Bad Boys (manga)
| Bad Boys | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tsukasa Kiriki (left) and Jouji Kawanaka (center) | |
| Genre | Action |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroshi Tanaka |
| Published by | Shōnen Gahōsha |
| Magazine | Young King |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1988 – 1996 |
| Volumes | 22 |
| Manga | |
| Bad Boys Glare | |
| Written by | Hiroshi Tanaka |
| Published by | Shōnen Gahōsha |
| Magazine | Young King |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1996 – 2003 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Osamu Sekita Takeshi Yamaguchi |
| Music by | Hiroaki Yoshino |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Released | September 25, 1993 – August 9, 1998 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Takashi Kubota |
| Released | March 26, 2011 |
| Runtime | 93 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Bad Boys J | |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | April 6, 2013 – June 22, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Bad Boys (stylized as BADBOYS) is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Tanaka. It was adapted into an OVA and a live action film and it was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. As for 2021, the manga has sold 55 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series.