Onmyōji (manga)

Onmyōji (陰陽師) is a manga series written and illustrated by Reiko Okano based on a novel series of the same name by Baku Yumemakura. It was serialized from 1993 to 2005 in the magazines Comic Birz by Scola and Melody by Hakusensha. Varying between seinen and shōjo, it follows the story of a master in onmyōdō, a traditional Japanese cosmology.

The series was compiled into 13 tankōbon published between July 12, 1997 and September 29, 2005 by Hakusensha. The first seven volumes were published in France by Delcourt between 2007 and 2013. In 2011, a sequel series titled Onmyōji: Tamatebako (陰陽師 玉手匣) started to be published in Melody and as of August 28, 2013, three volumes have been released by Hakusensha.

It was adapted into a film in 2001 and it was followed by a sequel in 2003. A exhibit at the Kyoto International Manga Museum explored "the supernatural aspects of Kyoto" by using this manga as reference. The manga received the Grand Prize at the 2001 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The series also received the Seiun Award for best science fiction comic in 2006. Also, in 2011, Paul Gravett included it on the book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die.

References

External links

• Official website
• Onmyōji at Hakusensha's site
• Onmyōji (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia