Heat (manga)

Heat (Japanese: HEAT-灼熱-, Hepburn: Hīto Shakunetsu) is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 1998 to 2004. It was adapted into a two live-action films which premiered in 2004.

Heat
First tankōbon volume cover
HEAT -灼熱- (Hīto Shakunetsu)
Genre	Action[1] Crime[1] Thriller[1]
Manga
Written by	Buronson
Illustrated by	Ryoichi Ikegami
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Big Comics
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Original run	1998 – 2004
Volumes	17

In 2002, Heat won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general manga category.

Plot

The story follows a young man named Tatsumi Karasawa (唐沢 辰巳, Karasawa Tatsumi), who suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground cause a chief and a yakuza boss to create a conspiracy to eliminate him.

Media

Manga

Written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, Heat was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 1998 to 2004.^[2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from March 30, 1999, to May 28, 2004.^[3]

Films

Two live action films distributed by KSS, Heat and Heat 2, premiered on February 14, 2004.^[4][5] The films, directed by Kenji Yokoi [ja], star Shinji Kasahara [ja] as Tatsumi Karasawa.^[4][5] Heat and Heat 2 were released on home video on April 9 and May 14, 2004, respectively.^[4][5]

Reception

Heat won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general manga category in 2002.^[6]