Prophecy | |
予告犯 (Yokokuhan) | |
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Genre | Thriller[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Tetsuya Tsutsui |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Jump X |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 25, 2011 – August 10, 2013 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga | |
Yokokuhan: The Copycat | |
Written by | Tetsuya Tsutsui |
Illustrated by | Fumio Obata |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 10, 2014 – July 23, 2015 |
Volumes | 3 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Yoshihiro Nakamura |
Written by | Tamio Hayashi |
Music by | Takashi Ōmama |
Studio |
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Released | June 6, 2015 |
Television drama | |
Yokokuhan: The Pain | |
Directed by |
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Written by |
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Music by | Takashi Ōmama |
Original network | Wowow |
Original run | June 7, 2015 – July 5, 2015 |
Episodes | 5 |
Prophecy (Japanese: 予告犯, Hepburn: Yokokuhan, lit. 'Advance Notice Crime') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X from July 2011 to August 2013. A sequel, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, was serialized in the same magazine from April to October 2014 and later transferred to Weekly Young Jump, where it ran from March to July 2015. A live-action film and a five-episode television drama adaptations premiered in 2015.
Published by Shueisha, it was serialized in Jump X magazine from July 25, 2011, to August 10, 2013,[2][3] and compiled into three volumes published from April 2012 to September 2013.[4][5] In North America, it was acquired by Vertical in September 2013.[6] It was also published in Brazil by Editora JBC[7] and in French by Ki-oon.[8]
A spin-off manga, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, and illustrated by Fumio Obata, started in Jump X on April 10, 2014.[9][10][11] With the magazine discontinuation on October 10, 2014,[12] the series moved to Weekly Young Jump, starting on March 11, 2015.[13][14] The manga finished on July 23, 2015.[15] Yokokuhan: The Copycat's three volumes were published between April 2015 and August 2015.[16][17] It was licensed in France by Ki-oon.[18]
A side-off light novel titled Yokokuhan: The Chaser was published on May 19, 2015.[19]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | April 10, 2012[4] | 978-4-08-879310-8 | November 18, 2014[20] | 978-1-939130-59-4 |
2 | December 10, 2012[21] | 978-4-08-879495-2 | January 27, 2015 | 978-1-939130-77-8 |
3 | September 10, 2013[5] | 978-4-08-879680-2 | March 31, 2015[22] | 978-1-939130-78-5 |
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | April 17, 2015[16] | 978-4-08-890036-0 |
2 | May 19, 2015[23] | 978-4-08-890169-5 |
3 | August 19, 2015[17] | 978-4-08-890294-4 |
A live-action film adaptation, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, was released on June 6, 2015.[24] Its North American premiere was held during the LA EigaFest in September 2015.[25] The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015, by TC Entertainment.[26]
Under the title of Yokokuhan: The Pain (予告犯 -THE PAIN-), a Japanese television drama ran for five episodes on Wowow[27] between June 7 to July 5, 2015.[citation needed] Supervised by the film director Yoshihiro Nakamura, it was directed by Nakamura himself, Katsutoshi Hirabayashi and Megumi Sawada, with episodes screenplayed by Tamio Hayashi and Hiroshi Tanaka.[28] It starred Noriyuki Higashiyama and Erika Toda reprises her role from the film.[28] A soundtrack of the series was released on June 3, 2015, by Anchor Records, with all tracks composed by Takashi Omama, the drama's main composer.[28] All episodes were released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015, by TC Entertainment.[29]
Volume 3 reached the 45th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 15, 2013, has sold 20,871 copies.[30]
On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume 1 an overall grade of A−.[31] On manga-news.com, the series has a staff grade of 16 out of 20.[8]
The film earned ¥199 million (US$1.6 million) on its opening weekend in Japan[32] and a total of ¥553 million (US$4.48 million) so far.[33]