Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem
First tankōbon volume cover
ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌
(Chiruran: Shinsengumi Chinkon-ka)
Genre
Manga
Written byShinya Umemura
Illustrated byEiji Hashimoto
Published byCoamix
English publisherMangamo (digital)
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
Original runOctober 25, 2010April 25, 2023
Volumes36
Manga
Chiruran Nibun no Ichi
Written byShinya Umemura
Illustrated byEiji Hashimoto
Published byCoamix
MagazineMonthly Comic Zenon
Original runMay 25, 2016 – present
Anime television series
Directed byFumie Moroi
StudioLandQ Studios
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV
Original run January 9, 2017 March 28, 2017
Episodes12
Television drama
Directed byKazutaka Watanabe
Produced byAkira Morii
Written byMasaaki Sakai
Music byYoshiaki Dewa
StudioThe Seven
Licensed byU-Next
HBO Max (worldwide)
Original networkTBS
Original run March 26, 2026 – present

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem (Japanese: ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌, Hepburn: Chiruran: Shinsengumi Chinkon-ka), also known as The Shinsengumi,[6] is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and illustrated by Eiji Hashimoto. It was serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon from October 2010 to April 2023, with its chapters collected in 36 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Explores the life of Hijikata Toshizo as he goes from a violent street brawler to joining the Shinsengumi.

Media

Manga

Written by Shinya Umemura and illustrated by Eiji Hashimoto, Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem started in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon on October 25, 2010.[7][8] the manga finished serialization in the magazine on April 25, 2023.[1][3] Coamix collected its chapters in thirty-six tankōbon volumes, released from April 20, 2011,[9] to July 20, 2023.[10]

The manga is licensed digitally in English by Mangamo under the title The Shinsengumi,[6] in Southeast Asia licensed by M&C!;[11] and has also been licensed in France by Mangetsu.[12]

A comedy spin-off manga, titled Chiruran Nibun no Ichi (Chiruran ½), began serialization in the same Comic Zenon magazine on May 25, 2016.[13][14]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1April 20, 2011[9]978-4-19980-012-2
2October 20, 2011[15]978-4-19980-042-9
3February 20, 2012[16]978-4-19980-063-4
4July 20, 2012[17]978-4-19980-096-2
5December 20, 2012[18]978-4-19980-125-9
6April 20, 2013[19]978-4-19980-142-6
7August 20, 2013[20]978-4-19980-161-7
8January 20, 2014[21]978-4-19980-188-4
9May 20, 2014[22]978-4-19980-208-9
10September 20, 2014[23]978-4-19980-234-8
11January 20, 2015[24]978-4-19980-251-5
12May 20, 2015[25]978-4-19980-267-6
13September 19, 2015[26]978-4-19980-293-5
14January 20, 2016[27]978-4-19980-324-6
15May 20, 2016[28]978-4-19980-345-1
16September 20, 2016[29]978-4-19980-368-0
17December 20, 2016[30]978-4-19980-382-6
18May 20, 2017[31]978-4-19980-411-3
19September 20, 2017[32]978-4-19980-444-1
20September 20, 2014[33]978-4-19980-470-0
21May 19, 2018[34]978-4-19980-496-0
22September 20, 2018[35]978-4-19980-522-6
23January 19, 2019[36]978-4-19980-548-6
24May 20, 2019[37]978-4-19980-569-1
25September 20, 2019[38]978-4-19980-592-9
26January 20, 2020[39]978-4-19980-615-5
27May 20, 2020[40]978-4-86720-149-7
28September 19, 2020[41]978-4-86720-167-1
29January 20, 2021[42]978-4-86720-194-7
30May 20, 2021[43]978-4-86720-238-8
31September 18, 2021[44]978-4-86720-269-2
32January 20, 2022[45]978-4-86720-293-7
33May 20, 2022[46]978-4-86720-377-4
34September 20, 2022[47]978-4-86720-414-6
35March 20, 2023[48]978-4-86720-460-3
36July 20, 2023[49]978-4-86720-528-0

Anime

An anime television series adaptation based on the Chiruran Nibun no Ichi comedy spinoff manga was announced in September 2016. The series is produced by LandQ Studios and directed by Fumie Moroi;[5] and aired from January 9, 2017, to March 28, 2017, on Tokyo MX, it ran for 12 episodes.[50] Crunchyroll added the series for streaming as it aired in Japan.[51][52]

Stage play

A stage play adaptation of the manga was announced by Coamix in February 2017. It ran April 7–10, 2017, at Osaka's Morinomiya Piloti Hall and April 20–30 at Tokyo's Galaxy Theater. The play was directed by Shunichi Okamura.[4][53]

Drama CD

On September 27, 2017, a drama CD was released by Frontier Works.[54]

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on October 3, 2025. Directed by Kazutaka Watanabe and written by Masaaki Sakai with music composed by Yoshiaki Dewa,[55] it is set to premiere between March 26 and 27, 2026 on TBS as a two-episode special, and it will later stream on the U-Next service as a series.[56] The series will be streamed worldwide on HBO Max on May 9 of the same year. Its official name, as announced on the official X, is Song of the Samurai.[57][58][59]

Reception

By March 2023, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation.[60]

See also

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