The Sword of Shibito

The Sword of Shibito
しびとの剣
(Shibito no Ken)
Genre Fantasy
Manga
Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Illustrated by Missile Kakurai
Published by Gentosha
English publisher Central Park Media
Demographic seinen
Magazine Comic Birz
Original run 1999 – 2002
Volumes 8
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The Sword of Shibito (しびとの剣 Shibito no Ken?) is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Missile Kakurai (加倉井ミサイル?). It was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Comic Birz from 1998 until 2002.[1][2] The Sword of Shibito was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis.[3]

The manga takes place in the Edo period of Japan.[4]

Reception

Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess".[5] Animefringe's authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this".[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sabre de Shibito (le) ( KAKURAI Missile KIKUCHI Hideyuki )" (in French). Manga news. http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Sabre-de-Shibito-le. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "しびとの剣 1 (スコラSC)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4796297413/. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Le Sabre de Shibito 2 / Editions 12bis" (in French). 12 bis. http://www.12bis.com/manga/seinen/sabre-shibito2. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  4. ^ Thompson, Jason. Manga: The Complete Guide. — Del Rey, 2007. — P. 165. — ISBN 978-0345485908
  5. ^ http://www.mania.com/sword-shibito-vol-01_article_81793.html
  6. ^ Janet Crocker, Adam Arnold, Shannon Fay, Maria Lin, Joe Luscik, Megan Sutton. (April 2005). "Manga Shorts. The Sword of Shibito Vol. 1". Animefringe. http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2005/04/short/02.php. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 

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