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Hikaru no Go (manga)

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[ serialized in [Shonen Jump Japan], serialized in [Shonen Jump USA] ]

Related anime:
    Hikaru no Go (TV) (adaptation)
      Hikaru No Go: New Year Special (sequel)

Alternative title:
Hikago
Hikaru's Go
ヒカルの碁 (Japanese)
棋靈王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
棋魂 (Chinese (Taiwan))
히카루의 바둑 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Themes: sports
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Hikaru Shindo is just a normal 12 year old Japanese boy. One day, he's rumaging through his Grandfather's things to see if he can find something to sell and pulls out an old Go board. A ghostly apparation appears out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Sai Fujiwara, a man who was a Go instructor to the emperor of Japan a thousand years ago. However, because of bad sportsmanship during a game, Sai was accused of cheating and banashied from the city. With no livelihood or any other reason to live, Sai commited suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a Go board, and wants to accomplish the perfect Go game, called the "Hand of God" which he hopes to do through Hikaru. If Hikaru will be able to do it or not (or even wants to) will have to be seen.
User Ratings: 480 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 106 votes (sub:57, Eng:30, dub:13, ?:1, raw:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 German
1 French
)
 Excellent: 146 votes (Eng:64, sub:50, dub:21, raw:4, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 French
)
 Very good: 118 votes (Eng:57, sub:32, dub:18, ?:5, raw:2, raw:1, others:3
1 Polish
1 French
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 60 votes (Eng:33, sub:13, dub:9, ?:3, raw:1, others:1
1 German
)
 Decent: 23 votes (Eng:11, dub:5, sub:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 9 votes (Eng:6, sub:3)
 Not really good: 6 votes (Eng:3, sub:1, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (Eng:2, dub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:1, Eng:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1143 users, rank: #31
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.262 (Very good+.26), std. dev.: 1.6764, rank: #564
Weighted mean: 8.163 (Very good+.16), rank: #550 (seen all: 8.71 / seen some: 7.66 / won't finish: 6.44)
Bayesian estimate: 8.160 (Very good+.16), rank: #244
Number of tankoubon: 23
Volumes:
#01. Desent Of The Go Master
#04. Divine Illusions
#05. Start
Vintage:
1998
1999-01 to 2003-04 (Shonen Jump Japan 1999 No.2+3 to 2003 No.22+23)
2003-12-02 to 2008-03-04 (North America, serialized in Shonen Jump)
Releases: We have 62
Official website:
Jump Magazine (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Comment:
The manga won the 45th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000.
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    Hikaru No Go (GN 18) 2010-02-02 (from $6.21)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 19) 2010-05-04 (from $6.21)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 20) 2010-08-03 (from $6.21)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 21) 2010-11-02 (from $6.08)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 22) 2011-01-04 (from $6.08)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 23) 2011-05-03 (from $9.99)
    Hikaru No Go (GN 3) 2005-02-01 (from $5.96)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 4) 2005-06-15 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 5) 2005-10-04 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 6) 2006-01-31 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 7) 2006-07-05 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 8) 2006-11-07 (from $5.96)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 9) 2007-04-03 (from $5.96)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 10) 2007-08-07 (from $5.96)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 11) 2008-01-01 (from $3.98)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 12) 2008-05-06 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru No Go (GN 13) 2008-10-07 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru No Go (GN 14) 2009-02-03 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru No Go (GN 15) 2009-05-05 (from $5.33)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 16) 2009-08-04 (from $4.49)
    Hikaru no Go (GN 17) 2009-11-03 (from $6.21)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Story: Yumi Hotta
Supervision: Yukari Umezawa
 (none)
Japanese companies 
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff 
English cast 
Translation: Andy Nakatani

Adaptation: Andy Nakatani
Cover Design: Sean Lee
Editing: Livia Ching
Editor-in-Chief: Hyoe Narita
Editorial Director: Alvin Lu
Executive VP: Hyoe Narita
Graphic Design:
Courtney Utt
Sean Lee
Layout Design: Sean Lee
Lettering: Adam Symons
Lettering Assistant:
Josh Simpson
Walden Wong
Production manager: Noboru Watanabe
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Script Consultant: Janice Kim
Sr. Director of Licensing & Acquisitions: Rika Inouye
Touch-up Art: Adam Symons
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant (vol. 8, 9)
VP of Marketing: Liza Coppola
VP of Sales: Joe Morici
VP of Strategic Development: Yumi Hoashi
 (none)
English companies 
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 
Publisher: Planet Manga
Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
Go-Advisory: Christoph Gerlach
Graphic Design: Laura Bartels
Layout Design: Laura Bartels
Lettering: Dirk Rehm
Production manager: Contanze Hinz
 (none)
German companies 
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
Serialized In: Banzai!
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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