Shutendoji (manga)

Shutendoji (Japanese: 手天童子, Hepburn: Shutendōji), also known as Legend of Shutendoji, is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai which combines elements from Japanese folklore with science fiction. An OVA series was released beginning in 1989 and ending in 1991, for a total of 4 episodes.

Shutendoji
Cover of volume 1 of Legend of Shutendoji by Fusosha, art by Akemi Takada (1998)
手天童子
(Shutendōji)
Manga
Written byGo Nagai
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 5, 1976 – April 30, 1978
Volumes9
Novel series
Written byYasutaka Nagai
Illustrated byGo Nagai
Published byKadokawa Shoten
ImprintKadokawa Novels
Original runJuly 1986 – June 1989
Volumes6
Novel series
Written byShigekazu Kitamura
Published byJICC
ImprintAdventure Novels
Original runOctober 1987 – December 1987
Volumes2
Original video animation
Directed byJunji Nishimura (1-2)
Jun Kawagoe (3)
Masatomo Sudo (4)
Written byMasashi Sogo
Music byFumitaka Anzai
StudioStudio Signal
Licensed by
Released December 21, 1989 – December 21, 1991
Runtime50 minutes (each)
Episodes4
Game
PublisherEnix
GenreRPG
PlatformNEC PC-9801
ReleasedOctober 1990
Manga
Gomaden Shutendoji
Written byGo Nagai
Illustrated byMasato Natsumoto
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineChampion Red
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 2002 – December 2005
Volumes7

In 2002, a remake/sequel titled Gomaden Shutendoji (降魔伝 手天童子, Gōmaden Shutendōji) started being published in the magazine Champion Red, being one of the series that were released in the first issue of the magazine.

Plot

Artist and writer Ryuichiro Shiba and his wife Kyoko are visiting a temple in order to make a promise of marriage to their ancestors. At that moment, however, two oni appear before them and fight to death, one of them carrying a baby on his mouth. After defeating his opponent, the oni gives Ryuichiro and Kyoko the baby and declares he will return for him after 15 years. After said period of time, strange events starts happening around the baby, now a teenager named Jiro Shutendo.

Characters

Main characters
Jiro Shutendo (手天童子郎, shutendou jirō)
Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa

The fifteen-year-old protagonist of the story, he is an oni.

Miyuki Shiratori (白鳥美雪, shiratori miyuki)
Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto

Jiro's schoolmate and love interest.

Ryuichiro Shiba (柴竜一郎, shiba ryūichirō)
Voiced by: Michihiro Ikemizu

Jiro's adoptive human father.

Kyoko Shiba (柴京子, shiba kyōko)
Voiced by: Sanae Takagi

Jiro's adoptive human mother.

Goki (護鬼, goki)
Voiced by: Tessho Genda

One of the two oni created to protect Jiro. He looks relatively humanoid, unlike most oni, and acts as a mentor for Jiro.

Senki (戦鬼, senki)
Voiced by: Daisuke Gori

One of the two oni created to protect Jiro. He brought him as a baby to his parents.

Allies
Yusuke Shiratori (白鳥勇輔, shiratori yūsuke)

Miyuki's older brother and Jiro's first and best friend.

Naojiro Oyama (大山 直次郎, oyama naojiro)

A friend of Yusuke who is a descendant of ancient oni. He's the heir of a yakuza family trained through generations to protect Jiro.

Riki Muso (大山 直次郎, muso riki)

A human descendant of ancient oni and another friend to Yusuke. She is a strong female oni who hides under the guise of a rowdy, masculine-looking girl with a love for professional wrestling. Her nickname is "Ricki".

Kosaku Kaji (小谷 椰子夫, kaji kosaku)

Another descendant of an oni, a timid, bookish boy with psychic abilities.

Yashi Koya (小谷 椰子夫, koya yashi)

Another descendant of an oni and the last member of Yusuke's gang. He is a plump boy with superhuman strength that practises sumo wrestling. He's nicknamed "Koyatashi".

Enemies
Yonen Majari (魔邪利 妖念, majari yonen)

The high priest of Ankoku Jashin Kyo ("School of the Evil God from Darkness"), an evil cult who worships demons. His goal is killing Jiro.

Kukai Jawanbo (邪腕坊 苦海, jawanbo kukai)

Majari's lieutenant, a powerful priest who wields a double kusarigama.

Iron Kaiser (アイアンカイザー, aion kaisa)
Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka

Kukai's son, who grew and became a military cyborg in order to avenge his father.

Original manga publication

Prototype

Before starting serialization, Nagai created a 57-page oneshot titled Shutendoji, published in the issue of February 1975 (1975-02) in the Shōjo magazine Princess, published by Akita Shoten.[1][2][3] While this manga has some similarities, it is a completely different story, as well as being a Shōjo manga instead of Shōnen. It would later be renamed as Jashin Senki (邪神戦記) or Princess Han Shutendoji (プリンセス版手天童子).[2][3]

Original serialization

Shutendoji started being published as a serialized series from September 5, 1976 (1976-09-05) to April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30) in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha.[2][4]

The manga was originally compiled in 9 volumes, and would later be re-published several times.

  • Kodansha (KC Magazine, 1977–1978)
Japanese release dateVol.
April 5, 1977 (1977-04-05)1
May 10, 1977 (1977-05-10)2
July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20)3
August 20, 1977 (1977-08-20)4
March 25, 1978 (1978-03-25)5
June 25, 1978 (1978-06-25)6
July 25, 1978 (1978-07-25)7
September 20, 1978 (1978-09-20)8
November 25, 1978 (1978-11-25)9
  • Kodansha (KC Special, 1985)
Japanese release dateVol.ISBN
August 6, 1985 (1985-08-06)14061011529
August 6, 1985 (1985-08-06)24061011537
September 6, 1985 (1985-09-06)34061011545
October 5, 1985 (1985-10-05)44061011553
November 6, 1985 (1985-11-06)54061011561
  • Kodansha (Goka Aizoban, 1988–1989)
Japanese release dateVol.ISBN
September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17)14061769081
September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17)2406176909X
October 17, 1988 (1988-10-17)34061769111
November 17, 1988 (1988-11-17)4406176912X
December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17)54061769138
January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)64061769146
  • Fusosha (Fusosha Bunko, 1996–1997)
Japanese release dateVol.ISBN
August 30, 1996 (1996-08-30)14594020534
September 30, 1996 (1996-09-30)24594020755
October 30, 1996 (1996-10-30)34594021042
November 30, 1996 (1996-11-30)44594021204
December 30, 1996 (1996-12-30)54594021476
January 30, 1997 (1997-01-30)64594021719
  • Fusosha (Legend of Shutendoji, 1998)
Japanese release dateVol.ISBN
April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)14594024580
April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)24594024599
May 10, 1998 (1998-05-10)34594024696
June 10, 1998 (1998-06-10)4459402470X
July 10, 1998 (1998-07-10)54594025064
August 10, 1998 (1998-08-10)64594025072
  • Kodansha (Kodansha Manga Bunko, 2001)
Japanese release dateVol.ISBN
October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)14063600971
October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)2406360098X
November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12)34063600998
November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12)44063601005

Besides the printed volumes, the manga has also been published in 10 ebook format volumes by ebookjapan.[5] The series has also been published in some compilations of other Nagai's manga.

Publications outside Japan

d/visual published the full series in Italy from 2004 to 2005.

Italian release dateVol.ISBN
July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23)14902751046
October 15, 2004 (2004-10-15)24902751097
December 17, 2004 (2004-12-17)34902751151
February 18, 2005 (2005-02-18)44902751399
April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15)54902751402
April 29, 2005 (2005-04-29)64902751410
June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30)74902751429
September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)84902751437
October 26, 2005 (2005-10-26)94902751445

Novels

Two series of novels based on the manga were released during the 1980s. The first one was written by Yasutaka Nagai and was released in 6 volumes from 1986 to 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten.[6][7][8]

  • Kadokawa Shoten (Kadokawa Novels)
Release dateVol.SubtitlePagesISBN
July 1986 (1986-07)1Oni no Kechimyaku (鬼の血脈)2184047740217
March 1988 (1988-03)2Oni Tenshi (鬼天使)2044047740225
June 1988 (1988-06)3Jakyo no Wana (邪教の罠, jakyō no wana)1884047740233
October 1988 (1988-10)4Ankoku tera no Shito (暗黒寺の死闘, ankoku tera no shitō)1944047740241
February 1989 (1989-02)5Samayo Eru Oni Tachi (彷徨える鬼たち)198404774025X
June 1989 (1989-06)6Saraba Itoshiki Oni Tachi (さらば愛しき鬼たち)2014047740268

The second one was written by Fusamichi Kitamura and published in two volumes published in 1987 by JICC under the label Adventure Novels.[6][9][10]

  • JICC (Adventure Novels)
Release dateVol.PagesISBN
October 1987 (1987-10)12824880633062
December 1987 (1987-12)22504880633070

OVAs

The manga was adapted into 4 OVAs released from 1989 to 1991.[11] The OVAs were originally released on VHS and later on laserdisc, both times by Nippon Columbia.

#TitleLengthDirectorOriginal release date
1"Chapter of Hyoki"
"hyōki no shō" (憑鬼の章)		50 mins.Junji NishimuraDecember 21, 1989 (1989-12-21)
2"Chapter of Goma"
"gōma no shō" (降魔の章)		50 mins.Junji NishimuraJuly 1, 1990 (1990-07-01)
3"Chapter of Tekki"
"tekki no shō" (鉄鬼の章)		48 mins.Jun KawagoeMarch 1, 1991 (1991-03-01)
4"Chapter of Ongoku"
"ongoku no shō" (鬼獄の章)		54 mins.Masatomo SudoMarch 1, 1991 (1991-03-01)

They were re-released in DVD format also by Columbia in 2001.[12][13][14][15]

Releases outside Japan

The OVAs were released in the US by ADV Films[16] in VHS (4 tapes) and later on DVD (2 discs).

They were also released in Italy by Dynamic on VHS and in Latin America on TV by Locomotion.

Staff and production notes
  • Distributor: Nippon Columbia
  • Original work / organization: Go Nagai
  • Planning work: Dynamic Planning
  • Director: Junji Nishimura (1, 2), Jun Kawagoe (3), Masatomo Sudo (4)
  • Scenario: Masashi Sogo
  • Work supervision: Hideyuki Motohashi (1, 2)
  • Animation supervisor: Satoshi Hirayama (3, 4), Masatomo Sudo (4)
  • Character design: Satoshi Hirayama (3, 4)
  • Mecha design: Masahiko Okura (3, 4)
  • Art director: Masazumi Matsumiya (1, 2), Masuo Nakayama (3, 4)
  • Director of photography: Tadashi Hosono (1, 2, 3), Akihiko Takahashi (4)
  • Sound director: Akira Yamazaki
  • Music: Fumitaka Anzai
  • Animation work: Studio Signal
  • Production: Nippon Animation
  • Cast: Ryo Horikawa (Jiro Shutendo), Sumi Shimamoto (Miyuki Shiratori), Michihiro Ikemizu (Ryuichiro Shiba), Sanae Takagi (Kyoko Shiba), Rei Sakuma (Tanemura), Hiroya Ishimaru (Kitani), Tessho Genda (Goki), Daisuke Gori (Senki), Osamu Kobayashi (Yonen Majari), Shigeru Sakahara (Yusuke), Yoko Matsuoka (Rickey), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Naojiro), Kiyoshi Kawakubo (Oyama), Akio Otsuka (Iron Kaiser), Rihoko Yoshida (Captain Persis), Ryusei Nakao (Major Gill), Sakiko Tamagawa (Sonia), Chikao Otsuka (Oniryu), Koji Yada (Ishi)

Source(s)[11] [17][18]

Video game

Along with the OVAs, a Role-playing game for the NEC PC-9801 was released by the Japanese company Enix in October 1990 (1990-10).[19][20][21]

Gomaden Shutendoji

Gomaden Shutendoji (降魔伝 手天童子, Gōmaden Shutendōji) is a manga created by Go Nagai and Masato Natsumoto, which was originally published from August 19, 2002 (2002-08-19) (cover date October 2002 (2002-10))[22] to October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19) (cover date December 2005 (2005-12))[23] in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Champion Red. While it has a similar setting, the story is different from the original series.

No. Release date ISBN
1 April 17, 2003 (2003-04-17)978-4-253-23063-6
2 September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25)978-4-253-23064-3
3 April 15, 2004 (2004-04-15)978-4-253-23065-0
4 September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)978-4-253-23066-7
5 February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)978-4-253-23067-4
6 August 20, 2005 (2005-08-20)978-4-253-23068-1
7 December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)978-4-253-23069-8

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