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Basilisk (manga)

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Alternative title:
Basilisk - Chronik der Koga-Ninja (German)
Basilisk - I segreti mortali dei ninja (Italian)
Basilisk - The Kouga Ninja Scrolls
バジリスク (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: The story takes place in the year 1614. Two ninja clans, Tsubagakure of the Iga and Manjidani of Kouga, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun. The deadly competition between 10 elite ninja from each clan unleashes a centuries-old hatred that threatens to destroy all hope for peace between them.
User Ratings: 204 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (Eng:9, dub:4, sub:4, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 German
)
 Excellent: 41 votes (Eng:22, sub:9, dub:5, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Turkish
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Very good: 73 votes (Eng:33, sub:24, dub:10, edit.dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish
)
 Good: 38 votes (Eng:20, sub:10, ?:2, dub:2, others:4
2 Italian
2 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 16 votes (Eng:9, sub:4, raw:1, others:2
2 German
)
 So-so: 6 votes (Eng:3, sub:1, dub:1, others:1
1 German
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (Eng:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 456 users, rank: #176 (of 6876)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.745 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6099, rank: #1675 (of 7723)
Weighted mean: 7.655 (Very good−), rank: #2087 (of 7723) (seen all: 7.76 / seen some: 7.52 / won't finish: 3.70)
Bayesian estimate: 7.656 (Very good−), rank: #1142 (of 3520)
Number of tankoubon: 5
Number of pages: 208
Vintage:
2003-05-02
2005-05 to 2005-09 (Germany: Heyne)
2006-05-12 to 2007-05-29 (North America)
Release dates: We have 20
Links: We have 1
Reviews:
Basilisk GN 4 (Apr 6, 2007)
Basilisk GN 2 (Aug 30, 2006)
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Basilisk Delayed or Canceled (May 12, 2005)
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eBook
    Basilisk (eBook 1) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)
    Basilisk (eBook 2) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)
    Basilisk (eBook 3) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)
    Basilisk (eBook 4) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)
    Basilisk (eBook 5) 2014-09-09 (from $9.99)
Graphic novel
    Basilisk (GN 1) 2005-05-12 (from $6.25)
    Basilisk (GN 2) 2005-08-30 (from $2.69)
    Basilisk (GN 3) 2005-11-29 (from $10.70)
    Basilisk (GN 4) 2007-02-28
    Basilisk (GN 5) 2007-05-29 (from $35.07)
Novel
    The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (Novel) 2006-12-31 (from $13.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English companies
Translation: David Ury

Adaptation: David Ury
Lettering: Foltz Design
Distributor: Tanoshimi (UK)
Licensed by:
Del Rey
Kodansha Comics (2014)
Online Distribution:
K MANGA
MangaPlaza
English cast
(none)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
Translation: Atomic Panda

Lettering: Julien Cordero
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Kurokawa
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina; Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga (Panini Comics)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher:
Heyne
Manga Cult
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Drik Sada
Portuguese cast
(none)

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