Hikaru no Go (manga)
Related anime:
Hikaru no Go (TV) (adaptation)
Hikaru No Go: New Year Special (sequel)
Alternative title:
Hikago
Hikaru's Go
ヒカルの碁 (Japanese)
히카루의 바둑 (Korean)
Themes:
Sports
Age rating:
All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary:
Hikaru Shindo is just a normal 12 year old Japanese boy. One day, he's rumaging through his Grandfather's things to see if he can find something to sell and pulls out an old Go board. A ghostly apparation appears out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Sai Fujiwara, a man who was a Go instructor to the emperor of Japan a thousand years ago. However, because of bad sportsmanship during a game, Sai was accused of cheating and banashied from the city. With no livelihood or any other reason to live, Sai commited suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a Go board, and wants to accomplish the perfect Go game, called the "Hand of God" which he hopes to do through Hikaru. If Hikaru will be able to do it or not (or even wants to) will have to be seen.
User Ratings:
438 ratings have been given [details]
Number of tankoubon:
23
Volumes:
#01. Desent Of The Go Master
#04. Divine Illusions
#05. Start
Vintage:
1998
1999-01 to 2003-04 (Shonen Jump Japan 1999 No.2+3 to 2003 No.22+23)
2003-12-02 to 2008-03-04 (North America, serialized in Shonen Jump)
Releases: We have 62
Official website:
Jump Magazine (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
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Comment:
The manga won the 45th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000.
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| Hikaru No Go (GN 3) 2005-02-01 (from $3.94) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 4) 2005-06-15 (from $4.54) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 5) 2005-10-04 (from $4.54) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 6) 2006-01-31 (from $3.94) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 7) 2006-07-05 (from $4.54) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 8) 2006-11-07 (from $3.94) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 9) 2007-04-03 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 10) 2007-08-07 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 11) 2008-01-01 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 12) 2008-05-06 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru No Go (GN 13) 2008-10-07 (from $3.94) |
| Hikaru No Go (GN 14) 2009-02-03 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru No Go (GN 15) 2009-05-05 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 16) 2009-08-04 (from $5.96) |
| Hikaru no Go (GN 17) 2009-11-03 (from $7.49) |
Story: Yumi Hotta Art: Takeshi Obata Supervision: Yukari Umezawa | (none) | |||||||
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Translation: Andy Nakatani Adaptation: Andy Nakatani Cover Design: Sean Lee Editing: Livia Ching Editor In Chief: Hyoe Narita Editorial Director: Alvin Lu Executive Vice President: Hyoe Narita Graphics Design: Layout Design: Sean Lee Lettering: Adam Symons Lettering Assistant: Managing Editor: Production manager: Noboru Watanabe Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi Script Consultant: Janice Kim Sr. Director Of Licensing & Aquisitions: Rika Inouye Touch-up Art: Adam Symons Touch-up Art & Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant (vol. 8, 9) V.P. Of Marketing: Liza Coppola V.P. Of Strategic Development: Yumi Hoashi VP Of Sales: Joe Morici | (none) | |||||||
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Translation: Editorial: Go-Advisory: Christoph Gerlach Graphics Design: Laura Bartels Layout Design: Laura Bartels Lettering: Dirk Rehm Production manager: Contanze Hinz | (none) | |||||||
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