Baki the Grappler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Grappler Baki Grappler Baki.jpg Cover of the English release of Baki the Grappler volume 1. グラップラー刃牙 (Gurappurā Baki) Genre Action, Martial arts Manga Written by Keisuke Itagaki Published by Akita Shoten English publisher NA Gutsoon! Entertainment Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion English magazine NA Raijin Comics Original run 1991 – 1999 Volumes 42 Manga New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero Written by Keisuke Itagaki Published by Akita Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion Original run 1999 – November 24, 2005 Volumes 31 Manga Baki: Son of Ogre Written by Keisuke Itagaki Published by Akita Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion Original run December 1, 2005 – August 16, 2012 Volumes 37 Manga The Way of Baki Written by Keisuke Itagaki Published by Akita Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion Original run March 20, 2014 – ongoing Volumes 2 Original video animation Directed by Yuji Asada Produced by Chiaki Yasuda Tsuneo Seto Written by Yoshihisa Araki Music by Takahiro Saito Studio Sung San Licensed by AUS Manga Entertainment NA Central Park Media Released August 21, 1994 Runtime 45 minutes Anime television series Directed by Hitoshi Nanba Produced by Dynamite Tommy Written by Yasunori Yamada Music by Project Baki Studio Group TAC Licensed by NA Funimation Network TV Tokyo English network US Funimation Channel, Colours TV Original run January 8, 2001 – June 25, 2001 Episodes 24 Anime television series Grappler Baki: Maximum Tournament Directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe Produced by Dynamite Tommy Written by Yasunori Yamada Music by Project Baki Studio Group TAC Licensed by US Funimation Network TV Tokyo Original run July 23, 2001 – December 24, 2001 Episodes 24 Portal icon Anime and Manga portal Grappler Baki (グラップラー刃牙 Gurappurā Baki?), known as Baki the Grappler in North America, is a manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by two sequel series; BAKI (バキ?, officially romanized as New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero in the logo), which was serialized from 1999 to 2005 and collected into 31 volumes, and Baki Hanma (範馬刃牙 Hanma Baki?, officially romanized as Baki: Son of Ogre in the logo), which was serialized from 2005 to 2012 and collected into 37 volumes. A third sequel, Baki Dō (刃牙道?, officially romanized as The Way of Baki in the logo), will begin serialization on March 20, 2014. A 45-minute original video animation (OVA) was released in 1994. A 24-episode anime aired on TV Tokyo between January 8 and June 25, 2001. This was quickly followed by a second 24-episode series, from July 22 to December 24, 2001. The 2012 comedy film Graffreeter Toki (lit. "Toki the Freelancing Grappler") is based on the March 2011 play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by Grappler Baki.[1] The OVA was the first to be licensed and released in North America, in 1998 by Central Park Media, followed by the original manga series in 2002 by Gutsoon! Entertainment (incomplete), and finally both anime series in 2005 by Funimation Entertainment.

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