The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya

勝負師伝説哲也 (Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya)
The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Tetsuya Asada
Genre	Gambling^[1]
Manga
Written by	Fūmei Sai
Illustrated by	Yasushi Hoshino
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 30, 1997 – January 12, 2005
Volumes	41
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa
Produced by	Kenji Ōta (chief) Iriya Azuma Ken Fukuyoshi
Written by	Yoshiyuki Suga
Music by	Kuniaki Haishima
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 7, 2000 – March 24, 2001
Episodes	20
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The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya (Japanese: 勝負師伝説哲也, Hepburn: Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya) is a Japanese gambling manga series written by Fūmei Sai and illustrated by Yasushi Hoshino. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from July 1997 to January 2005. It was adapted by Toei Animation into a 20-episode anime television series, broadcast on TV Asahi from October 2000 to March 2001. In 2000, the manga won the 23rd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.

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Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya is written by Fūmei Sai and illustrated by Yasushi Hoshino. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from July 30, 1997 to January 12, 2005.^[2]^[3] Kodansha compiled the series' individual chapters into forty-one tankōbon volumes published from December 13, 1997 to February 17, 2005.^[4]^[5]

Anime[]

The manga was adapted into a 20-episode anime television series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast on TV Asahi from October 6, 2000 to March 23, 2001.^[6]

Reception[]

In 2000, it won the 23rd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.^[7]

References[]

^ Oppliger, John (November 16, 2012). "Ask John: What are the Best Gambling Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
^ 週刊少年サンデー 1997年表示号数33. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ 週刊少年サンデー 2005年表示号数2. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ 哲也～雀聖と呼ばれた男～（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ 哲也～雀聖と呼ばれた男～（４１）＜完＞ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ "THE LEGEND OF THE GAMBLER - TETSUYA". Toei Animation. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

External links[]

Official Anime website (in Japanese)
The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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