is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

and

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

series, with its concept created by

Kazuhiro Fujita is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. Fujita made his professional manga debut in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in 1989. He is known for his manga series '' Ushio & Tora'' and '' Karakuri Circus''. For ''Ushio & Tora'', Fuji ...

. The manga series, written and illustrated by , was published in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...

'' from March 2006 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in five volumes. In North America,

Viz Media Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, ...

published it in English in 2009. The 51-episode anime television series, directed by

Hiroshi Negishi Hiroshi Negishi (ねぎしひろし, born June 20, 1960) is a Japanese anime director who got his start at Toei Animation, then join Tatsunoko Production and AIC and later became one of the founders of anime studios Zero-G Room (in 1991) and R ...

and produced by

Radix Ace Entertainment was a Japanese animation studio closed on October 1, 2006. The studio was formed on September 3, 2001 from a merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one ...

, was broadcast on

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Kazuhiro Fujita is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. Fujita made his professional manga debut in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in 1989. He is known for his manga series '' Ushio & Tora'' and '' Karakuri Circus''. For ''Ushio & Tora'', Fuji ...

and the manga was written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

's ''

'' from March 1, 2006, to March 20, 2007. Shogakukan collected its chapters in five volumes, released from June 16, 2006, to May 18, 2007. In North America, the manga was licensed by

in 2008, and published it as ''BakéGyamon: Backwards Game''. The five volumes were released from March 3 to December 1, 2009.

Chuang Yi Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd. ( zh, s=创艺出版社) was a publishing company based in Singapore that specialized in producing domestic and imported comics and comics-related merchandise in English and simplified Chinese. Chuang Yi distribute ...

licensed the manga in English in Singapore.

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A 51-episode

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was broadcast on

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3D fighting game was published by

Takara Tomy (trade name, trading as Takara Tomy in Asia and Tomy elsewhere) is a Japanese toy company. It was established in 1924 by Eiichirō Tomiyama as , became known for creating popular toys like the B-29 friction toy and luck-based game Pop-up Pi ...

on March 1, 2007.

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