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Shueisha franchises
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV series)Ufotable announced the anime adaptation of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in June 2018. Director Haruo Sotozaki and producer Hikaru Kondo led the project.
- Whisper of the HeartYoshifumi Kondō died in 1998, three years after directing Whisper of the Heart. This film stands as his sole completed work as a director before his passing.
- Dragon BallAkira Toriyama sat in his studio in 1983, surrounded by reference books on Hong Kong martial arts films. He had just finished a one-shot manga called Dragon…
- Dragon Ball ZKazuhiko Torishima, Akira Toriyama's editor for Dr. Slump and the first half of Dragon Ball, felt that the Dragon Ball anime's ratings were gradually…
- Yu-Gi-Oh!In the opening scene of the story, a timid high school student named Yugi Mutou solves an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle.
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaKoyoharu Gotouge submitted a draft titled Kimetsu no Yaiba to Weekly Shōnen Jump editor Tatsuhiko Katayama in 2015. The initial concept featured swords and…
- Jujutsu KaisenIn the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, every living being emits a power source called Cursed Energy. This energy flows from negative emotions that naturally exist…
- RWBYMonty Oum developed RWBY as a long-standing concept before its official launch. He created the color-coding approach to character names and design during…
- Rurouni KenshinIn December 1992, a prototype story titled Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story appeared in the Weekly Shōnen Jump Winter Special issue for 1993.
- Tetsujin 28-goMitsuteru Yokoyama returned to Kobe as a fifth-grader after being evacuated to Tottori Prefecture during World War II. The city lay flattened and reduced to…