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Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (manga)

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Alternative title:
Gambler Kaiji
Kaiji (Japanese)
Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (Japanese)
賭博默示錄 (Chinese (Taiwan))
賭博黙示録カイジ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, psychological
Themes: gambling, sports, tragedy
Plot Summary: Impoverished loser Kaiji spends his days playing cheap gambling games, and vandalizing cars to take his frustrations out on society. One day a debt collector arrives, informing Kaiji that an unpaid loan he had co-signed for has now fallen upon him. The debt collector coerces him into boarding a gambling boat to clear the debt, and possibly make himself rich on top of that. Kaiji accepts, but he has no inkling of the horrors that await him ...
User Ratings: 11 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 Very good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Good: -
 Decent: -
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 36 users, rank: #1875 (of 6865)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 7.909 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9285, rank: #1417 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 8.370 (Very good+), rank: #558 (of 7714) (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 8.47 / won't finish: 8.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.188 (Very good+), rank: #223 (of 3518)
Number of tankoubon: 13
Chapter titles: We have 27
Vintage: 1996-02-19 to 1999-08-09 (Young Magazine, 1996 #11 - 1999 #36)
Release dates: We have 17
News: Show:
Young Magazine Gets New Young Magazine Kakehiki Supplement (Apr 10, 2024)
Nobuyuki Fukumoto: Kaiji Manga's Next Arc is Last (Apr 1, 2024)
Kaiji Manga Goes on Short Hiatus (Oct 6, 2023)
Kaiji Manga Goes on Hiatus (Jun 5, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 23-29 (Apr 25, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 12-18 (Dec 14, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 5-11 (Sep 7, 2021)
Kaiji Series Gets Spinoff Manga About Seiya Ichijō (Jan 13, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 22-28 (Nov 26, 2020)
Manga Planet Licenses Kaiji, 2 Other Manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Jun 15, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 15-21 (Dec 19, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 8-14 (Dec 10, 2019)
Kaiji Manga Takes Break Until December (Oct 22, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 22-October 5 (Oct 2, 2019)
Kaiji Gambling Manga Gets New Live-Action Film in January 2020 (May 30, 2019)
New Manga Publishing Company Denpa Launches, Licenses Kaiji, Inside Mari, More (Aug 13, 2018)
Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Kaiji Manga Inspires Chinese Live-Action Film (Jul 16, 2018)
Kaiji Spinoff Manga Tonegawa Gets TV Anime This Year by Madhouse (Feb 16, 2018)
Kaiji Reality Show Returns as Regular Program With 100 Million Yen Prize (Jan 25, 2018)
Kaiji Gambling Manga Gets Variety Program in December (Oct 13, 2017)
Kaiji VR 'Steel Beam Crossing' Game Delayed to July (May 1, 2017)
Kaiji Manga Gets New Spinoff About Ōtsuki (Jan 2, 2017)
Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Gin to Kin Manga Inspires Live-Action Series (Nov 17, 2016)
Kaiji Manga Gets PlayStation VR Game About Crossing Steel Beams (Oct 24, 2016)
Kaiji's Fukumoto to Collaborate on Spinoff Manga Starring Tonegawa (May 19, 2015)
Kaiji Gambling Manga to Resume After 14-Month Break (Apr 22, 2013)
Kaiji Gambling Manga Gets 2nd TV Anime Series (Jan 26, 2011)
BokuKimi, Kaiji's Live-Action Film Teasers Streamed (Jun 13, 2009)
Kaiji Gambling Manga to Resume in Japan in June (Apr 27, 2009)
Naisho no Tsubomi, Kaiji, Noramimi TV Anime Announced (Jul 31, 2007)
Interest:
Kaiji Anime Figma Figure Coming From Max Factory (May 3, 2011)
Press Release:
Manga Planet Adds Nobuyuki Fukumoto Manga Titles from HighStone Publishing to Library (Jun 15, 2020)
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Graphic novel
    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (GN 5) 2024-05-28 (from $21.79)
    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (GN 1) 2019-12-10 (from $19.02)
    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (GN 2) 2020-11-24 (from $18.61)
    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (GN 3) 2021-08-17 (from $17.90)
    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (GN 4) 2021-12-21 (from $19.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Nobuyuki Fukumoto
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Lettering: Laura Kovalcin
Production:
Andrea Donohue
Laura Kovalcin
Lauren Eldon
Mo Harrison
Nicole Dochych
Proofreading:
Chris Champoux
Ed Chavez
Jacob Grady
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Denpa
Translation: Highstone
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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