Oi! Ryoma
| Oi! Ryoma | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sakamoto Ryōma | |
| お～い!竜馬 | |
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| Genre | Historical |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tetsuya Takeda |
| Illustrated by | Yū Koyama |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Shōnen, seinen |
| Original run | 1986 – 1996 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
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| Original network | NHK |
| Original run | April 7, 1992 – March 30, 1993 |
| Episodes | 39 |
Oi! Ryōma (お～い!竜馬; "Hey! Ryōma"), also known as Rainbow Samurai, is a Japanese manga series written by Tetsuya Takeda and illustrated by Yū Koyama. It is a comical and serious account mixing history and fiction of the life of the Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Big Comic (1986–1987) and seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday (1987–1996), with its chapters collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series by Nippon Herald Films and Animation 21 and broadcast on NHK from April 1992 to March 1993. The manga has had over 15 million copies in circulation.