Heat | |
HEAT -灼熱- (Hīto Shakunetsu) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Buronson |
Illustrated by | Ryoichi Ikegami |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Big Comics |
Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1998 – 2004 |
Volumes | 17 |
Heat ( Japanese: HEAT-灼熱-, Hepburn: Hīto Shakunetsu) is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 1998 to 2004. It was adapted into a two live-action films which premiered in 2004.
In 2002, Heat won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general manga category.
The story follows a young man named Tatsumi Karasawa (唐沢 辰巳, Karasawa Tatsumi), who suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground cause a chief and a yakuza boss to create a conspiracy to eliminate him.
Written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, Heat was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 1998 to 2004. [2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from March 30, 1999, to May 28, 2004. [3]
Two live action films distributed by KSS, Heat and Heat 2, premiered on February 14, 2004. [4] [5] The films, directed by Kenji Yokoi , star Shinji Kasahara as Tatsumi Karasawa. [4] [5] Heat and Heat 2 were released on home video on April 9 and May 14, 2004, respectively. [4] [5]
Heat won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general manga category in 2002. [6]