Eko Eko Azarak (manga)#Anime

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Eko Eko Azarak

| image = Eko Eko Azarak.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first volume of Eko Eko Azarak, published in 1976

| ja_kanji = エコエコアザラク

| ja_romaji = Eko Eko Azaraku

| genre = Horror{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Eko Eko Azarak Manga Creator Shinichi Koga Passes Away |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-17/eko-eko-azarak-manga-creator-shinichi-koga-passes-away/.129115 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 16, 2020 |date=March 17, 2018 |quote=Horror manga artist published Eko Eko Azarak between 1975-1979}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Shinichi Koga

| publisher = Akita Shoten

| demographic = Shōnen

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Champion

| first = September 1, 1975

| last = March 1979

| volumes = 19

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Eko Eko Azarak -Wizard of Darkness-

| director = Shimako Sato

| producer =

| writer = Junki Takegami

| music =

| studio =

| released = April 8, 1995

| runtime = 80 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Eko Eko Azarak II -Birth of the Wizard-

| director = Shimako Sato

| producer =

| writer = Shimako Sato

| music =

| studio =

| released = April 20, 1996

| runtime = 83 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = drama

| director =

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| network =

| first = February 1, 1997

| last = May 31, 1997

| episodes = 18

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Eko Eko Azarak III -Misa The Dark Angel-

| director = Katsuhito Ueno

| producer =

| writer = Kyoichi Nanatsuki
Sotaro Hayashi

| music =

| studio =

| released = January 15, 1998

| runtime = 95 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = drama

| title = Eko Eko Azarak -eye-

| director = Mitsunori Hattori

| producer =

| writer = Chiaki J. Konaka

| music =

| studio =

| network = TV Tokyo

| first = January 6, 2004

| last = March 30, 2004

| episodes = 13

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Eko Eko Azarak R-page

| director = Taichi Ito

| producer =

| writer = Hiromitsu Amano

| music =

| studio = Avex Entertainment, Inc.

| released = 2006

| runtime =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Eko Eko Azarak B-page

| director = Taichi Ito

| producer =

| writer = Hiromitsu Amano

| music =

| studio = Avex Entertainment, Inc.

| released = 2006

| runtime =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = Nagae Toshikazu

| producer =

| writer = Shinichi Koga

| music =

| studio = Toei Animation

| released = January 30, 2007

| runtime = 24 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title = Eko Eko Azarak: Reborn

| author = J-ta Yamada

| publisher = Akita Shoten

| demographic = Seinen

| magazine = Champion Red

| first = March 19, 2020

| last = March 17, 2023

| volumes = 4

| volume_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Eko Eko Azarak|エコエコアザラク|Eko Eko Azaraku|lead=yes}} is a Japanese horror manga series by Shinichi Koga.{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-11-23/ga-nime-toei-team-up-on-two-new-shows|title= Ga-nime, Toei Team up on Two New Shows|date= November 23, 2006|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Anime News Network}} It has been adapted into a live action film series with six films, two Japanese television drama series and an original video animation.

Plot

According to her fellow students, Misa is a star student and an idol of the classroom. However, she is also a young witch who goes from school to school using black magic in order to enact chaotic and brutal justice. Along the way, her strange past is revealed.

Media

= Manga =

The manga was published by Akita Shoten, with serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 1, 1975 to April 9, 1979{{cite web|url= http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazine_works/6881|script-title= ja:雑誌掲載作品：週刊少年チャンピオンエコエコアザラク(古賀新一)|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Media Arts Database|publisher= Agency for Cultural Affairs|language= ja|archive-date= March 14, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314162735/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazine_works/6881|url-status= dead}} and compiled into 19 volumes{{cite web|url= http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/134012|script-title= ja:単行本全巻：エコエコアザラク(少年チャンピオン・コミックス)|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Media Arts Database|publisher= Agency for Cultural Affairs|language= ja|archive-date= March 14, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314160535/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/134012|url-status= dead}} published from March 1976{{cite web|url= http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1188874|script-title= ja:単行本：エコエコアザラク(少年チャンピオン・コミックス)第1巻|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Media Arts Database|publisher= Agency for Cultural Affairs|language= ja|archive-date= March 14, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314163400/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1188874|url-status= dead}} to July 1979.{{cite web|url= http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1187547|script-title= ja:単行本：エコエコアザラク(少年チャンピオン・コミックス)第19巻|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Media Arts Database|publisher= Agency for Cultural Affairs|language= ja|archive-date= March 14, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314164828/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1187547|url-status= dead}}

After the end of the original series, a sequel, Majo Kuroi Misa was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion in 1982, and was compiled in 2 volumes.. A third series, Eko Eko Azarak II, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion and Suspiria, starting in 1993 and compiled into 6 volumes. Both these series were written and drawn by the series original creator, Shinichi Koga. In 2020, two years after the death of Shinichi Koga, a remake series by J-ta Yamada, titled Eko Eko Azarak: Reborn began serialization in Champion Red.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio |title=Living for the Day After Tomorrow's J-ta Yamada Launches Remake of Eko Eko Azarak Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-19/living-for-the-day-after-tomorrow-j-ta-yamada-launches-remake-of-eko-eko-azarak-manga/.156603|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 21, 2023|date=February 19, 2022}} The series ended serialization on March 17, 2023.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Eko Eko Azarak Reborn Manga Ends in Next Chapter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-20/eko-eko-azarak-reborn-manga-ends-in-next-chapter/.195091|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2023|date=February 20, 2023}}

= Films =

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa The Dark Angel (1998)
Eko Eko Azarak IV: Awakening (2001)
Eko Eko Azarak: R-page (2006){{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-12-12/eko-eko-azarak-trailers|title= Eko Eko Azarak: trailers|date= December 12, 2006|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= Anime News Network}}
Eko Eko Azarak: B-page (2006)
"Eko Eko Azarak: Kuroi Misa First Episode" (2011)

= Dramas =

A live-action school horror drama series was broadcast from February 1 to May 31, 1997 on TV Tokyo,{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=87470|title= EKO EKO AZARAK エコエコアザラク(1997)|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}} consisting of 26 episodes. The cast included Hinako Saeki as Misa Kuroi and also {{Interlanguage link multi|Rie Imamura|ja|3=今村理恵}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Banhō Chō|ja|3=趙方豪}}, Jirō Dan and {{Interlanguage link multi|Rumi Sakakibara|ja|3=榊原るみ}}. In 2004, another horror drama series named {{Nihongo|Eko Eko Azarak -eye-|エコエコアザラク〜眼〜|Eko Eko Azaraku ~Manako~}} was broadcast from January 6 to March 30, also on TV Tokyo,{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=319821|script-title=ja:エコエコアザラク～眼～(2004)|access-date= March 14, 2016|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}} with 13 episodes. The cast included {{Interlanguage link multi|Natsuhi Ueno|ja|3=上野なつひ}} as Misa Kuroi and also Yoko Mitsuya, {{Interlanguage link multi|Sayuri Anzu|ja|3=杏さゆり}} and Aiko Kayō.

= Anime =

An anime adaptation by Toei Animation was released as an OVA on January 30, 2007.

Reception

References

External links

{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208175759/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ekoeko/ Drama official site]
{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081224052427/http://www.ganime.jp/ekoeko/index.html Anime OVA official site]
{{anime News Network|manga|7386|Eko Eko Azarak}}
{{IMDb title|1107326|Eko Eko Azarak: R-Page}}
{{IMDb title|1107325|Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page}}

Category:1975 manga

Category:1979 comics endings

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