A 15-year long manga about youth searching for 4 evil gods who hold the key to the kingdom’s downfall
Shinobu Takayama’s Haigakura manga is inspiring an anime television series that will premiere next year. Takayama personally drew the teaser image for the anime:
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The story is set in a remote world where both gods and mortals live. A young man named Ichiyō sets out to capture the gods who have fled and scattered across the kingdom. Along with his subordinate god Tenkō, Ichiyō searches for the four evil gods who hold the key to the kingdom’s downfall.
Takayama began serialization of the manga in Ichijinsha’s Zero-Sum Ward magazine in 2008. After the magazine’s discontinuation in 2015, the manga continued to run on the Zero-Sum Online service as an issue. Takayama’s longest. Ichijinsha has published 16 volumes to date with over 1.3 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).
Takayama’s Amatsuki manga was also adapted into a television anime in 2008.
Source: Natalie Comics