Kingdom (manga)

Kingdom
	First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Xin Li
キングダム; (Kingudamu)
Genre	Epic; Historical; Military;
Manga
Written by	Yasuhisa Hara
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	January 26, 2006 – present
Volumes	71
Anime television series
Directed by	Jun Kamiya (S1); Akira Iwanaga (S2); Kenichi Imaizumi (S3–S5); Kazuya Monma (S3–S4);
Produced by	Izumi Nakazawa (S1–S2); Mirai Miyamoto (S3); Ryousuke Hagiwara (S3); Ryōsuke Mori (S3); Tomokazu Iizumi (S3–S5); Mayumi Kurashima (S4–S5); Kazuhiro Iwami (S4–S5); Yousuke Tamura (S4–S5); Keita Takao (S5);
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa (S1–S2); Noboru Takagi (S3–S5);
Music by	Minako Seki (S1–S2); Hiroyuki Sawano (S3–S5); Kohta Yamamoto (S3–S5);
Studio	Pierrot; IKIF+ (S1–S2); Studio Signpost (S3–S5); DandeLion Animation Studio (S3–S5);
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SEA: Plus Media Networks Asia (S3–);
Original network	NHK BS Premium, NHK General TV
Original run	June 4, 2012 – March 31, 2024
Episodes	142
Live-action film
Kingdom
Directed by	Shinsuke Sato
Produced by	Kouji Hirano; Shirley Kao; Naoaki Kitajima; Shinzou Matsuhashi; Ryousuke Mori;
Written by	Shinsuke Sato; Tsutomu Kuroiwa; Yasuhisa Hara;
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan; Credeus;
Released	April 19, 2019
Runtime	134 minutes
Live-action film
Kingdom II: To Far Lands
Directed by	Shinsuke Sato
Produced by	Naoaki Kitajima; Shinzou Matsuhashi; Ryousuke Mori; Yuuya Satoyoshi; Gao Xiulan;
Written by	Tsutomu Kuroiwa; Yasuhisa Hara;
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Credeus
Released	July 15, 2022
Runtime	134 minutes
Live-action film
Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny
Directed by	Shinsuke Sato
Produced by	Naoaki Kitajima; Shinzou Matsuhashi; Ryousuke Mori; Yuuya Satoyoshi; Gao Xiulan;
Written by	Tsutomu Kuroiwa; Yasuhisa Hara;
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Credeus
Released	July 28, 2023
Runtime	129 minutes

Kingdom (Japanese: キングダム, Hepburn: Kingudamu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. It has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since January 2006, with its chapters collected in 71 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. Kingdom provides a fictionalized account of the Warring States period primarily through the experiences of the war orphan Xin and his comrades as he fights to become the greatest general under the heavens, and in doing so, unifying China for the first time in 500 years.

The series was adapted into a five-season anime television series by studio Pierrot. The first 38-episode season aired from June 2012 to February 2013; a second 39-episode season aired from June 2013 to March 2014; a third 26-episode season by Studio Signpost and Pierrot aired from April 2020 to October 2021; a fourth 26-episode season aired from April to October 2022; a fifth 13-episode season aired from January to March 2024. A live-action film was released in April 2019; a sequel film premiered in July 2022; a third film premiered in July 2023. The anime has been licensed for English-language release by Crunchyroll.

By November 2023, the Kingdom manga had over 100 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2013, the manga won the Grand Prize of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

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