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Battle Royale (manga)

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Alternative title:
Королевская Битва (Russian)
バトル・ロワイアル (Japanese)
生存遊戲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: In a world where teenagers are roaming wild, the Japanese government decides to hold "lotteries" where 9th graders enter and are picked to "battle it all out" on an island with other students. An island where even your best friend will become your worst enemy.
User Ratings: 393 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 69 votes (Eng:31, dub:15, sub:15, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Italian
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 114 votes (Eng:63, sub:27, dub:11, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:7
2 Italian dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
1 German
1 Italian
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 86 votes (Eng:48, sub:20, dub:12, raw:1, ?:1, others:4
2 French
1 Italian
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 60 votes (Eng:33, sub:12, dub:8, ?:2, raw:1, others:4
1 Italian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French
)
 Decent: 22 votes (Eng:13, sub:4, dub:1, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 French
)
 So-so: 9 votes (Eng:6, sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (Eng:11, dub:2, others:1
1 French
)
 Weak: 9 votes (Eng:5, dub:2, sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:2, Eng:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (Eng:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 896 users, rank: #69 (of 6865)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.886 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9457, rank: #1452 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 7.767 (Very good−), rank: #1868 (of 7714) (seen all: 8.21 / seen some: 7.41 / won't finish: 4.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.766 (Very good−), rank: #924 (of 3518)
Number of tankoubon: 15
Number of pages: 216
Chapter titles: We have 119
Vintage: 2000-11 to 2006-01 (serialized in Young Champion)
Release dates: We have 48
Official website:
Links: We have 3
Comment:
Originally a novel by Koushun Takami, Battle Royale was then adapted into movie by Kinji Fukasaku. Following the popularity of the movie, Takami worked with artist Masayuki Taguchi to adapt it into a Manga.
Battle Royale has become infamous in Japan (and to a lesser degree, around the world) and has sparked much controversy.
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Graphic novel
    Battle Royale (GN 1) 2003-05-13 (from $2.65)
    Battle Royale (GN 2) 2003-07-15 (from $14.00)
    Battle Royale (GN 3) 2003-10-11 (from $17.95)
    Battle Royale (GN 4) 2003-12-09 (from $14.45)
    Battle Royale (GN 5) 2004-01-13 (from $3.12)
    Battle Royale (GN 6) 2004-03-02 (from $11.19)
    Battle Royale (GN 7) 2004-06-01 (from $4.99)
    Battle Royale (GN 8) 2004-08-03 (from $15.91)
    Battle Royale (GN 9) 2004-10-05 (from $18.35)
    Battle Royale (GN 10) 2004-12-07 (from $23.57)
    Battle Royale (GN 11) 2005-02-08 (from $55.00)
    Battle Royale (GN 12) 2005-04-12 (from $19.99)
    Battle Royale (GN 13) 2005-07-12 (from $35.47)
    Battle Royale (GN 14) 2005-11-08 (from $14.83)
    Battle Royale (GN 15) 2006-04-11 (from $39.95)
    Battle Royale [Ultimate Edition] (GN 1) 2007-10-16 (from $22.93)
    Battle Royale [Ultimate Edition] (GN 2) 2008-02-12 (from $52.72)
    Battle Royale [Ultimate Edition] (GN 3) 2008-06-17 (from $68.80)
    Battle Royale [Ultimate Edition] (GN 4) 2008-10-07 (from $398.15)
    Battle Royale [Ultimate Edition] (GN 5) 2009-02-10 (from $1189.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Original creator: Koushun Takami
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Akita Publishing
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matthew Alford
Translation:
Takako Maeda
Tomo Iwo

Adaptation: Keith Giffen
Additional Lettering And Design: Mark Paniccia
Cover Layout & Design: Gary Shum
Editing: Mark Paniccia
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro
Production manager: Jennifer Miller
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Tokyopop
French staff
French companies
Translation: Arnaud Delage
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Translation: Michael Ecke
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Russian staff
Russian cast
Translation: Galina Solovyova

Retouch & Lettering:
Dmitry Zubov
Konstantin Galaev
(none)
Russian companies
Publisher: Sakura-Press
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation:
Agnieszka Budzich (vol. 3)
Justyna Gaidamovic (vol. 5)
Kenichiro Watanuki (vol. 1)
Magdalena Malinowska (vol. 1-14)
Maja Piec (vol. 6)
Mateusz Makowski (vol. 11, 15)
Natalia Marko (vol. 5)
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher:
Conrad (Brazil)
NewPOP (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd. (called back)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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