Ikki Tousen
Japanese manga series
Ikki Tousen (Japanese: 一騎当千, Hepburn: Ikkitōsen; lit. "A Mighty Knight Who Matches a Thousand Knights"), also known as Battle Vixens in the Tokyopop localization (for North America and the United Kingdom) and Dragon Girls in Germany, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Shiozaki. Loosely based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the series revolves around an all-out turf war in the Kantō region of Japan where fighters known as Tōshi (闘士; meaning "fighting soldier") from seven schools battle for supremacy. The story centers on Hakufu Sonsaku, a fighter who transfers to Nanyo Academy, one of the seven schools involved in the turf war.
The manga was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Gum from April 2000 to August 2015. The series was collected in 24 tankōbon volumes released between October 2000 and September 2015. The manga was licensed in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, with adaptation from Keith Giffen under the title Battle Vixens; and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
The original manga has inspired four anime television series and three OVAs. A 13-episode adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired between July and October 2003, on AT-X and other channels. It would be followed by a second 12-episode season, subtitled Dragon Destiny, which was animated by Arms and aired on AT-X between February and May 2007.
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