Keiji (manga)

Keiji
	Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Maeda Keiji
花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-; (Hana no Keiji -Kumo no Kanata ni-)
Genre	Historical, samurai
Manga
Written by	Keiichiro Ryu
Illustrated by	Tetsuo Hara
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Gutsoon! Entertainment;
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA: Raijin Comics;
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	March 12, 1990 – August 2, 1993
Volumes	18
Developer	TOSE
Further information
Video game
Developer	TOSE
Publisher	Yojigen
Genre	Fighting
Platform	Super Famicom
Released	November 18, 1994
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Tsuki-gatari-
Written by	Tetsuo Hara; Nobuhiko Horie;
Illustrated by	Yuji Takemura
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Weekly Comic Bunch
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 7, 2008 – August 27, 2010
Volumes	9
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Sake-gatari
Written by	Tetsuo Hara; Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated by	Yuji Takemura
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	Monthly Comic Zenon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	October 25, 2010 – January 27, 2014
Volumes	10
Anime television series
Kanetsugu & Keiji
Directed by	Bob Shirahata
Produced by	Naoki Miya
Written by	Yasuhiro Imagawa
Music by	Kazsin
Studio	Studio Deen
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	July 2, 2013 – December 17, 2013
Episodes	25
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji Hana-gatari
Written by	Tetsuo Hara; Nobuhiko Horie;
Illustrated by	Masato Deguchi
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	Monthly Comic Zenon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	March 24, 2014 – October 25, 2018
Volumes	14

Hana no Keiji (花の慶次, lit. The Flowery Keiji) is a Japanese period manga series, based on the novel Ichi-Mu-An Fūryūki by Keiichiro Ryu and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 1990 to August 1993. The story serves as a fictionalized account of the life of Keiji Maeda. Hana no Keiji is one of best-selling Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series of all time, with over 17 million copies in circulation.^[3] An English adaptation was published in Raijin Comics under the shortened title Keiji.

^ Surat, Daryl (June 7, 2010). "Hana no Keiji". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ "ABOUT HARA TETSUO". Raijin Comics. Archived from the original on October 9, 2003.
^ "Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data". Comipress. December 31, 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

[otakumag-1] Surat, Daryl (June 7, 2010). "Hana no Keiji". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[2] "ABOUT HARA TETSUO". Raijin Comics. Archived from the original on October 9, 2003.

[3] "Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data". Comipress. December 31, 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

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