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Keisuke Itagaki's Baki-Dou Manga Ends on April 5 (Update)
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
This year's 18th issue of Baki-Dou manga will end in the next issue on April 5.
The sequel series Baki The Grappler manga. Akita Shoten released the 20th compiled book volume on February 8, and the 21st volume will ship on April 6.
The manga's 14th volume bundled an original anime DVD (OAD) premiere in summer 2018 inside Japan, and in fall 2018 outside of Japan.
Itagaki's original Baki The Grappler martial arts manga ran for 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999. The manga has more than 63 million copies in circulation. The series has received two television anime adaptations and an original animation video.
Baki, the second installment in Itagaki's overall series, ran for 31 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1999 to 2005. After the Baki sequel manga finished in 2005, ran in the same magazine from 2005 to 2012.
Champion RED magazine in 2013.
Update: The magazine also announced that the series will have an "important announcement" on April 5.
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