BakéGyamon

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title: "BakéGyamon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["adventure-anime-and-manga", "anime-with-original-screenplays", "fantasy-anime-and-manga", "shogakukan-manga", "shōnen-manga", "tv-tokyo-original-programming", "viz-media-manga"] description: "Japanese media franchise" topic_path: "general/adventure-anime-and-manga" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BakéGyamon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
image	Bakegyamon.jpg
caption	Cover of the fifth manga volume
ja_kanji	妖逆門
ja_romaji	Bakegyamon
genre
creator	Kazuhiro Fujita
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| image = Bakegyamon.jpg | caption = Cover of the fifth manga volume | ja_kanji = 妖逆門 | ja_romaji = Bakegyamon | genre = | creator = Kazuhiro Fujita | type = manga | author = | publisher = Shogakukan | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = Viz Media | SG = Chuang Yi | imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics | magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday | first = March 1, 2006 | last = March 20, 2007 | volumes = 5 | volume_list = | type = tv series | director = Hiroshi Negishi | producer = | writer = Kazuho Hyodo | music = Kazunori Miyake | studio = Radix Ace Entertainment | network = TV Tokyo | first = April 3, 2006 | last = March 26, 2007 | episodes = 51 | episode_list =

BakéGyamon is a Japanese manga and anime series, with its concept created by Kazuhiro Fujita. The manga series, written and illustrated by , was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2006 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in five ja volumes. In North America, Viz Media published it in English in 2009.

The 51-episode anime television series, directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to March 2007.

Plot

Sanshiro Tamon's chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger named Fue invites him to play a game. Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakéGyamon, a game pitting monsters against monsters. Along the way he meets other players who have a particular reason for being there; to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner.

Media

Manga

BakéGyamon concept was created by Kazuhiro Fujita and the manga was written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1, 2006, to March 20, 2007. Shogakukan collected its chapters in five ja volumes, released from June 16, 2006, to May 18, 2007.

In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media in 2008, and published it as BakéGyamon: Backwards Game. The five volumes were released from March 3 to December 1, 2009. Chuang Yi licensed the manga in English in Singapore.

Volumes

|Language = Japanese |Width = 70% |VolumeNumber = 1 |OriginalRelDate = June 16, 2006 |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-120440-0 |LicensedRelDate = March 3, 2009 |LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-1793-3 |ChapterList = |Summary = |VolumeNumber = 2 |OriginalRelDate = September 15, 2006 |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-120627-5 |LicensedRelDate = May 5, 2009 |LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-1794-0 |ChapterList = |Summary = |VolumeNumber = 3 |OriginalRelDate = December 16, 2006 |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-120705-0 |LicensedRelDate = August 4, 2009 |LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-1795-7 |ChapterList = |Summary = |VolumeNumber = 4 |OriginalRelDate = February 16, 2007 |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-121018-0 |LicensedRelDate = October 6, 2009 |LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-1882-4 |ChapterList = |Summary = |VolumeNumber = 5 |OriginalRelDate = May 18, 2007 |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-121069-2 |LicensedRelDate = December 1, 2009 |LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-2171-8 |ChapterList = |Summary =

Anime

A 51-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Negishi and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2006, to March 26, 2007.

Video game

A Nintendo DS 3D fighting game was published by Takara Tomy on March 1, 2007.

Notes

References

References

1. "The Official Website for BakéGyamon". [[Viz Media]].
2. link. [[Shogakukan]]
3. link. [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]
4. link. (February 9, 2006). ja. 3/1発売の13号から藤田和日郎＋田村光久『妖逆門』
5. link. [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]
6. link. (March 20, 2007)
7. Loo, Egan. (July 25, 2008). "Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's Dogs, Mase's Ikigami Manga".
8. "New titles licensed". [[Chuang Yi]].
9. link. [[Shogakukan]]
10. "BakéGyamon, Vol. 1". [[Viz Media]].
11. link. [[Shogakukan]]
12. "BakéGyamon, Vol. 2". [[Viz Media]].
13. link. [[Shogakukan]]
14. "BakéGyamon, Vol. 3". [[Viz Media]].
15. link. [[Shogakukan]]
16. "BakéGyamon, Vol. 4". [[Viz Media]].
17. link. [[Shogakukan]]
18. "BakéGyamon, Vol. 5". [[Viz Media]].
19. link. [[TV Tokyo]]
20. link. [[TV Tokyo]]
21. link. [[Nintendo]]

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