"FUNimation Finds Basilisk Anime Series". ^ Kimlinger, Carl (February 25, 2007).The manga was published in English by Del Rey Manga from May 2006 to May 2007, and then digitally by Kodansha USA in September 2014.Ī sequel manga series, Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls, based on a 2015 novel by Masaki Yamada, with character designs by Masaki Segawa and illustrated by Tatsuya Shihira, was published in Weekly Young Magazine from Jto Apand collected in seven volumes.
The publisher, Kodansha, collected the individual chapters into five tankōbon volumes between Apand August 7, 2004. It was serialized in Young Magazine Uppers from February 4, 2003, to June 15, 2004. Written and illustrated by Masaki Segawa, Basilisk is based on the 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada. 1623: Tokugawa Iemitsu became the third shogun.1615: Summer Campaign of the Siege of Osaka- Toyotomi clan perished.1614: Winter Campaign of the Siege of Osaka-Tokugawa attacked Toyotomi Hideyori.1605: Tokugawa Hidetada became the second shogun.Tokugawa Ieyasu re-established the shogunate (third and last in Japan's history) and became the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate. 1582: Incident at Honnōji-Oda Nobunaga died.1581: Oda Nobunaga attacked and destroyed Iga Province.1579: Oda Nobukatsu (the son of Oda Nobunaga) attacked Iga Province and was beaten.Forced headlong onto separate sides of a conflict they want no part of, Gennosuke and Oboro must now choose whether to kill the person they love or lead their entire clan to annihilation. Prior to the conflicts renewal, Kouga and Iga's two young heirs (Gennosuke and Oboro respectively) were betrothed to each other in the hopes that their union would finally dispel their clan's long-seated animosity toward each other. The clan that slays the chosen ten of the other will be given favor for a thousand years while the grandson they represent will be pronounced the undisputed heir to the Shogunate. Each clan will represent one of the two factions supporting Ieyasu's grandsons the names of their selected fighters recorded on two identical scrolls to be marked out in blood upon their death. In order to solve the problem before it spirals out of control, Ieyasu orders the no hostilities pact between Kouga and Iga canceled and promptly commands each clan to send 10 of their best ninja to enter a ruthless and bloody competition of kill or be killed. The various government retainers are beginning to take sides and the Tokugawa Shogunate is on the verge of tearing itself apart. Unfortunately, a succession dispute has risen concerning which of Ieyasu's grandsons are destined to take up the reins of power when their father finally decides to step down. Regardless, hostilities and bad blood remain between Kouga and Iga, ensuring a tenuous co-existence at best.įast forward to the year 1614 Ieyasu has retired from power (although he still wields considerable influence within the government) and passed the torch to his son Hidetada. The fighting finally ends when Hattori Hanzō the 1st succeeds in forging a cease fire between the two clans by conscripting both into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu (the man who seized power to become Shogun and form Japan's first truly stable form of centralized government). Īt the dawn of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period (the late 16th century) two rival ninja clans, the Iga Tsubagakure and Kouga Manjidani, are engaged in a bitter blood feud that has spanned for centuries. Additionally, a two-part novel sequel titled The Ouka Ninja Scrolls: Basilisk New Chapter ( 桜花忍法帖~バジリスク新章, Ōka Ninpō Chō ~ Bajirisuku Shinfumi), penned by Masaki Yamada, was published in 2015 with illustrations by Segawa a manga adaptation, Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls ( バジリスク〜桜花忍法帖〜, Bajirisuku Ōka Ninpō Chō~), illustrated by Tatsuya Shihira with character designs by Masaki Segawa, was serialized between 20, and an anime adaptation by Seven Arcs Pictures aired in 2018.īasilisk won the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. Segawa continued producing serialized adaptations of Futaro Yamada's novels with The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls in 2005, Yama Fu-Tang in 2010 and Jū: Ninpō Makai Tensei in 2012.
The deadly competition between 10 elite ninja from each clan unleashes a centuries-old hatred that threatens to destroy all hope for peace between them.Ī 24-episode anime television series by Gonzo was broadcast in Japan from April to September 2005. Two ninja clans, Iga of Tsubagakure and the Kouga of Manjidani, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun.
Based on the 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada, it was serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine Uppers from 2003 to 2004. Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaki Segawa. Tokyo MX, tvk, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, AT-Xīasilisk ( Japanese: バジリスク〜甲賀忍法帖〜, Hepburn: Bajirisuku ~Kōga Ninpō Chō~, lit.