Zipang (manga)
| Zipang | |
Cover of volume 43 of the manga Zipang by Kaiji Kawaguchi, as published by Kodansha | |
| ジパング (Jipangu) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Morning |
| Original run | July 2000 – November 2009 |
| Volumes | 43 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | October 7, 2004 – March 31, 2005 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Zipang (Japanese: ジパング, Hepburn: Jipangu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning from 2000 to 2009, with its chapters collected in forty-three tankōbon volumes. It follows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and its crew being transported back in time more than 60 years to the Pacific theatre of World War II. The struggle of the crew from a peaceful future Japan to resist the nationalistic appeal of altering history and defending their country, knowing that in this time it is ruled by totalitarian militarists, is the central theme of Zipang.
A twenty-six episode anime television series by Studio Deen and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi was broadcast on TBS from 2004 to 2005. It was licensed for English release in North America by Geneon Entertainment.