Hikaru No Go Manga

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Hikaru no Go manga

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This page lists where you can find the Hikaru no Go comic.

Chinese

Hikaru no Go is published in The People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Chinese.

In The People's Republic of China, the manga is officially titled 棋魂·光之棋 (Qí Hún, Guāng Zhī Qí, Go Player Spirit, Light of Go) and published by 天津人民美术出版社 (Tianjin People's Art Publications). Each volume corresponds to the original Japanese imprints. The manga is also published unofficially under the title 棋魂 (Qí Hún, Go Player Spirit) and subtitle 围棋王光仔 (Wéiqí wáng guāng zǐ, Shining prince of Go) by 经典漫画 (jīngdiǎn mànhuà Classic Comics), an imprint of 远方出版社, in a 3 volume boxed set along with a VCD. Each page of the unofficial publication shows four pages of the original manga. (ISBNs: 80595-863-8, 80595-864-6, 80595-865-4; publication date 1 October 2003)

The Hong Kong volumes, which are also in Traditional Chinese, are sold under the title 棋魂 (Qí Hún, Go Player Spirit). Citicomics publishes the manga in Hong Kong.

The Singaporean volumes are in Simplified Chinese. In Singapore the comics are published by [ext] Chuang Yi.

The Taiwanese volumes, which are in Traditional Chinese, are sold under the title 棋靈王 (Hanyu Pinyin: Qí Líng Wáng, Go Player Spirit King). Daran Comics publishes Volumes 1-21, while Tong Li publishes Volumes 22-23.

English

Hikaru no Go has been licensed in English by [ext] VIZ Media and the manga chapters are being released both in the Shonen Jump monthly magazine and as graphic novels. Both the graphic novels and the magazines are available in the United States and Canada. In addition, United Kingdom residents may buy Hikaru no Go volumes from [ext] Amazon.co.uk [ext] 1

The graphic novels are available at [ext] Shonen Jump, [ext] Yellow Mountain Imports and [ext] Amazon. The comics are translated by Andy Nakatani and edited by Livia Ching. The books are rated "A" (for all ages) by VIZ Media. The English editions have a few minor edits that erase the cigarette of an underage character.

  • Volume 1, Descent of the Go Master, Episodes 1 through 7, Summer 2004, ISBN: 1-59116-222-X.
  • Volume 2, First Battle, Episodes 8 through 16, September 2004, ISBN: 1-59116-496-6.
  • Volume 3, Preliminary Scrimmage, Episodes 17 through 25, February 2005, ISBN: 1-59116-687-X.
  • Volume 4, Divine Illusions, Episodes 26 through 34, June 2005, ISBN: 1-59116-688-8.
  • Volume 5, Start, Episodes 35 through 43, October 2005, ISBN: 1-59116-689-6.
  • Volume 6, The Insei Exam, Episodes 44 through 51 plus Assassination at Hannoji Temple, February 2006, ISBN: 1-42150-275-5
  • Volume 7, The Young Lions Tournament, Episodes 52 through 60, July 2006, ISBN: 1-42150-641-6.
  • Volume 8, The Pro Test Preliminaries: Day 4, Episodes 61 through 69 plus Assassination at Hannoji Temple: Rehearsal, November 2006, ISBN: 1-4215-0642-4
  • Volume 9, The Pro Test Begins, Episodes 70 through 78, April 2007, ISBN: 1-4215-1066-9
  • Volume 10, Lifeline, Episodes 79 through 87, August 2007, ISBN: 1-4215-1067-7
  • Volume 11, Fierce Battle, Episodes 88 though 96, January 2008, ISBN: 1-4215-1068-5
  • Volume 12, The Shinshodan Series, Episodes 97 through 104, May 2008, ISBN: 1-4215-1508-3
  • Volume 13, First Professional Match, Episodes 105 through 113, October 2008, ISBN: 1-4215-1509-1
  • Volume 14, sai vs. toyo koyo, February 2009, ISBN: 1-4215-1510-5
  • Volume 15, Sayanara, May 2009, ISBN: 1-4215-2192-X
  • Volume 16, Chinese Go Association, August 2009, ISBN: 1-4215-2584-4
  • Volume 17, to be announced, November 2009?, ISBN: 1-4215-2585-2

French

The manga has been licenced in France by [ext] Tonkam - no more downloads ! You can find some info in French [ext] here.

Availability

German

The manga has been licensed in Germany by [ext] Carlsen Comics. Hikaru no Go was serialized in the German-language manga magazine BANZAI!

Availability

  • tderz: Volumes 1-8 + (Aug. 2006)

Indonesian

Hikaru no Go is published by [ext] Elex Media Komputindo under the title Hikaru's Go.

Italian

Hikaru no Go has been licensed in Italian by [ext] Panini Comics.

The first (and, until now, only) issue appeared in November, 2005.

Japanese

The manga, made by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata and supervised by Umezawa Yukari, is published by [ext] Shueisha's [ext] Jump Comics division. The comic was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Korean

The manga is published by [ext] Daiwon.

Thai

Hikaru no Go is published in Thailand in Thai by NationGroup?.


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