Prophecy (manga)

Prophecy
First tankōbon volume cover
予告犯
(Yokokuhan)
GenreThriller[1]
Manga
Written byTetsuya Tsutsui
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineJump X
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 25, 2011 – August 10, 2013
Volumes3
Manga
Yokokuhan: The Copycat
Written byTetsuya Tsutsui
Illustrated byFumio Obata
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Jump X
  • (April 10–October 10, 2014)
  • Weekly Young Jump
  • (March 11–July 23, 2015)
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 10, 2014 – July 23, 2015
Volumes3
Live-action film
Directed byYoshihiro Nakamura
Written byTamio Hayashi
Music byTakashi Ōmama
Studio
  • Wowow Films
  • C&I Entertainment
ReleasedJune 6, 2015 (2015-06-06)
Television drama
Yokokuhan: The Pain
Directed by
  • Yoshihiro Nakamura
  • Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
  • Megumi Sawada
Written by
  • Tamio Hayashi
  • Hiroshi Tanaka
Music byTakashi Ōmama
Original networkWowow
Original run June 7, 2015 – July 5, 2015
Episodes5

Prophecy (Japanese: 予告犯, Hepburn: Yokokuhan, lit. 'Advance Notice Crime') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Jump X from July 2011 to August 2013. A sequel, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, was serialized in the same magazine from April to October 2014 and later transferred to Weekly Young Jump, where it ran from March to July 2015. A live-action film and a five-episode television drama adaptations premiered in 2015.

Media

Manga

Published by Shueisha, it was serialized in Jump X magazine from July 25, 2011, to August 10, 2013,[2][3] and compiled into three volumes published from April 2012 to September 2013.[4][5] In North America, it was acquired by Vertical in September 2013.[6] It was also published in Brazil by Editora JBC[7] and in French by Ki-oon.[8]

A spin-off manga, titled Yokokuhan: The Copycat, and illustrated by Fumio Obata, started in Jump X on April 10, 2014.[9][10][11] With the magazine discontinuation on October 10, 2014,[12] the series moved to Weekly Young Jump, starting on March 11, 2015.[13][14] The manga finished on July 23, 2015.[15] Yokokuhan: The Copycat's three volumes were published between April 2015 and August 2015.[16][17] It was licensed in France by Ki-oon.[18]

A side-off light novel titled Yokokuhan: The Chaser was published on May 19, 2015.[19]

Volume list

Prophecy
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 10, 2012[4]978-4-08-879310-8November 18, 2014[20]978-1-939130-59-4
2 December 10, 2012[21]978-4-08-879495-2January 27, 2015978-1-939130-77-8
3 September 10, 2013[5]978-4-08-879680-2March 31, 2015[22]978-1-939130-78-5
Yokokuhan: The Copycat
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 17, 2015[16]978-4-08-890036-0
2 May 19, 2015[23]978-4-08-890169-5
3 August 19, 2015[17]978-4-08-890294-4

Film

A live-action film adaptation, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, was released on June 6, 2015.[24] Its North American premiere was held during the LA EigaFest in September 2015.[25] The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015, by TC Entertainment.[26]

Cast

Drama

Under the title of Yokokuhan: The Pain (予告犯 -THE PAIN-), a Japanese television drama ran for five episodes on Wowow[27] between June 7 to July 5, 2015.[citation needed] Supervised by the film director Yoshihiro Nakamura, it was directed by Nakamura himself, Katsutoshi Hirabayashi and Megumi Sawada, with episodes screenplayed by Tamio Hayashi and Hiroshi Tanaka.[28] It starred Noriyuki Higashiyama and Erika Toda reprises her role from the film.[28] A soundtrack of the series was released on June 3, 2015, by Anchor Records, with all tracks composed by Takashi Omama, the drama's main composer.[28] All episodes were released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4, 2015, by TC Entertainment.[29]

Reception

Volume 3 reached the 45th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 15, 2013, has sold 20,871 copies.[30]

On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume 1 an overall grade of A−.[31] On manga-news.com, the series has a staff grade of 16 out of 20.[8]

The film earned ¥199 million (US$1.6 million) on its opening weekend in Japan[32] and a total of ¥553 million (US$4.48 million) so far.[33]

References

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  7. ^ "Mangá Prophecy" (in Portuguese). Editora JBC. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
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