Ban-Ō
- Name
- Ban-Ō
- Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Jump Comics
- Language
- Japanese
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• Name — Ban-Ō • Ja Kanji — バンオウ-盤王- • Genre — Sports (shogi)
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — manga • Author — Toshiya Watabiki • Illustrator — Garaku Akinai • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics+ • Magazine — Shōnen Jump+ • First — December 16, 2022 • Last — June 7, 2024 • Volumes — 8 Ban-Ō is a Japanese manga series written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 2022 to June 2024.
Synopsis
Synopsis
The series is centered around a vampire bored with immortality discovering shogi and becoming so engrossed with the sport that he becomes an expert with 300 years of experience.
Manga
Manga
Written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai, Ban-Ō was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 16, 2022, to June 7, 2024. Its chapters were collected into eight tankōbon volumes from April 4, 2023, to July 4, 2024.
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Other
The series had a collaboration with the Shogi Wars mobile video game from October 13 to November 13, 2023.
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The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2023, it was ranked 10th out of 61 nominees and won the U-NEXT Award. The series was ranked 2nd in the 2023 Manga Numa Awards hosted by comedians Akira Kawashima and Kenji Yamauchi.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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