Shura no Mon
Cover of the first tankōbon cover, featuring Mutsu Tsukumo (right)
修羅の門
(Shura no Mon)
GenreMartial arts
Manga
Written byMasatoshi Kawahara
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 1987 – November 1996
Volumes31
Manga
Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki
Written byMasatoshi Kawahara
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 1989 – November 2005
Volumes15
Anime television series
Shura no Toki – Age of Chaos
Directed byShin Misawa
Music by
StudioMedia Factory, Studio Comet
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 6, 2004 – September 28, 2004
Episodes26
Manga
Shura no Mon: Daini Mon
Written byMasatoshi Kawahara
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2010 – April 2015
Volumes16
Manga
Shura no Mon: Fudekage
Written byMasatoshi Kawahara
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 2010 – December 2014
Volumes8

Shura no Mon (修羅の門, lit. 'Asura's Gate') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara. The story follows a young Karate practitioner named Tsukumo Mutsu, 40th master of the deadly Mutsu Enmei Ryu style. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published into 31 tankōbon volumes published between October 1987 and May 1997.

A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki also ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, premiering in July 1989 and running until November 2005. Its chapters were published in 15 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Media Factory and Studio Comet that aired from April 6, 2004, until September 28, 2004, and is licensed for release in North America by Media Blasters.

Shura no Mon received the 1990 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category, and has sold over 30 million copies. Two other spin-off series, Shura no Mon: Daini Mon and Shura no Mon: Fudekage, were published from 2010 to 2015 and 2010 to 2014, respectively.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara, Shura no Mon was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published in Japan in 31 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between October 8, 1987, and May 16, 1997.[1][2]

A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki (陸奥圓明流外伝 修羅の刻), began serialization in the same magazine in July 1989 where it ran until November 2005. It was collected and published in 15 tankōbon volumes between February 13, 1990, and January 17, 2006.[3][4] Five aizōban volumes of the series were also released between March 19, 2004, and July 21, 2004.[5][6]

In 2010, a sequel and a spinoff series started in Monthly Shōnen Magazine: Shura no Mon: Daini Mon (修羅の門 第弐門) and Shura no Mon: Fudekage (修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ). The first was serialized from November 2010 to January 2015, and compiled into 16 volumes published from March 19, 2011, and April 17, 2015.[7][8] The second one transformed Shura no Mon's into a soccer manga. It was published from December 2010 to December 2014, and its eight volumes were released from June 17, 2011, to January 16, 2015.[9][10]

Anime

Three of the story arcs from the prequel series were adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Media Factory and Studio Comet. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2004, and ran until September 28, 2004. Media Blasters licensed the series for distribution in North America.

Video games

Only the Mega Drive game of the same name was released Japan and South Korea.

Title System Release date
Shura no Mon (Sega) Mega Drive August 7, 1992
Shura no Mon (Kodansha) PlayStation April 2, 1998

Reception

Shura no Mon received the 1990 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[11]

As of April 2015, the complete series had sold over 30 million copies in Japan.[12]

References

  1. ^ 修羅の門 (1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  2. ^ 修羅の門 (31) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. ^ 修羅の刻（1） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  4. ^ 修羅の刻（15） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  5. ^ 愛蔵版 修羅の刻 宮本武蔵編 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  6. ^ 愛蔵版 修羅の刻 風雲幕末編（弐） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  7. ^ "修羅の門 第弐門（1）". Kodansha. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  8. ^ "修羅の門 第弐門（16）". Kodansha. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ（1）". Kodansha. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  10. ^ "修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ（8）". Kodansha. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  11. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  12. ^ 修羅の門 ： 人気格闘マンガの続編「第弐門」が完結へ. Mainichi Shimbun Digital. April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.

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