)
Blade - Den Udødelige
L'Habitant de l'infini (French)
L'immortale (Italian)
La espada del inmortal (Spanish)
Miecz Nieśmiertelnego (Polish)
Mugen no Jūnin (Japanese)
無限の住人 (Japanese)
無限住人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Manji is an amoral swordsman, who has been cursed with eternal life. He has grown tired of living with all the death he has created. He has no skills other then those of killing, thus he forms a plan to regain his mortality: he shall kill one hundred evil men for each good one he has killed. The old witch who afflicted Manji with immortality agrees to Manji's proposition and Manji is set on his path to kill one thousand evil men. On his journey he meets a young girl, Rin, who has her own vengeance to seek against the sword school whose members slaughtered Rin's family. Rin and Manji journey together, each hoping to find some kind of peace. In their way are many varied enemies. Rin and Manji are almost constantly under attack and must learn to live their lives, avoiding being consumed by revenge.
User Ratings: 392 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 163 votes (Eng:70, sub:55, dub:21, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:14
3 German
2 Italian
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish dubbed
1 French
1 Portuguese
1 Croatian
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 96 votes (Eng:45, sub:19, dub:16, edit.dub:4, raw:2, raw:2, others:8
2 French
1 traditional chinese
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German
1 German subtitled
1 Swedish
)
 Very good: 59 votes (Eng:35, sub:15, ?:2, raw:1, dub:1, others:5
1 Swedish
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian
1 French
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Good: 38 votes (Eng:26, sub:6, dub:2, ?:1, others:3
2 Portuguese
1 Swedish
)
 Decent: 14 votes (Eng:10, sub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Swedish
)
 So-so: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: 5 votes (Eng:3, others:2
1 Portuguese
1 Polish
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 852 users, rank: #73 (of 6874)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.576 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.9832, rank: #319 (of 7722)
Weighted mean: 8.678 (Excellent−), rank: #366 (of 7722) (seen all: 8.98 / seen some: 8.71 / won't finish: 6.34)
Bayesian estimate: 8.668 (Excellent−), rank: #35 (of 3519)
Number of tankoubon: 30
Number of pages: 200
Volumes:
#01. Blood of a Thousand
#02. Cry of the Worm
#03. Dreamsong
#04. On Silent Wings
#05. On Silent Wings II
#06. Dark Shadows
#07. Heart of Darkness
#08. The Gathering
#09. The Gathering II
#10. Secrets
#11. Beasts
#12. Fall Frost
#13. Mirror of the Soul
#14. Last Blood
Chapter titles: We have 208
Vintage:
1994-09-22 to 2013-02-22
1996-12 to 1997-11 (Spain - Norma Editorial)
1997-03-01 (USA: Dark Horse)
2002-07 to 2013-10-17 (Germany)
2008-06-05 (Croatia)
Release dates: We have 153
Reviews:
Blade of the Immortal GN 25-26 (Jul 13, 2013)
Blade of the Immortal GN 22 (Feb 28, 2010)
Blade of the Immortal GN 20-21 (Sep 21, 2009)
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Artbook
    The Art of Blade of the Immortal (Artbook) 2010-06-15 (from $26.99)
eBook
    Blade of the Immortal - Blood of a Thousand (eBook 1) 1997-03-04 (from $8.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Cry of the Worm (eBook 2) 1999-02-09 (from $8.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Dreamsong (eBook 3) 1999-02-09 (from $8.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - On Silent Wings (eBook 4) 2014-12-17 (from $4.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - On Silent Wings II (eBook 5) 2014-12-17 (from $4.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Dark Shadows (eBook 6) 2014-12-17 (from $4.99)
Graphic novel
    Blade of the Immortal - Blood of a Thousand (GN 1) 1997-03-11 (from $13.63)
    Blade of the Immortal - Cry of the Worm (GN 2) 1998-04-14 (from $2.76)
    Blade of the Immortal - Dreamsong (GN 3) 1999-02-10 (from $10.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - On Silent Wings (GN 4) 1999-08-25 (from $6.49)
    Blade of the Immortal - On Silent Wings II (GN 5) 2000-03-22 (from $6.10)
    Blade of the Immortal - Dark Shadows (GN 6) 2000-09-27 (from $12.95)
    Blade of the Immortal - Heart of Darkness (GN 7) 2001-04-18 (from $6.11)
    Blade of the Immortal - The Gathering (GN 8) 2001-08-15 (from $12.76)
    Blade of the Immortal - The Gathering II (GN 9) 2001-12-19 (from $3.97)
    Blade of the Immortal - Secrets (GN 10) 2002-06-07 (from $9.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Beasts (GN 11) 2002-12-18 (from $8.88)
    Blade of the Immortal - Autumn Frost (GN 12) 2003-12-24 (from $23.80)
    Blade of the Immortal - Mirror of the Soul (GN 13) 2004-08-18 (from $11.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Last Blood (GN 14) 2005-06-14 (from $9.80)
    Blade of the Immortal - Trickster (GN 15) 2006-02-15 (from $17.47)
    Blade of the Immortal - Shortcut (GN 16) 2006-12-20 (from $10.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - On the Perfection of Anatomy (GN 17) 2007-06-13 (from $11.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Sparrow Net (GN 18) 2008-02-06 (from $11.27)
    Blade of the Immortal - Badger Hole (GN 19) 2008-06-11 (from $6.05)
    Blade of the Immortal - Demon Lair (GN 20) 2008-12-10 (from $3.90)
    Blade of the Immortal - Demon Lair II (GN 21) 2009-07-08 (from $15.96)
    Blade of the Immortal - Footsteps (GN 22) 2010-01-13 (from $9.98)
    Blade of the Immortal - Scarlet Swords (GN 23) 2011-02-08 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Massacre (GN 24) 2011-10-26 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Snowfall at Dawn (GN 25) 2012-08-14 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Blizzard (GN 26) 2013-03-13 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Mist on the Spider's Web (GN 27) 2013-09-11 (from $75.00)
    Blade of the Immortal - Raining Chaos (GN 28) 2014-01-15 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Beyond Good and Evil (GN 29) 2014-05-14 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Vigilance (GN 30) 2014-11-11 (from $15.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Final Curtain (GN 31) 2015-03-25 (from $16.76)
    Blade of the Immortal [Omnibus] (GN 4) 2017-11-21 (from $19.95)
    Blade of the Immortal [Omnibus] (GN 5) 2018-03-27 (from $18.70)
    Blade of the Immortal [Omnibus] (GN 1-3) 2017-01-10 (from $19.94)
    Blade of the Immortal [Omnibus] (GN 4-6) 2017-04-25 (from $19.93)
    Blade of the Immortal [Omnibus] (GN 7-9) 2017-07-18 (from $19.90)
Novel
    Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon (Novel) 2009-11-18 (from $8.79)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hiroaki Samura
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Mark Cox
Translation:
Dana Lewis
Toren Smith

Editing: Philip Simon
Publisher: Mike Richardson
Retouch & Lettering:
Tomoko Saitō
Wayne Truman (vol 1-2)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Dark Horse Comics
Online Distribution: K MANGA
French cast
French staff
Translation:
Akahori Shinobu (Vol. 2-4)
Marie-Françoise Monthiers (Vol. 5-10)
Vincent Zouzoulkovsky (Vol. 11-16)
Yūkō Tashiro (Vol. 1)
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Casterman
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Glenat)
Olinda Cordukes (Norma, 1996)
Verónica Calafell (Glenat)
Licensed by: OVNI Press (Argentina)
Publisher:
Glénat España
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Panini Comics (Mexico; Colombia)
Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain; vol. 30)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher:
Comic Art (discontinued)
Panini Comics (Planet Manga)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Translation: Christine Steinle
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Egmont Manga & Anime (Egmont Manga and anime)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Cezary Komorowicz
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Egmont Polska
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation:
Edward Kondo (vol 8-)
Thiago Nojiri (JBC, vol 1-7)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher:
Conrad (Brazil)
JBC (current; Brazil)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
Translation: Simon Lundström
Publisher: Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB
Serialized In: Manga Mania
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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