Shigurui
| Shigurui | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Gennosuke Fujiki | |
| シグルイ | |
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| Genre | Jidaigeki |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takayuki Yamaguchi |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 2003 – September 2010 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Anime television series | |
| Shigurui: Death Frenzy | |
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| Produced by |
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| Written by | Seishi Minakami |
| Music by | Kiyoshi Yoshida |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Wowow |
| Original run | July 19, 2007 – October 12, 2007 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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.