Kick no Oni

Kick no Oni (キックの鬼ー, Kikku no Oni, lit. Kick Demon), also known as Sawamura: The Demon of Kickboxing, is a manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou. It was based on the life of the kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura.[3]

Kick no Oni
キックの鬼
Manga
Written byIkki Kajiwara
Illustrated byKentaro Nakajou
Published byShōnen Gahōsha
MagazineShōnen King
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1969 – February 1971
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byYoshifumi Hatano
Produced byMasaharu Eto
Written byIkki Kajiwara
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTokyo Broadcasting System (Japan)
Rede Record (Brazil)[1]
Original run October 2, 1970[2] – March 26, 1971
Episodes26

History

Written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kentaro Nakajou, the manga was published in 1969 in the magazine Shōnen King. It received an anime television series in 1970 that ran until 1971 by Toei Animation.[1] Ikki Kajiwara is known for his other sports manga, one of them, Ashita no Joe, is illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba and was published between 1968 and 1973 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[4] The staff at Toei found it easier to animate Oni after gaining experience with physical contact sports anime Tiger Mask (also written by Kajiwara).[5]

Plot

The series chronicled the true story of Tadashi Sawamura, a former karate fighter who after being defeated by a Muay Thai fighter, decides to learn kickboxing and Muay Thai.[1]

Cast

References
  1. Eduardo Torelli (October 2000). "Anos 70". Revista Henshin!. São Paulo: Editora JBC (21). ISSN 1518-3785.
  2. キックの鬼. Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  3. Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (2015). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
  4. Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2010. ISBN 9781441155696.
  5. "キックの鬼 - Toei Animation". Toei-anim.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
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