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Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story
First volume of Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story, published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha on April 6, 1989.
静かなるドン
(Shizukanaru Don)
GenreYakuza, Comedy
Manga
Written byTatsuo Nitta
Published byJitsugyo no Nihon Sha
MagazineWeekly Manga Sunday
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 15, 1988January 8, 2013
Volumes108
Original video animation
Directed byHajime Kamegaki
Music byShinji Miyazaki
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
ReleasedApril 12, 1991
Runtime40 minutes

Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story (Japanese: 静かなるドン, Hepburn: Shizukanaru Don, aka. "The Quiet Don") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta. It started serialization in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's seinen magazine, Weekly Manga Sunday on November 15, 1988.[1] The manga was licensed and published in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture before being transferred to Sun Ho.

The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Directed by Hajime Kamegaki, it was released in Japan by Toho on April 12, 1991.[2] It was made into a Japanese television drama series in 1994, into films in 2000 and 2009, and into a drama CD in 2010.

Manga

Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story was written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 6, 1989.[3] The last tankōbon, the 108th volume, was released on June 29, 2013.[4] Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha re-released the manga in 16 bunkobon volumes between July 28, 2005 and June 25, 2006.[5][6] The manga was licensed in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture up to volume 66 before it went bankrupt on March 31, 2003.[7][8] Volumes 67 onwards were licensed by Sun Ho.[9]

Reception

It has sold over 44 million copies in Japan as of December 2012.[10] In 2013, it won the Grand Prize of the 42nd Japan Cartoonists Association Award as the judges declared it was an important manga to support Weekly Manga Sunday and due to its "absurdity and fun."[11]

References

  1. ^ Nitta, Tatsuo (April 6, 1989). 静かなるドン (in Japanese). Vol. 1. Japan: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. ISBN 978-4-408-16034-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 「静かなるドン」 (in Japanese). tms-e.com. Retrieved 2009-04-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ 静かなるドン(1) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ 静かなるドン(108)完結 (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Retrieved 2014-07-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ 実業之日本社漫画文庫 静かなるドン(1) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ 実業之日本社漫画文庫 静かなるドン(16) (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ 大然事件餘波蕩漾 (in Chinese). Liberty Times. Retrieved 2009-07-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ 港台漫画出版社列传之——大然篇 (in Chinese). acgtalk.com. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2009-07-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ 內衣教父(91) (in Chinese). wulalife.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-07-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ 静かなるドン、ついに完結!!24年間の連載に終止符 (in Japanese). Sponichi. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  11. ^ "Shizukanaru Don Wins 42nd Japan Cartoonist Awards". Anime News Network. May 11, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.