Gannibal
- Name
- Gannibal
- Creator
- Masaaki Ninomiya
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- suspense anime and manga
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• Name — Gannibal • Ja Kanji — ガンニバル • Ja Romaji — Gan'nibaru • Genre — Suspense
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• Type — manga • Author — Masaaki Ninomiya • Publisher — Nihon Bungeisha • Magazine — Weekly Manga Goraku • First — October 5, 2018 • Last — November 26, 2021 • Volumes — 13
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• Type — drama • Director — Shinzo Katayama • Producer — * Teruhisa Yamamoto • Tatsuya Iwakura • Writer — Takamasa Oe • Studio — Starduct Pictures • Licensee — Disney Platform Distribution • Network — Disney+ • First — December 28, 2022 • Last — April 23, 2025 • Episodes — 15 Gannibal is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 2018 to November 2021 and published in thirteen volumes. It tells the story of police officer Daigo, who transfers to a remote village and faces hostility from the locals while investigating a mysterious death, leading him to uncover dark secrets and rumors of cannibalism. The manga was adapted into a Japanese TV series with the same name. Its first season premiered in December 2022. The second season premiered in March 2025.
Manga
Manga
Written and illustrated by Masaaki Ninomiya, the series was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 5, 2018, to November 26, 2021. Its individual chapters were collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes. A special chapter was released in Weekly Manga Goraku on December 16, 2022, to commemorate the premiere of the drama adaptation. In July 2023, Ablaze Publishing announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Drama
Drama
A Japanese television drama adaptation was announced by Disney+ during their "APAC Content Showcase" on October 14, 2021. It was directed by Shinzo Katayama, with Takamasa Oe writing the scripts and Teruhisa Yamamoto and Tatsuya Iwakura producing. Yuya Yagira, Riho Yoshioka, and Show Kasamatsu played the lead roles. It premiered on Disney+ on December 28, 2022. Internationally, the series was streamed by Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in the rest of the world. On September 21, 2023, a second season was announced.
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The tenth volume was selected to be in competition at the 2023 Angoulême International Comics Festival. The series has two million copies in circulation.
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- 1.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. October 5, 2018.
- 2.Ninomiya, Masaaki. 1464162426853543940. November 26, 2021.
- 3.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. December 16, 2022.
- 4.Mateo, Alex. Ablaze Licenses Masaaki Ninomiya's Gannibal Horror Manga. Anime News Network. July 17, 2023.
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- 6.Ablaze Publishing. Gannibal Vol. 1. July 2, 2024. 978-1684972197.
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- 20.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. October 14, 2021.
- 21.Brzeski, Patrick. Disney+ Sets Release Date for Japanese Horror-Thriller Series 'Gannibal'. The Hollywood Reporter. November 29, 2022.
- 22.Eiga.com. September 13, 2022.
- 23.Connellan, Shannon. Hulu's unsettling 'Gannibal' trailer shows 2022's cannibal screen trend ain't done yet. Mashable. December 22, 2022.
- 24.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. September 21, 2023.
- 25.Le Saux, Laurence. Festival BD d'Angoulême 2023: le programme et les albums en sélection officielle. Télérama. November 28, 2022.
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