Samurai Deeper Kyo
Akimine Kamijyo wrote and drew the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo. Samurai Deeper Kyo is about a feared samurai named Demon Eyes Kyo. His soul is sealed inside the body of his rival, Mibu Kyoshiro, and he wants to get his body back. Shiina Yuya, who is the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate and a bounty hunter, and Sanada Yukimura, who is known to be a rival of the Tokugawa, help Kyo in his search. Samurai Deeper Kyo ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shnen Magazine from October 15, 1999, to May 10, 2006, and was collected into 38 volumes. In 2002, the manga was turned into an animated TV show. The Studio Deen show ran for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo from July 2, 2002, to December 23, 2002. Both the manga and the anime have been given licenses in the US, Canada, and the UK. In 2002, Tokyopop bought the manga. But in 2009, Kodansha let its licensing contracts expire, so Tokyopop couldn't keep making the series in English. Shortly after that, Del Rey Manga picked up Samurai Deeper Kyo. They have finished the series by putting volumes 35 and 36 in one volume and volumes 37 and 38 in one volume. In 2003, Media Blasters bought the anime series under its AnimeWorks label. In the US, it was shown briefly on Encore network channels.
Released: 2002-07-02