The cover of Kekkaishi volume 1 as released by Viz Media on 3 May 2005 in North America.
Kekkaishi is a shōnen fantasy manga written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It was serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 2003 issue 47[1] to 2011 issue 19. Serial chapters have been collected in tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, with the first released on 18 February 2004,[2] all 35 volumes completed with the last volume published on 18 August 2011.[3] The series is about teenagers Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival clans of kekkai (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land it is built upon. Kekkaishi received the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga.[4]
Viz Media announced in April 2005 that they had acquired the rights to translate and distribute Kekkaishi in North America.[5] Viz released volume one on 3 May 2005,[6] the 35th and last volume is scheduled to release on 11 December 2012. In July 2009, Viz announced the creation of their new imprint Shonen Sunday, which Kekkaishi would be moved under, and the launching of a dedicated website where individual chapters of Kekkaishi and other Shonen Sunday series are now being serialized.[7] It is also licensed in France by Pika Édition,[8] in Germany by Carlsen Comics,[9] in Hong Kong by Rightman Publishing Limited,[10] in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo which serializes it in Shōnen Star,[11] in Italy by Planet Manga,[12] in Malaysia by PCM Comics, in South Korea by Bookbox,[13] in Spain by Editorial Ivrea,[14] in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics,[15] and in Vietnam by Kim Dong.[16]
Kekkaishi has been adapted into a 52-episode anime series by Sunrise, which was broadcast on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV, and Nippon News Network between 16 October 2006 and 12 February 2008. It has also been adapted into three video games.
^Tanabe, Yellow (18 February 2004). Kekkaishi volume 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. p. 192. ISBN 4-09-127061-1.
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^"Shogakukan Awards Page" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
^"2005 Press Releases: Viz Media Continues to Bring Fans Exciting Adventures and Magical Battles With Two New Additions to Their Second Quarter Manga Releases". Viz Media. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
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^"Viz Media's Newest Imprint, Shonen Sunday, Will Release the First Manga to Ever Be Published Simultaneously in Japan and North America". Viz Media. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
^"Kekkaishi" (in French). Pika Édition. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^"Kekkaishi - CARLSEN Verlag" (in German). Carlsen Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^正文社出版有限公司 (in Chinese). Rightman Publishing Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^"SHONEN STAR" (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^"KEKKAISHI 1" (in Italian). Panini Comics. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^Yellow, Tanabe (19 October 2004). 결계사 1 By TANABE YELLOW. ISBN 9788957576816.
^"KEKKAISHI" (in Spanish). Editorial Ivrea. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
^東立漫遊網 書籍查詢-書資料清單 (in Chinese). Tong Li Comics. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^"Kết giới sư (Kekkaishi)" (in Vietnamese). Kim Dong Publishing House. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
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