The manga first launched in 2005
Kadokawa's Emerald Magazine Twitter account announced on Wednesday that Miyuki Abe's Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun manga will end with the 82nd chapter in the summer issue, which debuts in late August.
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© Miyuki Abe, Kadokawa
Abe's manga reimagines the setting from the classic Samurai novel Hakkenden as a female-oriented story with supernatural elements. The manga inspired two anime seasons from Studio DEEN in 2013.
Abe launched the manga in Tosuisha's Ichi*Raki magazine in 2005. Abe then switched publishers to Kadokawa Shoten in 2011, and began serializing the manga in the publisher's magazine. Ciel Magazine. Abe later ported the manga in 2014 to a new Emerald magazine inspired by Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. Kadokawa published the 23rd compiled book volume on December 28.
The first 13-episode anime television series adaptation of the manga premiered in Japan in January 2013, and Crunchyroll streamed the series in many countries other than Japan at the same time. aired. Sentai Filmworks released the first installment on home video in May 2014 under the title Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East. The second season premiered in July 2013, and Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired. Sentai Filmworks released the second season on home video in October 2014. The company also released an English dub of the anime.
Source: Emerald Magazine Twitter account
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