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Hoshin Engi (manga)

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Alternative title:
Hôshin - L'Investiture des dieux (French)
Łowca dusz (Polish)
封神演義 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy
Themes: historical
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Thousands of years ago, it was a time of witchcraft and dark magic. An evil sorceress has bewitched the emperor of the mighty dynasty and he has become a mindless puppet. The country is in shambles and evil spirits lurk everywhere. The human world is on the verge of utter destruction. A bold mission is planned by the Confederation of the Immortal Masters. They send a young master wizard to hung down the villains and evil warlocks in the devastated lands.
User Ratings: 90 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:9, Eng:3, ?:2, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 20 votes (sub:7, Eng:5, raw:2, ?:2, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 French
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 14 votes (Eng:11, sub:2, dub:1)
 Good: 18 votes (Eng:12, dub:2, sub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:4, sub:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (Eng:3, dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (Eng:5, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 235 users, rank: #373 (of 6719)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.511 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.2123, rank: #2074 (of 7450)
Weighted mean: 7.390 (Good+), rank: #2716 (of 7450) (seen all: 8.38 / seen some: 7.31 / won't finish: 4.04)
Bayesian estimate: 7.403 (Good+), rank: #1749 (of 3485)
Number of tankoubon: 23
Number of pages: 192
Chapter titles: We have 206
Vintage:
1996 to 2000 (Shonen Jump Japan 1996 No.28 to 2000 No.47)
2007-06-05 (North America)
Release dates: We have 69
Official website:
houshin-engi.com (Japanese)
News: Show:
Comic-Con News Wrap (Jul 24, 2006)
This Week's Releases (Dec 19, 2001)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Ryū Fujisaki
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Tomo Kimura

Adaptation: Tomo Kimura
Additional Touch-up:
Josh Simpson (vol. 1)
Cover Design: Sean Lee (vols. 3-4)
Design:
Matt Hinrichs (vols. 5-23)
Sean Lee (vols. 1-2,5)
Editing:
Joel Enos (vols. 1-3)
Jonathan Tarbox (vols. 3-23)
Editor in Chief, Books:
Alvin Lu (vols. 1-14)
Editor in Chief, Magazines:
Marc Weidenbaum (vols. 1-14)
Interior Design: Courtney Utt (vols. 3-4)
Publisher:
Hyoe Narita (vols. 1-21)
Sr. VP of Marketing:
Liza Coppola (vols. 1-8)
Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Rina Mapa (vols. 1-5)
VP Of Creative: Linda Espinosa (vols. 9-21)
VP Of Product Marketing: Gonzalo Ferreyra (vols. 9-21)
VP of Publishing Licensing:
Rika Inouye (vols. 1-16)
VP of Sales:
Gonzalo Ferreyra (vols. 1-21)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Hudson Yards (vols. 6-23)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Rieko Fukuda

Adaptation: Andrea Pietroni
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German companies
(none)
German cast
(none)
Dutch cast
Dutch staff
Translation: Dorith Graef
(none)
Dutch companies
Publisher: Glénat Benelux
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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