Black Tiger (manga) explained

Black Tiger
Type:manga
Author:Osamu Akimoto
Publisher:Shueisha
Demographic:Seinen
Magazine:Grand Jump
First:December 21, 2016
Last:February 1, 2023
Volumes:11

Black Tiger (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Grand Jump from December 2016 to February 2023, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes.

Premise

In the turmoil following the American Civil War, security in the south has rapidly declined. In response, the United States government significantly increased the reward for bounties and issues licenses to kill to the best bounty hunters. The series follows one of these "Black Members", the female gunslinger Black Tiger.

Production

Osamu Akimoto said Black Tiger came from having always wanted to draw a Western, recalling that everyone loved Spaghetti Westerns when he was a kid.[1] [2] Although he previously created one with the 2015 one-shot Allie, Shoot Your Gun, he said that there are many historical dramas nowadays, but no Westerns.[2] He also described Black Tiger as an homage to manga artist Mikiya Mochizuki, who died in 2016, and his series Wild 7, where a bad guy defeats a bad guy.[2]

Although it is Akimoto's first series following the completion of (1976–2016), Black Tiger has a different style because it is serialized in a seinen manga magazine and he said it feels like a new start as a result.[1] He said his roots are in gekiga and described the characters of Black Tiger as being gekiga, which means they do not speak much.[2] The artist noted how even when he drew gun-shooting scenes in Mr. Clice, he did not show blood, but now he wants to draw more freely.[1] Despite stating that drawing women has always been a weakness of his, Akimoto said strong-minded girls are easy and interesting to draw, so he wanted to use one as the main character.[2]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto, Black Tiger started in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Grand Jump on December 21, 2016.[3] [4] [5] The manga was published on an irregular basis until November 2019, when it started a regular serialization in the magazine.[6] The series finished on February 1, 2023.[7] [8] Shueisha collected its chapters in 11 tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released on November 2, 2017, and includes the 2015 one-shot .[9] The last volume was released on April 18, 2023.

Volumes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ja:秋本治の映漫画への道〜情熱のガンアクション劇画〜. http://grandjump.shueisha.co.jp/akimoto_interview2/. Grand Jump. Shueisha. December 27, 2021. ja. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227191704/http://grandjump.shueisha.co.jp/akimoto_interview2/. live.
  2. Web site: ja:「両さん休暇中に描きたいものを描きたい」 こち亀・秋本治氏ロングインタビュー. https://www.sankei.com/article/20161225-MT6XFSOKSJIXJHWT5ZDLPXZPVE/2/. Sankei Shimbun. Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.. December 27, 2021. ja. December 25, 2016. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227220516/https://www.sankei.com/article/20161225-MT6XFSOKSJIXJHWT5ZDLPXZPVE/2/. live.
  3. Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Osamu Akimoto's Black Tiger Manga Launches in December. Anime News Network. December 27, 2021. October 7, 2016. November 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109153317/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-07/osamu-akimoto-black-tiger-manga-launches-in-december/.107290. live.
  4. Web site: Sherman. Jennifer. KochiKame's Osamu Akimoto Launches Black Tiger Post-Civil War Manga. Anime News Network. December 27, 2021. December 20, 2016. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227191656/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-20/kochikame-osamu-akimoto-launches-black-tiger-post-civil-war-manga/.110149. live.
  5. Web site: ja:秋本治の新連載がグラジャンで始動！女ガンマンを主人公にした西部劇. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/214163. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. December 27, 2021. ja. December 21, 2016. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227191701/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/214163. live.
  6. Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Osamu Akimoto's Black Tiger Manga Moves to Regular Serialization. Anime News Network. December 27, 2021. November 6, 2019. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227193911/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-06/osamu-akimoto-black-tiger-manga-moves-to-regular-serialization/.152989. live.
  7. Web site: Cayanan. Joanna. Osamu Akimoto's Black Tiger Manga Ends. Anime News Network. November 15, 2022. November 15, 2022. November 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221115190222/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-15/osamu-akimoto-black-tiger-manga-ends/.191924. live.
  8. Grand Jump. Shueisha. ja:最終話 闘いの果て. Final Chapter: After the End of the War. Black Tiger. Akimoto, Osamu. 417. 5. February 1, 2023. B0BSG1LMBF. jp. ja.
  9. Web site: ja:秋本治が描く西部劇「BLACK TIGER」1巻発売、「Mr.Clice」新刊＆新装版も. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/255321. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. December 27, 2021. ja. November 2, 2017. December 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227191656/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/255321. live.

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