Violence Jack (バイオレンスジャック Baiorensu Jakku?) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai and first serialized from July 22, 1973 to September 29, 1974 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, published by Kodansha.[1][2][3] The second ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, also published by Kodansha, from January 1977 to December 1978 , with a few gaps between months.[2][4][5] This two serializations of Kodansha were originally published in 7 volumes.
Five years later, the serialization continued this time in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku, published by Nihonbungeisha, and ran from August 5, 1983 to March 23, 1990 .[2][6][7] This serialization originally produced 31 volumes in total.
In November 1, 1993 (バイオレンスジャック 魔王降臨編 baiorensu jakku maō kōrin hen?) was released by Nihonbungeisha.[2][8][9]. Seven years later, in December 10, 2001 a special one-shot story, Violence Jack: Sengoku Majinden (バイオレンスジャック 戦国魔人伝 baiorensu jakku sengoku majinden?), was published by Shueisha in a special edition of Weekly Young Jump, Bessatsu Young Jump #14.[2][10][11] This story has not been re-printed or compiled yet.
, three years later after the end of the previous serialization, a special tankōbon called Violence Jack: Mao Korin HenIn May 2005Weekly Comic Bunch published by Coamix, the most recent serialization started, with Shin Violence Jack (新バイオレンスジャック shin baiorensu jakku?).[2][11][12] This serialization was irregularly published, stopping in August 19, 2005 and re-starting in November 2, 2007 to end in April 11, 2008 in number 17 of Weekly Comic Bunch.[12][13][14] It was compiled in tankobon by Media Factory in 2010.
(cover date 2005-05-13·20) the magazineVolume list[]
The series has been published in tankōbon format several times. Because of the different serializations, each version is different from the previous. As such, only a few of them have the complete series (excluding Violence Jack: Sengoku Majinden and Shin Violence Jack which haven't been compiled yet).
- Kodansha (1974–1978)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1974-04-20 | 1 | 406109243X |
1974-04-20 | 2 | 4061092448 |
1974-08-15 | 3 | 4061092561 |
1977-06-20 | 4 | 4061094580 |
1977-10-30 | 5 | 4061094599 |
1978-05-25 | 6 | 4061735047 |
1978-12-15 | 7 | 4061735187 |
- Nihonbungeisha (1984–1990)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1984-05-25 | 01 | 4537010177 |
1984-08-25 | 02 | 4537010185 |
1984-11-25 | 03 | 4537010193 |
1985-01-25 | 04 | 4537010207 |
1985-06-10 | 05 | 4537010568 |
1985-07-25 | 06 | 4537010576 |
1985-10-25 | 07 | 4537010584 |
1986-01-25 | 08 | 4537030011 |
1986-03-25 | 09 | 4537030135 |
1986-06-25 | 10 | 4537030313 |
1986-08-25 | 11 | 4537030445 |
1986-11-10 | 12 | 4537030593 |
1987-01-25 | 13 | 4537030739 |
1987-04-25 | 14 | 4537030917 |
1987-08-25 | 15 | 4537031158 |
1987-11-25 | 16 | 4537031336 |
1988-04-10 | 17 | 4537031468 |
1988-04-25 | 18 | 453703162X |
1988-07-25 | 19 | 4537031786 |
1988-11-10 | 20 | 4537032006 |
1989-01-25 | 21 | |
1989-04-25 | 22 | 4537032359 |
1989-07-25 | 23 | 4537035447 |
1989-11-10 | 24 | 4537035684 |
1990-01-25 | 25 | 4537035846 |
1990-05-10 | 26 | 453703601X |
1990-05-25 | 27 | 4537036060 |
1990-06-25 | 28 | 4537036117 |
1990-07-25 | 29 | 4537036168 |
1990-08-25 | 30 | 4537036222 |
1990-09-25 | 31 | 453703629X |
- Kodansha (1984–1985)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1984-10-06 | 1 | 4061010913 |
1984-10-06 | 2 | 4061010921 |
1984-11-06 | 3 | 406101093X |
1984-12-06 | 4 | 4061010948 |
1985-01-10 | 5 | 4061010956 |
1985-02-06 | 6 | 406101126X |
- Nihonbungeisha (1989)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1989-01-25 | Evil Town | 4537032138 |
A special tankōbon which contains the story arc Jigokugai, better known as Evil Town, released to coincide with the OVA release of the same name.
- Kodansha (Deluxe edition) (1990–1991)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1990-07-17 | 1 | 406313301X |
1990-08-17 | 2 | 4063133028 |
1990-09-17 | 3 | 4063133036 |
1990-10-17 | 4 | 4063133044 |
1990-11-17 | 5 | 4063133052 |
1990-12-14 | 6 | 4063133060 |
1991-01-07 | 7 | 4063133079 |
- Chuokouron-sha (Complete edition) (1996)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1996-07-25 | 01 | 4120025640 |
1996-07-25 | 02 | 4120025659 |
1996-08-25 | 03 | 4120025667 |
1996-08-25 | 04 | 4120025675 |
1996-09-25 | 05 | 4120025683 |
1996-09-25 | 06 | 4120025691 |
1996-10-25 | 07 | 4120025705 |
1996-10-25 | 08 | 4120025713 |
1996-11-25 | 09 | 4120025721 |
1996-11-25 | 10 | 412002573X |
This was the first edition to have the whole series up to that point, including all previous serializations. Each volume is around 900 pages long.
- Kodansha (Deluxe edition) (1998)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1998-03-23 | 1 | 4063199126 |
1998-03-26 | 2 | 4063199134 |
1998-03-26 | 3 | 4063199142 |
1998-04-23 | 4 | 4063199290 |
1998-04-23 | 5 | 4063199304 |
1998-04-23 | 6 | 4063199312 |
1998-04-23 | 7 | 4063199320 |
- Chuokouron-sha (Complete edition) (1998)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
1998-04-18 | 01 | 412203129X |
1998-04-18 | 02 | 4122031303 |
1998-05-18 | 03 | 4122031532 |
1998-05-18 | 04 | 4122031540 |
1998-06-18 | 05 | 4122031788 |
1998-06-18 | 06 | 4122031796 |
1998-07-18 | 07 | 4122032032 |
1998-07-18 | 08 | 4122032040 |
1998-08-18 | 09 | 412203227X |
1998-08-18 | 10 | 4122032288 |
1998-09-18 | 11 | 4122032512 |
1998-09-18 | 12 | 4122032520 |
1998-10-18 | 13 | 4122032741 |
1998-10-18 | 14 | 412203275X |
1998-11-18 | 15 | 4122032989 |
1998-11-18 | 16 | 4122032997 |
1998-12-18 | 17 | 4122033209 |
1998-12-18 | 18 | 4122033217 |
This edition has the whole series up to that point, including all previous serializations. Each volume is around 500 pages long.
- Shogakukan (2000)
Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
2000-07-21 | 01 | 4091093507 |
2000-07-21 | 02 | 4091093558 |
2000-08-04 | 03 | 4091093590 |
2000-08-25 | 04 | 4091093736 |
2000-09-08 | 05 | 4091093760 |
2000-09-15 | 06 | 4091093817 |
2000-09-22 | 07 | 409109385X |
2000-10-20 | 08 | 4091094031 |
2000-10-27 | 09 | 4091094082 |
2000-11-03 | 10 | 4091094139 |
Shin Violence Jack[]
- Media Factory (2010)
No. | Release date | ISBN |
---|---|---|
First | July 23, 2010 | ISBN 9784840133449 |
Last | July 23, 2010 | ISBN 9784840133456 |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Work chronology 1970-1974" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Go Nagai work chronology" (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Go Nagai works list 1971-1975". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Work chronology 1975-1979" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Go Nagai works list 1976-1980". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Work chronology 1980-1984" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Go Nagai works list 1981-1990". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Work chronology 1990-1994" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Go Nagai works list 1991-2000". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Work chronology 2000-2004" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Go Nagai works list 2001-". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Work chronology 2005-2009" (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Weekly Comic Bunch #04/11 - zasshi net" (in Japanese). Japan: zassi.net Inc. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Comic Bunch 2008 #17". Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Goraku Academics. Retrieved 2009-06-22.