Shigurui

Shigurui
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Gennosuke Fujiki
シグルイ
GenreJidaigeki
Manga
Written byTakayuki Yamaguchi
Published byAkita Shoten
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 2003September 2010
Volumes15
Anime television series
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
Directed by
Produced by
Written bySeishi Minakami
Music byKiyoshi Yoshida
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkWowow
Original run July 19, 2007 October 12, 2007
Episodes12

Shigurui (Japanese: シグルイ, "Death Frenzy") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi. It was first serialized in Akita Shoten's seinen manga magazine Champion Red from 2003 to 2006, and later in Champion Red Ichigo from 2007 to 2010; its chapters were collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes. It is based on the first chapter of the novel Suruga-jō Gozen Jiai by Norio Nanjō. An anime television adaptation, aired on Wowow from July to October 2007. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, written by Seishi Minakami, and produced by Madhouse.

The anime was licensed in North America by Funimation under the fully translated title Shigurui: Death Frenzy. The licensing was announced in May 2008 and the full series was released in March 2009, on Blu-ray and DVD. The manga and anime are both known for their graphic violence and sexual content.