 Publishing company Kodansha opened an official website for a new anime adaptation of Hiroaki Samura's adventure samurai manga Mugen no Juunin (Blade of the Immortal) on Thursday. Titled Mugen no Juunin: Immortal, the new anime will be a complete adaptation of the manga.  SynopsisTo end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers... and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled! (Source: Dark Horse Comics) Samura debuted as a manga author with Mugen no Juunin in Monthly Afternoon magazine in 1993 and ended it after a 19-year serialization in 2012 with 30 volumes. Kodansha later reprinted the manga in 15 omnibus volumes in 2016-2017 and six 5-in-1 electronic omnibuses on September 21 last year. Junichi Oosako published the Mugen no Juunin: Ha-juu Ibun (Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon) novel in 2008, featuring an original story. According to Kodansha, Mugen no Juunin has sold a cumulative 7.5 million copies of its compiled volumes. Novelist Renji Takigawa (Monument: Aruiwa Jibun Jishin no Kaibutsu) and novice manga artist Ryuu Suenobu will launch an official sequel manga, titled Mugen no Juunin: Bakumatsu no Shou (Blade of the Immortal: Bakumatsu Arc), in the July 2019 issue of the Afternoon magazine on Saturday. Set in the 19th century, the story follows the protagonist Manji, who was living a secluded life in the Tosa region, but heads to the capital after a visit from an imperial loyalist. Takigawa is writing the story in collaboration with Samura, featuring illustrations by Suenobu. Bee Train—in cooperation with Production I.G—adapted the manga into a 13-episode television anime in Summer 2008, covering the first five volumes. Media Blasters shipped the anime in North America in three DVD volumes between September 2009 and January 2010 and later a complete DVD collection in October 2010. Dark Horse Comics originally released the manga in English in monthly issues from 1996-2007, but discontinued it after 131 issues. The company published the series in 31 volumes between 1997 and 2015 and began republishing it in 3-in-1 omnibus format beginning January 2017. The eighth volume went on sale on March 26, with the ninth volume scheduled for a July 23 release. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages. Directed by prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (Dead or Alive, Audition), a live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in April 2017, grossing over 965 million yen (about US$8.7 million). A stage play based on the manga ran from February 11-16 in 2016 at the Zenrousai Hall Space Zero venue in Tokyo. Mugen no Juunin received an Excellence Award at the 1st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 1997 and won the Eisner Award for the Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material in 2000. Official site: http://mugen-immortal.com/ Source: Anime! Anime! Mugen no Juunin: Immortal on MAL |
VindstotAug 8, 2019 6:42 AM
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| A complete adaptation of the manga?! That's wild. |
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| Complete adaptation? now that's a plan. |
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| So how many episodes? 90? This looks wild. Too lazy to read the manga, hope it'll be a decent adaptation. |
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| Complete adaptation is always welcome, I just hope it doesn't end up like Karakuri Circus that tries to adapt around 40 volumes of manga into 36 episodes of anime. |
| This is great news and hopefully the anime's given some very good production values, because the fight choreography in the manga is batshit insane! Hopefully this new version is more like a Furuba/FMA:B and less of a Houshin Engi. |
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| hopefully a talented staff do this |
| Oh, looking forward to this! Seems like a cool Samurai-oriented show, so count me in! And that poster/teaser visual looks amazing! Hopefully, this’ll get the Fruits Basket treatment and not Karakuri Circus as people mentioned above! Looking forward to a 100+ episode series like Rorouni Kenshin! |
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| This is great news to hear! I've only read nine volumes of the manga but I really enjoyed what I did read. |
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| Damn that's some real dedication. Hopefully it all works out and it ends up being a great/solid adaptation cause this manga def is worth it. |
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| let's see if it's deliver or not. fruit basket has been amazing soo far. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I can't believe they'll adapt the whole thing. I'm really looking forward to this. |
| Good news that people started to adapting long and completed manga, Jojo, Furuba, Dorohedoro, 7 Seeds and now Blade of the Immortal.. This is how you should make anime, not like from random publishing manga, light novel, including A Song of Ice and Fire lol ... |
"The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. But because the Slave is in that despairing situation, having nothing, it can kill the Emperor !" |
| I hope they still retain Tomokazu Seki and Rina Satou as the main characters, but I have the feeling they will contract new VAs for this project. Anyway, the first series was cool, but kinda ended before the good stuff started, is good to see that this time they are going to adapt the full manga. |
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| Wow ... complete adaptation even that it have more than 200 chapter great news ,I'm really looking forward to it |
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| Like everyone else above said, hopefully this is not gonna be like Ushio&Tora or Karakuri Circus where everything is crammed into 3-cours, and instead be done justice for its fans. |
| Guys how many episodes do you think it will have approximately? |
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| First Dororo & now this, old school samurai is coming back, love it. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| Just whoa. Holy shit. A faithful reboot, fans can rejoice. I am loving this trend, now can we get a complete KKOW adaptation/reboot??? |
 "For the sake of humankind, I forsake my humanity." - Cherry |
| I never even finished the original anime. Hopefully this one is better. |
| This is the best thing I have read all month. |
| Sounds interesting, imma watch this when it comes out |
| Loved the first adaptation even if it was too short. So i'm glad to know there will be another one more complete this time. Manji is such an interesting character ! |
| Keep pumping out dem full adaptations. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I imagine there will be a lot of episodes for this as they aim for a full adaptation. This recent trend of older franchises getting revival has my interest. |
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| Meh, i don't have high expectation for it. You need a Hollywood budget to give Hiroaki Samura's art justice and a good amount of episodes to adapt a 30 volumes manga. |
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Inuchiyo said: That would be a crazy! Well, it did get a recent sequel volume and a really popular live-action series, so maybe it's not completely impossible.I am loving this trend, now can we get a complete KKOW adaptation/reboot??? |
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| I'm really glad, i haven't watched the other adaptation but read some of the manga. Still waiting for an anime adaptation announcement for psyren and fire punch, tho... |
| Sounds interesting, will definitely watch. Let's hope the production is good. |
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| Hahah I'm already reading the manga & loving it. Hopefully this anime turns out to be just as dope as the manga. And yeah bois, this is the Year of the Samurai. |
| I used to be a watchmaker. |
| This bitch better get a good studio and staff. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Oh boy this is exciting! |
Psajdak said: When will they adapt the entire Berserk manga? Give it another decade Inuchiyo said: Just whoa. Holy shit. A faithful reboot, fans can rejoice. I am loving this trend, now can we get a complete KKOW adaptation/reboot??? No, no we cannot |
VyseLegendaireMay 24, 2019 1:27 PM
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Psajdak said: When will they adapt the entire Berserk manga? Why, Berserk is gone people, accept it, Miura lost all interest in finishing the manga, Togashi and Inoue are more likely to finish their respective jobs. Going back to Blade of the immortal, I'm a bit skeptical about this. It is full of adaptations that are not at the manga level and some as bad as for example Blame and Berserk 2016. |
| Yes I love this manga so much that I got Manji's cool symbol tattoo'd on my chest I can't wait, hopefully its better than the shit anime they already made. |
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| Anime is saved. Unironically. |
| FGO NA Code: 482.072.599 (F2P thug life of savings...) Ben-to! best nonsensical action anime. Ever. |
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