Keiji (manga)

Keiji
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Maeda Keiji
花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-
(Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni)
Genre
Created byKeiichiro Ryu
Manga
Written byMio Aso
Illustrated byTetsuo Hara
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
Original runMarch 12, 1990August 2, 1993
Volumes18
Further information
Video game
DeveloperTose
PublisherYojigen
GenreFighting
PlatformSuper Famicom
ReleasedNovember 18, 1994
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Tsuki-gatari
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byYuji Takemura
Published byShinchosha
MagazineWeekly Comic Bunch
Original runNovember 7, 2008August 27, 2010
Volumes9
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Sake-gatari
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byYuji Takemura
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
Original runOctober 25, 2010January 27, 2014
Volumes10
Anime television series
Kanetsugu & Keiji
Directed byBob Shirahata
Produced byNaoki Miya
Written byYasuhiro Imagawa
Music byKazsin
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run July 2, 2013 December 17, 2013
Episodes25
Manga
Gifū Dōdō!! Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Hana-gatari
Written by
  • Tetsuo Hara
  • Nobuhiko Horie
Illustrated byMasato Deguchi
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
Original runMarch 24, 2014October 25, 2018
Volumes14

Keiji, known in Japan as Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni (花の慶次 -雲のかなたに-; lit.'Keiji of the Flowers:Beyond the Clouds') is a Japanese manga, based on the novel Ichi-Mu-An Fūryūki by Keiichiro Ryu, adapted by Mio Aso and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 1990 to August 1993. The story serves as a fictionalized account of the life of Maeda Keiji. It was formerly licensed for English release in North America by Raijin Comics. Kodansha USA licensed the series in 2025, releasing it under the title The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji.

The series has had over 17 million copies in circulation.