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Hitsuji no Ki

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Written by
  
Tatsuhiko Yamagami

Published by
  
Kodansha

Magazine
  
Evening

Illustrated by
  
Mikio Igarashi

Demographic
  
seinen

Original run
  
2011 – April 8, 2014

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Hitsuji no Ki (羊の木) is a Japanese manga series written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. Published by Kodansha, it was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Evening from 2011 to April 8, 2014, and the chapters were compiled into five volumes. A live action film adaptation directed by Daihachi Yoshida is scheduled for release in Japan in 2018.

Contents

Volumes

  • 1 (November 22, 2011)
  • 2 (June 22, 2012)
  • 3 (January 23, 2013)
  • 4 (October 23, 2013)
  • 5 (May 23, 2014)

    • Reception

    The manga was one of the Jury Selections in the Manga Division of the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2012. It was nominated for the 17th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2013. It was also nominated for the 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014, and also for the Reader Award at the same awards. It won an Excellence Award in the Manga Division of the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2014.

    References

    Hitsuji no Ki Wikipedia
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