Prophecy (manga)

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Prophecy
File:Prophecy manga.jpg
Cover of the first Japanese volume
予告犯
(Yokokuhan)
Genre Action, suspense
Manga
Written by Tetsuya Tsutsui
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Jump X
Original run 2011 – August 2013
Volumes 3
Manga
Yokokuhan: The Copycat
Written by Tetsuya Tsutsui
Illustrated by Fumio Obata
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Jump X (2014)
Young Jump (2015)
Original run May 2014 – present
Volumes 3
Live-action film
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Written by Tamio Hayashi
Music by Takashi Ōmama
Studio WOWOW Films
C&I Entertainment
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  • June 6, 2015 (2015-06-06)
Television drama
Yokokuhan: The Pain
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
Megumi Sawada
Written by Tamio Hayashi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Music by Takashi Ōmama
Network WOWOW
Original run June 7, 2015 – July 5, 2015
Episodes 5
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Prophecy (Japanese: 予告犯 Hepburn: Yokokuhan?) is a Japanese suspense action seinen manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui.

Publication

Published by Shueisha, it was serialized in Jump X magazine from 2011 to August 2013 and compiled into three volumes published from April 2012 to September 2013.[1] It is published in Brazil by Editora JBC,[2] in French by Ki-oon[3] and in North America by Vertical.[4] A spin-off manga titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat and illustrated by Fumio Obata started to be published on Jump X in May 2014.[5][6][7] With the magazine discontinuation in October 2014, the series moved to Young Jump[8] in March 2015.[9] Yokokuhan: The Copycat's first volume was published in April 2015 and, as of August 2015, three volumes have been released.[10][11]

A side-off light novel titled Yokokuhan: The Chaser was published on May 19, 2015.[12]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 10, 2012[13] ISBN 978-4-08-879310-8 November 18, 2014[14] ISBN 978-1-939130-59-4
2 December 10, 2012[15] ISBN 978-4-08-879495-2 January 27, 2015 ISBN 978-1-939130-77-8
3 September 10, 2013[16] ISBN 978-4-08-879680-2 March 31, 2015[17] ISBN 978-1-939130-78-5

Yokokuhan: The Copycat

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 17, 2015[10] ISBN 978-4-08-890036-0
2 May 19, 2015[18] ISBN 978-4-08-890169-5
3 August 19, 2015[11] ISBN 978-4-08-890294-4

Film

A live action film adaptation directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura was released on June 6, 2015.[19] Its North American premiere was held during the LA EigaFest in September 2015.[20] The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015 by TC Entertainment.[21]

Cast

Drama

Under the title of Yokokuhan: The Pain (予告犯 -THE PAIN-?), a Japanese television drama ran for five episodes on WOWOW[22] between June 7, 2015 to July 5, 2015.[citation needed] Supervised by the film director Yoshihiro Nakamura, it was directed by Nakamura himself, Katsutoshi Hirabayashi and Megumi Sawada, with episodes screenplayed by Tamio Hayashi and Hiroshi Tanaka.[23] It starred Noriyuki Higashiyama and Erika Toda reprises her role from the film.[23] A soundtrack of the series was released on June 3, 2015 by Anchor Records, with all tracks composed by Takashi Omama, the drama's main composer.[23] All episodes were released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015 by TC Entertainment.[24]

Reception

Volume 3 reached the 45th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 15, 2013, has sold 20,871 copies.[25]

On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume 1 an overall grade of A-.[26] On manga-news.com, the series has a staff grade of 16 out of 20.[3]

The film earned ¥199 million (US$1.6 million) on its opening weekend in Japan[27] and a total of ¥553 million (US$4.48 million) so far.[28]

References

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