BakéGyamon

BakéGyamon (妖逆門, Bakegyamon) is a Japanese manga and anime series, with its concept created by Kazuhiro Fujita. The manga series, written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura [ja], was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2006 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media published it in English in 2009.

BakéGyamon
Cover of the fifth manga volume
妖逆門 (Bakegyamon)
Genre	Adventure[1] Fantasy[2]
Created by	Kazuhiro Fujita
Manga
Written by	Mitsuhisa Tamura [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media SG: Chuang Yi
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	March 1, 2006 – March 20, 2007
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Negishi
Written by	Kazuho Hyodo
Music by	Kazunori Miyake
Studio	Radix Ace Entertainment
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 3, 2006 – March 26, 2007
Episodes	51

The 51-episode anime television series, directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to March 2007.

Plot

Sanshiro Tamon's chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger named Fue invites him to play a game. Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakéGyamon, a game pitting monsters against monsters. Along the way he meets other players who have a particular reason for being there; to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner.

Media

Manga

BakéGyamon's concept was created by Kazuhiro Fujita and the manga was written and illustrated by Mitsuhisa Tamura [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1, 2006, to March 20, 2007.^[a] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from June 16, 2006, to May 18, 2007.^[7][8]

In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media in 2008, and published it as BakéGyamon: Backwards Game.^[9] The five volumes were released from March 3 to December 1, 2009.^[10][11] Chuang Yi licensed the manga in English in Singapore.^[12]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 16, 2006[7]	978-4-09-120440-0	March 3, 2009[10]	978-1-4215-1793-3
2	September 15, 2006[13]	978-4-09-120627-5	May 5, 2009[14]	978-1-4215-1794-0
3	December 16, 2006[15]	978-4-09-120705-0	August 4, 2009[16]	978-1-4215-1795-7
4	February 16, 2007[17]	978-4-09-121018-0	October 6, 2009[18]	978-1-4215-1882-4
5	May 18, 2007[8]	978-4-09-121069-2	December 1, 2009[11]	978-1-4215-2171-8

Anime

A 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2006, to March 26, 2007.^[19][20]

Video game

A Nintendo DS 3D fighting game was published by Takara Tomy on March 1, 2007.^[21]

Notes

1. It started in the magazine's 13th issue of 2006 (with cover date March 15),^[3] released on March 1 of that same year;^[4] it finished in the magazine's 16th issue of 2007 (with cover date April 4),^[5] released on March 20 of that same year.^[6]