Motoka Murakami Returns to Musashi No Ken With New One-Shot After 40 Years
The one-shot marks the first new story from Murakami for his seminal kendo manga in four decades, a rare return to a classic property by its original creator.
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Motoka Murakami announced a new one-shot for his kendo sports manga Musashi no Ken, over 40 years after the series ended in 1985. The one-shot will debut on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry service on May 20. The original manga ran from 1981 to 1985 and inspired a 72-episode TV anime.
Motoka Murakami is writing a new one-shot for his kendo manga Musashi no Ken, more than 40 years after the series concluded in 1985. Murakami announced the project on his X/Twitter account on Tuesday, and the one-shot will launch on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry manga service on May 20. The original Musashi no Ken ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1981 to 1985, following a young boy named Musashi, named after the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, as he trains in kendo. The manga was adapted into a 72-episode television anime that aired from 1985 to 1986. Murakami has kept a relatively low profile in recent years, opening a Patreon in 2017 to fund an English translation of his historical medical manga Jin, which later inspired two live-action TV series streamed by Netflix. The new one-shot is the first new Musashi no Ken story since the original run ended.
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- Anime News Network Motoka Murakami Draws New 1-Shot for Musashi no Ken Manga After 40 Years