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Ogre Slayer
Cover Ogre Slayer volume 1 as released by Viz Media
鬼切丸
(Onikirimaru)
GenreHorror, Drama
Manga
Written byKei Kusunoki
Published byShogakukan
English publisherUnited States Viz Media
MagazineShōnen Sunday Super
English magazineUnited States Manga Vizion
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 18, 1992April 18, 2001
Volumes20
Original video animation
Directed byYoshio Kato
Written byKenji Terada
Music byKazuhiko Toyama
Tomohiko Toyama
StudioOB Planning
Released September 9, 1994 July 21, 1995
Runtime30 minutes each
Episodes4

Ogre Slayer (鬼切丸, Onikirimaru) is a manga series written and illustrated by Kei Kusunoki. The manga has been adapted into a four-episode original video animation (OVA) anime. Both the manga and anime were distributed in North America by Viz Media, though only two volumes of the manga were released.

Ogre Slayer is about a young man who hunts ogres (oni ()). The young man was born of an ogre's corpse, like the oni born of human's body, making him pure ogre blood. Though he was born like an ogre, he has the appearance of a human. Instead of being born with horns like traditional Japanese ogres, he was born with a sword. The young man doesn't have a name, but his sword is called Onikirimaru, the Ogre Slayer.

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