Shion no Ō
| Shion no Ō | |
Shion no Ō manga volume 1. | |
| しおんの王 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masaru Katori |
| Illustrated by | Jiro Ando |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | March 25, 2004 – April 25, 2008 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Kawase |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | October 14, 2007 – March 23, 2008 |
| Episodes | 22 |
| Video game | |
| Publisher | Mainichi Communications |
| Genre | Adventure, shogi |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | April 10, 2008 |
Shion no Ō (Japanese: しおんの王; lit. 'Shion's King'), subtitled The Flowers of Hard Blood, is a Japanese manga series written by Masaru Katori and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from March 2004 to April 2008, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. It has been adapted as a twenty-two episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which aired in Japan between October 2007 and March 2008. A video game for the Nintendo DS was released on April 10, 2008, by Mainichi Communications.