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Hikaru No Go
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Keywords: Books & Publications
Introduction
Hikaru No Go (ヒカルの碁) is a manga, a Japanese comic, and an anime, a Japanese cartoon about a boy (Hikaru) who discovers the ancient game when he finds an old board in the attic and meets the spirit of a past Go master (Fujiwarano Sai). Thanks to the comic, Go has come into fashion again with the Japanese youth. Published by WARNING: If you follow this link, you may become another Hikaru No Go Junkie. Use at your own risk. June 30th, 2003 -
Viz has now let loose (through the American Go Association's e-newsletter) that they have the rights for both the manga and the anime. There is some information at - Jamuraa 17 August 2003: Viz has announced that Hikaru no Go will be appearing in "Shonen Jump", beginning in January 2004.
From the
This series (Hikaru no Go) will be making its debut as a serialization in the January issue
of the SHONEN JUMP Magazine, to replace Sand Land that ends in the November
issue.
I'm surprised no one has posted this yet! June 29th, 2003- If no one has licensed the anime, anyone know what this is?
This isn't the only site selling these DVDs... - Ender StormCrow: Yes, they are bootleg DVDs probably from Taiwan. Almost all region 0 (regionless) DVDs with Chinese and English subtitles are bootlegs.
See June 26th, 2003- - The licensing of the Hikaru no Go manga will not affect the fansubbing of the Hikaru no Go anime as when it comes to licensing, anime and manga licenses are unrelated. That is to say when a company publishes the rights to the manga, they only get the rights to the manga. At current, no-one has licensed the anime. - AJR June 24th, 2003- Does anyone know how this will affect the fansub of Hikaru no Go anime? Only two episodes remain to be fansubbed. The fansub retains the soundtrack of the original Japanese work and adds English subtitles. The licensing of Hikaru no Go will bring the scanlation of Hikaru no Go to an end. The scanlation replaces the original Japanese text with English text in the same "text bubbles" typically used in cartoons to indicate dialog. Occasionally, the sound effects are replaced with English. At other times the Japanese katakana is retained. - Velobici Information has come out that Hikaru no Go has been licensed for official publication in English by an established U.S.-based manga company. This is very good news. It won't be too long now before HikaruNoGoJunkies can hold English HikaGo in their hand and read on the Go (lame pun, lame pun). - MikeNoGo I think this is a mixed blessing. Having a comic as well-done, compelling, interesting, and well-translated as HNG has been an incredible community-builder for Go online. A large percentage of new players that I meet these days (including many very enthisastic ones) began because of HNG. I'm quite skeptical that the same kind of enthusiasm will erupt for commercial versions. I know that this is the way of the world, and that the licensing company will make the manga available to people who aren't getting it now, but we're losing something here. There was an indescribable joy in sharing the latest episode with folks on KGS, of discussing plot points and knowing that everyone else could join in at any time. I have the same feeling I had at the point when the internet was handed over to the big companies (after being built up by our tax dollars) -- the loss of community for the sake of profit. -- Scartol As of Episode 75 (Anime) and Chapter 189 (Manga), Hikaru No Go has officially ended. The creators are planning one short story addition this summer, but that's it. Can anyone give us any more news about this? Did they give any reasons? Where to find itDiscussions
Go Material
-;Hikaru No Go Games: Some (if not all) of the game positions that appear in Hikaru are from real games played by professionals. Can you add to the list of identified? BackgroundNews and Spoilers
This is a copy of the living page "Hikaru No Go" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |