This article is about the manga series and its adaptations. For other uses, see Fable (disambiguation).
The Fable
First tankōbon volume cover
ザ・ファブル (Za Faburu)
Genre
Drama[1]
Thriller[1]
Manga
Written by
Katsuhisa Minami
Published by
Kodansha
English publisher
NA:Kodansha USA
Imprint
Young Magazine KC
Magazine
Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
November 1, 2014 – November 18, 2019
Volumes
22 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by
Katsuhisa Minami
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Comic Days
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
March 6, 2018 – February 26, 2019
Volumes
1
Live-action film
Directed by
Kan Eguchi
Written by
Yūsuke Watanabe
Studio
Geek Pictures
Shochiku
Released
June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
Runtime
123 minutes
Live-action film
The Fable: A Hitman Who Doesn’t Kill
Directed by
Kan Eguchi
Written by
Masahiro Yamaura
Kan Eguchi
Studio
Geek Pictures
Shochiku
Released
June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18)
Runtime
131 minutes
Manga
The Fable: The Second Contact
Written by
Katsuhisa Minami
Published by
Kodansha
Imprint
Young Magazine KC
Magazine
Weekly Young Magazine
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
July 19, 2021 – July 10, 2023
Volumes
9 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Ryōsuke Takahashi
Daisuke Nakajima[a]
Written by
Yūya Takashima
Mayumi Morita
Music by
Shuichiro Fukuhiro
Studio
Tezuka Productions
Licensed by
Disney Platform Distribution
Original network
NNS (Nippon TV)
Original run
April 7, 2024 – present
Episodes
5
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The Fable (Japanese: ザ・ファブル, Hepburn: Za Faburu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhisa Minami. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled The Fable: The Second Contact, ran in Weekly Young Magazine from July 2021 to July 2023.
A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in June 2019 and a sequel premiered in June 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions premiered in April 2024.
By October 2022, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2017, The Fable won the 41st Kodansha Manga Award for the General category.
^ abThe Fable. Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
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