Prophecy (manga)

Prophecy
First tankōbon volume cover
予告犯
(Yokokuhan)
GenreThriller
Manga
Written byTetsuya Tsutsui
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineJump X
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 25, 2011August 10, 2013
Volumes3
Manga
Yokokuhan: The Copycat
Written byTetsuya Tsutsui
Illustrated byFumio Obata
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Jump X
  • (April 10–October 10, 2014)
  • Weekly Young Jump
  • (March 11–July 23, 2015)
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 10, 2014July 23, 2015
Volumes3
Live-action film
Directed byYoshihiro Nakamura
Written byTamio Hayashi
Music byTakashi Ōmama
Studio
  • Wowow Films
  • C&I Entertainment
ReleasedJune 6, 2015 (2015-06-06)
Television drama
Yokokuhan: The Pain
Directed by
  • Yoshihiro Nakamura
  • Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
  • Megumi Sawada
Written by
  • Tamio Hayashi
  • Hiroshi Tanaka
Music byTakashi Ōmama
Original networkWowow
Original run June 7, 2015 July 5, 2015
Episodes5

Prophecy (Japanese: 予告犯, Hepburn: Yokokuhan; lit.'Advance Notice Crime') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X from July 2011 to August 2013. A sequel, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, was serialized in the same magazine from April to October 2014 and later transferred to Weekly Young Jump, where it ran from March to July 2015. A live-action film and a five-episode television drama adaptations premiered in 2015.