Hells Angels (manga)
Hells Angels | |
File:HellsMovie.jpg | |
Genre | Dark comedy,[1] dark fantasy[2] |
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Manga | |
Written by | Sin'Ichi Hiromoto |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Ultra Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 2002 – May 2004 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime film | |
Hells | |
Directed by | Yoshiki Yamakawa |
Written by | Yoshiki Yamakawa Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
Music by | EDISON |
Studio | Madhouse |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 2008 |
Runtime | 117 minutes |
Hells Angels is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from 2002 to 2004 and compiled intro three tankōbon volumes.
It was adapted into an anime film by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film has been licensed by Discotek Media in 2017.
Voice cast
Character | Japanese | English[3] |
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Rinne Amagane | Misato Fukuen | Amanda Lee |
Ryu Kutou | Daisuke Kishio | Howard Wang |
Hellvis | Fumihiko Tachiki | Jason Marnocha |
Mario | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Joshua Gotay |
Who | Keiji Fujiwara | Chris Guererro |
Steela | Miyuki Sawashiro | Megan Shipman |
Phantoma | Yui Kano | Marianne Miller |
Kiki | Ami Koshimizu | Sarah Anne Williams |
Wolfie | Yuki Matsuoka | Marissa Lenti |
Cronola | Yū Asakawa | Caitlyn Elizabeth |
Curia | Nana Inoue | Elizabeth Maxwell |
Gillealla | Rina Satō | Amanda Gish |
Mummyla | Akeno Watanabe | Emily Fajardo |
Rokku | Chō | Martin Billany |
Pandaz | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Scott Frerichs |
Rei Kagurazaka | Yūna Inamura | Amber Lee Connors |
Luca | Akeno Watanabe | Corinne Sudberg |
Rinne's Mother | Romi Park | Jessica Calvello |
Media
Manga
Hells Angels is written and illustrated by Sin'Ichi Hiromoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from the September 2002 issue to the May 2004 issue.[4][5][6] Shueisha compiled its individual chapters intro three tankōbon volumes published from April 18, 2003 to July 16, 2004.
Volumes
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | April 18, 2003[7] | 4-08-876438-2 |
2 | October 17, 2003[8] | 4-08-876521-4 |
3 | July 16, 2004[9] | 4-08-876633-4 |
Film
The manga series was adapted into an anime film by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1][10]
The Japanese distributor TC Entertainment released the film simply titled as Hells on Blu-ray with English subtitles on August 3, 2012.[2][11] On June 12, 2017, Discotek Media had announced at their panel at AnimeNEXT that they would be releasing Hells on Blu-ray and DVD.[12] On August 13, 2017, Discotek announced that the home media release would include an English dub.[3] Discotek released the Blu-ray on November 27, 2018.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Madhouse's Hells Angels Anime Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ a b "1st 3 Minutes of Dark Fantasy Anime Hells Posted". Anime News Network. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ a b "Discotek Streams Hells Anime Film's English Dub Trailers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプ9月号(69号)・ホ-ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 26, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ ウルトラジャンプ5月号(89号)・ホ-ムページ. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 26, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS. ultra.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ HELLS ANGELS 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "Hells Angels Anime to Premiere in October in Japan". Anime News Network. 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ "Hells Angels' Anime Adaptation Gets English-Subbed BD". Anime News Network. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ Luster, Joseph (2017-06-12). "Discotek to Bring "Galaxy Express 999" Films, "HELLS," and "Kaiba" to Blu-ray". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Hells Blu-ray". Right Stuf. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
External links
- Official anime site (in Japanese)
- Hells Angels (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2002 manga
- 2008 anime films
- 2000s comedy horror films
- 2008 horror films
- Dark comedy anime and manga
- Dark fantasy anime and manga
- Discotek Media
- Animated films based on manga
- Japanese comedy films
- Japanese films
- Japanese horror films
- Japanese-language films
- Madhouse (company)
- Seinen manga
- Shueisha franchises
- Shueisha manga
- 2008 films
- 2008 comedy films