Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru rowaiaru) has been adapted into a serialized manga, written by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi, was published in Japan by Akita Publishing. The manga consists of 15 volumes and is distributed in English by Tokyopop. There is a manga sequel called Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale. In October 2007, a new special edition of the manga was released.
The manga follows the plot of the novel fairly closely, but also expands on the backstory of each of the students. It is also far more sexually graphic than the novel and film versions, and is also noted for its intense, gory violence.
Also, the English adaptation of manga changes the time that the story is set in by almost 10 years, using the term 'in the near future', but on Shogo Kawada's profile, it references the program 2005 season; he says his last program was a year ago, leading to the assumption that the manga sets the story in 2006. In volume one of the English language version, Shinji Mimura and the news channel reporter mentions the 2007 record of 3 days and 442 minutes. In volume 14 Kamon refers to the 2009 season, which is presumably the 2009 one. None of those dates are mentioned in the original Japanese edition. Apparently they were devised by Keith Giffen during the adaptation (see below) along with many other details non-existent in the original.
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The manga revolves around seven main characters, including the righteous Shuya Nanahara, the gentle and caring Noriko Nakagawa, the hardened veteran Shogo Kawada, the genius Shinji Mimura, the kind-hearted kung fu master Hiroki Sugimura, the troubled Mitsuko Souma, and the cold, merciless Kazuo Kiriyama. As of January 2006, all 15 volumes have been released in Japan. In the US and UK all 15 of the volumes have been released as of April 2006.
At first the creators of the original version of the Battle Royale manga kept the story close to the original Japanese novel. As publication increased, Taguchi took increasing liberties with the story. Takami said that he looked forward to new installments of Taguchi's story and Taguchi said that he more strongly cared about the characters. Takami liked how Taguchi distributed the time among characters; Takami said that in the manga the characters changed and grew as the story progressed, unlike in the original novel. Taguchi said that in the manga version he modeled most of Takami's characters after people he personally knew. Takami describes Taguchi's stance as closer to his own than the stance of Kinji Fukasaku, the director of the film. Takami describes the manga as containing the feeling of a general, nonjudgmental love for humans.
Taguchi said that many people describe his art style as reminiscent of gekiga, or that it's realistic. Taguchi disagrees with the descriptions, instead characterizing faces in his works as manga faces since he feels that it is really easy to put my own emotions into the faces. Taguchi said that when he shows sadness in characters, he locates the characters' eyebrows down as far as possible. Takami describes Taguchi's art as directly descended from Osamu Tezuka and manga-esque. Takami described the style as easy to overlook because the art contains clean lines. Takami believed that the art style fit the Battle Royale story. In the beginning Taguchi said that he felt that all of the characters had to look like middle school students. Taguchi said that as the story progressed for many of the characters he began to draw them more naturally and add specific expressions for certain things they would say. Takami describes the newer style as more grown-up looking.
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An English-language adaptation of the publication, published in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom in a multi-volume format by TOKYOPOP, was extensively rewritten by Keith Giffen, whose script does not completely follow the original comic.
The major difference between the Japanese and TOKYOPOP version is that Giffen rewrote the BR program as a Reality TV show program, rather than keeping it in tune with the BR Act, which leaves plotholes through the panels of the manga, especially in Volume #15. This can be partially attributed to the fact that when TOKYOPOP had released Volume #1, the Japanese Battle Royale was up to Volume #9 at that point, thereby not giving TOKYOPOP or Giffen ample material to prove that their rewrite would backfire.
'For adapting the work, Giffen was given a tight Japanese-to-English translation of the story, but his assignment was by no means just to tweak a translation. I told him to do what he felt he had to do, Paniccia said. I told him to Giffenize it.'
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'It's a good story that Takami is telling, Giffen said. What I do is go in and make bad scenes that much worse. I loved the movie of Battle Royale, and also love the manga. I just wanted to do it right. I wanted to do justice to it, and I knew I couldn't get away with doing a straight translation, because it would be horrifyingly bad.'
In April 2006, Tim Beedle, a former associate editor of Battle Royale, stated on the TOKYOPOP Messageboard the reasoning behind the decision to have a fairly loose adaptation:
'Prior to starting work on the first volume of Battle Royale, its editor (Mark Paniccia, who has since left TOKYOPOP) made a decision to hire Keith Giffen, a well-known American comic book writer, to provide a much looser adaptation than usual. He made this decision for a variety of reasons, but two seemed to be more prominent than the rest. First, due to BR's extreme content and M rating, it was going to be a tough sell. (Some of the large chains refuse to carry M-rated books.) Hiring a known writer could help compensate for this by driving sales. Second, more than any other book we were publishing at the time, BR had the potential to find a crossover audience in the direct market among American comic book readers, who often are adverse to trying manga.'[3] Brazilian edition
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Conrad Editora from Brazil began publishing a Portuguese version of the Manga at the tail end of 2006. From the contents of the first two volumes (it follows the original 15-volume format) it does not seem to adapt the Giffen Reality Show version, but instead apparently follows the original premise of the Novel and Manga.
Summary: We are introduced to the main characters and how the class got kidnapped and sent to the island. Most of this volume is set in the classroom with Yonemi Kamon explaining the rules of the program to the students. Mr. Hayashida, the class teacher, is killed before the Program begins for resisting. Kamon shoots and kills Yoshitoki Kuninobu for attacking him after he, Kamon, says that he raped Anna Ryoko, the caretaker of the orphaned Shuya and Yoshitoki. Kamon also kills Fumiyo Fujiyoshi by throwing a knife in her head while she whispers during class. After the event begins, Yoshio Akamatsu kills Mayumi Tendo who is discovered by Shuya. Shuya knocks out Yoshio when he threatens Noriko and the two run off and settle in the woods for the night. Yoshio is killed off by Kazushi Niida not long after and finally, the scared Megumi Eto is killed by the pretty, but evil Mitsuko Souma by slicing her neck open.
Summary: In this volume, we are introduced to Kazuo Kiriyama and his gang and when he begins his killing spree, including almost his entire gang, Izumi Kanai, Yukiko Kitano, and Yumiko Kusaka. Sakura Ogawa and Kazuhiko Yamamoto commit suicide together, ending the first day of the program. The next day, Tatsumichi Oki ambushes Shuya and Noriko. After a brief fall down a cliff, Shuya accidentally kills Tatsumichi with his own weapon; Kyoichi Motobuchi also attacks Shuya shortly after but is killed by Shogo Kawada, the mysterious transfer student. Shuya and Noriko team up with Kawada and venture off to find more possible allies.
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Summary: This volume is mainly about Shinji Mimura finding Yutaka Seto and how they start their plan to bomb the school. We also meet Yoshimi Yahagi who is unexpectedly attacked by her boyfriend, Yoji Kuramoto. Yoji eventually realizes that he loved Yoshimi all along, only to be shot in the head by Yoshimi's friend Mitsuko. Yoshimi, upset by this, threatens Mitsuko who shoots her in response. Hiroki Sugimura is seen sprinting through a designated Danger Zone, desperate to find any trace of Kayoko Kotohiki before the zone becomes off-limits. He stumbles upon the body of Megumi Eto. Disappointed but happy that the body wasn't that of Kayoko, Hiroki quickly escapes the zone within seconds of it becoming a Danger Zone. We are later introduced to Takako Chigusa and Kazushi Niida, who begin fighting each other after Niida threatens Takako. More of Mitsuko's backstory is also revealed.
Summary: This volume continues Takako's fight with Niida. Niida is eventually killed but before Takako can leave, Mitsuko appears and shoots her several times, leaving her for dead. Hiroki finds her dying body and she confesses her love for him before dying in
'It's a good story that Takami is telling, Giffen said. What I do is go in and make bad scenes that much worse. I loved the movie of Battle Royale, and also love the manga. I just wanted to do it right. I wanted to do justice to it, and I knew I couldn't get away with doing a straight translation, because it would be horrifyingly bad.'
In April 2006, Tim Beedle, a former associate editor of Battle Royale, stated on the TOKYOPOP Messageboard the reasoning behind the decision to have a fairly loose adaptation:
'Prior to starting work on the first volume of Battle Royale, its editor (Mark Paniccia, who has since left TOKYOPOP) made a decision to hire Keith Giffen, a well-known American comic book writer, to provide a much looser adaptation than usual. He made this decision for a variety of reasons, but two seemed to be more prominent than the rest. First, due to BR's extreme content and M rating, it was going to be a tough sell. (Some of the large chains refuse to carry M-rated books.) Hiring a known writer could help compensate for this by driving sales. Second, more than any other book we were publishing at the time, BR had the potential to find a crossover audience in the direct market among American comic book readers, who often are adverse to trying manga.'[3] Brazilian edition
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Conrad Editora from Brazil began publishing a Portuguese version of the Manga at the tail end of 2006. From the contents of the first two volumes (it follows the original 15-volume format) it does not seem to adapt the Giffen Reality Show version, but instead apparently follows the original premise of the Novel and Manga.
Summary: We are introduced to the main characters and how the class got kidnapped and sent to the island. Most of this volume is set in the classroom with Yonemi Kamon explaining the rules of the program to the students. Mr. Hayashida, the class teacher, is killed before the Program begins for resisting. Kamon shoots and kills Yoshitoki Kuninobu for attacking him after he, Kamon, says that he raped Anna Ryoko, the caretaker of the orphaned Shuya and Yoshitoki. Kamon also kills Fumiyo Fujiyoshi by throwing a knife in her head while she whispers during class. After the event begins, Yoshio Akamatsu kills Mayumi Tendo who is discovered by Shuya. Shuya knocks out Yoshio when he threatens Noriko and the two run off and settle in the woods for the night. Yoshio is killed off by Kazushi Niida not long after and finally, the scared Megumi Eto is killed by the pretty, but evil Mitsuko Souma by slicing her neck open.
Summary: In this volume, we are introduced to Kazuo Kiriyama and his gang and when he begins his killing spree, including almost his entire gang, Izumi Kanai, Yukiko Kitano, and Yumiko Kusaka. Sakura Ogawa and Kazuhiko Yamamoto commit suicide together, ending the first day of the program. The next day, Tatsumichi Oki ambushes Shuya and Noriko. After a brief fall down a cliff, Shuya accidentally kills Tatsumichi with his own weapon; Kyoichi Motobuchi also attacks Shuya shortly after but is killed by Shogo Kawada, the mysterious transfer student. Shuya and Noriko team up with Kawada and venture off to find more possible allies.
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Summary: This volume is mainly about Shinji Mimura finding Yutaka Seto and how they start their plan to bomb the school. We also meet Yoshimi Yahagi who is unexpectedly attacked by her boyfriend, Yoji Kuramoto. Yoji eventually realizes that he loved Yoshimi all along, only to be shot in the head by Yoshimi's friend Mitsuko. Yoshimi, upset by this, threatens Mitsuko who shoots her in response. Hiroki Sugimura is seen sprinting through a designated Danger Zone, desperate to find any trace of Kayoko Kotohiki before the zone becomes off-limits. He stumbles upon the body of Megumi Eto. Disappointed but happy that the body wasn't that of Kayoko, Hiroki quickly escapes the zone within seconds of it becoming a Danger Zone. We are later introduced to Takako Chigusa and Kazushi Niida, who begin fighting each other after Niida threatens Takako. More of Mitsuko's backstory is also revealed.
Summary: This volume continues Takako's fight with Niida. Niida is eventually killed but before Takako can leave, Mitsuko appears and shoots her several times, leaving her for dead. Hiroki finds her dying body and she confesses her love for him before dying in
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