Ogre Slayer

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Ogre Slayer
Cover of Viz US release of Orge Slayer
鬼切丸 (Onikirimaru)
Genre	Horror, Drama
Manga
Author	Kei Kusunoki
Publisher	Shogakukan Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday Super Manga Vizion
Original run	February 18, 1992 – 2001
Volumes	20
OVA
Director	Yoshio Kato
Studio	OB Planning
Episodes	4
Released	1994
Runtime	30 minutes

Ogre Slayer (鬼切丸, Onikirimaru^?) is a manga series created by Kei Kusunoki. The manga has been adapted into a 4 episode OAV. Both the manga and anime were distributed in North America by Viz Media, though only two volumes of the manga were released.

Ogre Slayer is about a young man who hunts ogres. The young man was born of an ogre's corpse, like the oni born of human's body, making him pure ogre blood. Though he was born like an ogre, he has the appearance of a human. Instead of being born with horns like traditional Japanese ogres, he was born with a sword. The young man doesn't have a name, but his sword is called Onikirimaru, the Ogre Slayer. Note: In original language Ogre is "Oni", demons of Japan tradition