Inuyashiki

An 11-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA aired on Fuji TV's late night programming block Noitamina from October to December 2017. A live-action film adaptation premiered in April 2018.

It is recorded as the work of Hiroya Oku. Publication is recorded by Kodansha and Milky Way Ediciones. The recorded date of publication is 2014. It is associated with Japan. Recorded genres are science fiction anime and manga, drama anime and manga and action anime and manga.

Inuyashiki Ichiro is an older, friendless man with an uncaring family. One fateful evening in a nearly empty public park, he is struck by an explosion of extraterrestrial origin, and his body is replaced by an incredibly powerful, but still outwardly human, mechanical body. He quickly realizes the extent of his body's powers, and after saving a homeless man being beaten by a pack of teenagers, he decides to dedicate himself to doing good, using his powers to heal those with incurable diseases and fight crime. However, a teenager who was with him at the time of the explosion, Shishigami Hiro, had the same fate as Ichiro, but unlike Inuyashiki, Shishigami becomes a psychopath who goes about using his newfound abilities to murder various people, from classmates that annoy him to innocent families, including young children, just for amusement. His acts of merciless cruelty bring him the attention of the police, who can do nothing to stop him. Hiro becomes the most wanted criminal in the country. The series follows these two different people who once shared the same bizarre experience, as their paths are destined to clash.

Ichirō Inuyashiki (犬屋敷 壱郎, Inuyashiki Ichirō) Voiced by: Fumiyo Kohinata Portrayed by: Noritake Kinashi The head of the Inuyashiki family who looks older than his age, being 58 years old. He has no friends and is disrespected by his family, with the only thing he trusts being his dog, Hanako. He was on the verge of death, but after being struck by extraterrestrial beings, he was transformed into a cyborg. Not wanting to lose his humanity, he fights to save those in trouble. Hiro Shishigami (獅子神 皓, Shishigami Hiro) Voiced by: Nijirō Murakami Portrayed by: Takeru Satoh A teenager who was with Inuyashiki when the extraterrestrial beings struck them dead. He also became a cyborg, but he takes pleasure in killing people, which, according to him, keeps him human. The only people he cares about are his mother, his friend Naoyuki, and, later, Shion and her grandmother. His standard method of killing someone is making a finger gun and saying "Bang!", which has the same effect as shooting someone with an actual gun. This will work on anyone who witnesses it, even if played on a television screen. He can also imitate a machine gun by shouting "da-da-da" while pretending to hold one, which will have the same effect. Naoyuki Andō (安堂 直行, Andō Naoyuki) Voiced by: Kanata Hongō Portrayed by: Kanata Hongō Hiro's childhood friend who initially shut himself in at home after being bullied at school. He is the first person to learn about Inuyashiki and Hiro's cyborg bodies. Wanting to stop his friend from killing, he teams up with Inuyashiki. He is a fan of Gantz, another manga of Hiroya Oku. Mari Inuyashiki (犬屋敷 麻理, Inuyashiki Mari) Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka Portrayed by: Ayaka Miyoshi Inuyashiki's teenage daughter and a classmate of both Hiro and Andō. She secretly wants to become a manga artist. Shion Watanabe (渡辺 しおん, Watanabe Shion) Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi Portrayed by: Fumi Nikaido A classmate of Hiro who has a crush on him. She sheltered Hiro at her home after he first escaped from the police, and became another woman that Hiro loved.

During Hiroya Oku's work on Gantz for Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump, editor Shiota offered him a position at Kodansha's bimonthly magazine Evening. The publication's smaller scale and flexibility would allow Oku to develop his ideas with complete creative freedom. He accepted and began developing what would become Inuyashiki. Before completing Gantz, Oku drew inspiration from the film Astro Boy for the story of a deceased man revived as a super robot, which evolved into the narrative of Inuyashiki and Hiro—two characters seeking, in their own ways, to regain their humanity. The series proposal was approved, and Oku maintained near-total creative independence, with minimal editorial oversight from Shiota. For the title, Oku sought an ambiguous word that would intrigue readers. He selected "Inuyashiki" ('dog mansion'), a surname that does not exist in Japan, in contrast to the similar "Nekoyashiki" ('cat mansion'), which does appear in Japanese records.

Written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, Inuyashiki was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening, from January 28, 2014, to July 25, 2017. Kodansha collected its 85 chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from May 23, 2014, to September 22, 2017. Kodansha USA licensed the manga for English release in North America in 2014. The ten volumes were released from August 25, 2015, to December 19, 2017. Crunchyroll started publishing the manga in a digital format in 2015; the service is set to end in December 2023.

An anime television series adaptation by MAPPA began airing on October 12, 2017, and a live-action film adaptation has been announced for 2018. The opening theme is "My Hero", performed by Man with a Mission, while the ending theme song is "Ai o Oshietekureta Kimi e" (愛を教えてくれた君へ; lit. 'To You Who Taught Me Love'), performed by the band Qaijff. Amazon had licensed the series and streamed it online on Amazon Prime Video in Japan and overseas. It was streamed on Anime Strike in the United States. Amazon discontinued Anime Strike on January 5, 2018, which in turn made their titles, including Inuyashiki, free to stream for Prime members. The anime series became available on Crunchyroll on April 26, 2023.

Inuyashiki was one of the Manga division's Jury Selections at the 18th and 19th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014 and 2015. The manga has won the French award "Daruma d'or manga" at the Japan Expo Awards 2016. It was picked as a nominee for Best Comic for the 44th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2017. Inuyashiki was nominated for the Best Comic category at the 49th Seiun Awards in 2018. The series ranked 18th in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category. By April 2018, the manga had over 3.1 million copies in circulation. Volume 2 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, by November 2, 2014, it had sold 76,886 copies; volume 3 reached the 15th place and, by March 1, 2015, it had sold 74,974 copies. In February 2021, it was reported that the series, along with Death Note and Tokyo Ghoul, was banned from distribution on two unspecified websites in Russia.

At the 2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards held in 2018, Inuyashiki and its character Hiro Shishigami were nominated for "Best CGI" and "Villain of the Year" respectively.