Weed was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi . It is a sequel to his 1980s series Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin- , and follows the son of Gin, the title character from the original series.[1] It began serialization in Weekly Manga Goraku magazine in 1999.[1] [2] [3] The Japanese publisher Nihon Bungeisha released the series in collected volumes from January 2000[4] to September 2009.[5] Cumulatively, 60 volumes were published.[5] In October 2006, Nihon Bungeisha released the first volume of a reprinted edition of Weed .[6] The company has released 22 volumes of the reprint edition, with the latest published in December 2007.[7] The American company ComicsOne licensed the series for release in the United States and Canada in 2000 with the first three volumes released between March and June 2001.[8] [9] Additionally, they provided an Adobe Digital Editions e-book version.[3] ComicsOne later went bankrupt. American publisher DrMaster acquired the rights to some of ComicsOne's titles, but not Weed .[10] While the physical copies are out-of-print , the e-book version is still available.[3] Under their G-Comics imprint, Nihon Bungeisha released several Weed omnibus editions labeled as "specials". A series of three specials were released in April 2004 called Gajō no Kettō Hen (牙城の血闘編 ) .[11] Throughout 2009 and 2010, another set of eight "specials" were produced: Tabidachi Hen (September 2009),[12] Senshi no Shōmei Hen (October 2009),[13] Inuzoku no Tsutome Hen (November 2009),[14] Otoko no Yakusoku Hen (December 2009),[15] Taiman Shōbu Hen (January 2010),[16] Taishō no Utsuwa Hen (February 2010),[17] Dōshu Taiketsu Hen (March 2010),[18] and Uketsuga Reshi Kiba Hen (April 2010).[19]
Volume list [ edit ] No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 01 January 1, 2000 978-4537098914 March 2001 978-1588990815 02 March 1, 2000 978-4537099072 April 2001 978-1588990822 03 April 1, 2000 978-4537099140 June 2001 978-1588990839 04 July 1, 2000 978-4537099287 05 September 1, 2000 978-4537099430 06 November 1, 2000 978-4537099553 07 January 1, 2001 978-4537099690 08 March 1, 2001 978-4537099829 09 May 1, 2001 978-4537099942 10 July 1, 2001 978-4537100099 11 September 1, 2001 978-4537100242 12 November 1, 2001 978-4537100402 13 January 1, 2002 978-4537100525 14 March 8, 2002 978-4537100686 15 May 9, 2002 978-4537100846 16 July 9, 2002 978-4537101003 17 September 1, 2002 978-4537101164 18 November 7, 2002 978-4537101355 19 January 9, 2003 978-4537101553 20 March 1, 2003 978-4537101737 21 May 9, 2003 978-4537101928 22 July 9, 2003 978-4537102086 23 September 9, 2003 978-4537102253 24 November 7, 2003 978-4537102420 25 January 9, 2004 978-4537102628 26 March 9, 2004 978-4537102789 27 May 7, 2004 978-4537102949 28 July 8, 2004 978-4537103120 29 September 9, 2004 978-4537103298 30 November 9, 2004 978-4537103496 31 January 11, 2005 978-4537103687 32 March 9, 2005 978-4537103830 33 May 11, 2005 978-4537104004 34 July 8, 2005 978-4537104165 35 September 9, 2005 978-4537104332 36 November 9, 2005 978-4537104509 37 January 10, 2006 978-4537104691 38 March 9, 2006 978-4537104820 39 May 11, 2006 978-4537104950 40 July 6, 2006 978-4537105070 41 September 8, 2006 978-4537105308 42 November 9, 2006 978-4537105452 43 January 12, 2007 978-4537105919 44 March 9, 2007 978-4537106114 45 May 10, 2007 978-4537106404 46 July 9, 2007 978-4537106824 47 September 7, 2007 978-4537107012 48 November 9, 2007 978-4537107401 49 January 11, 2008 978-4537107791 50 March 10, 2008 978-4537107975 51 May 10, 2008 978-4537108224 52 July 10, 2008 978-4537108484 53 September 8, 2008 978-4537108729 54 November 7, 2008 978-4537108897 55 December 8, 2008 978-4537109030 56 January 19, 2009 978-4537109191 57 March 9, 2009 978-4537109368 58 May 9, 2009 978-4537109559 59 July 9, 2009 978-4537109771 60 September 18, 2009 978-4537124910
Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion [ edit ] No. Release date ISBN 01 November 18, 2009 978-4537125238 02 January 18, 2010 978-4537125573 03 March 20, 2010 978-4537125726 04 May 20, 2010 978-4537125986 05 July 20, 2010 978-4537126198 06 September 18, 2010 978-4537126389 07 November 18, 2010 978-4537126686 08 January 19, 2011 978-4537127089 09 March 18, 2011 978-4537127249 10 May 18, 2011 978-4537127416 11 July 16, 2011 978-4537127638 12 September 17, 2011 978-4537127843 13 October 19, 2011 978-4537127966 14 November 18, 2011 978-4537128079 15 January 18, 2012 978-4537128567 16 March 17, 2012 978-4537128659 17 May 18, 2012 978-4537128857 18 July 19, 2012 978-4537129106 19 September 7, 2012 978-4537129304 20 November 7, 2012 978-4537129519 21 January 9, 2013 978-4537129922 22 March 9, 2013 978-4537130058 23 May 9, 2013 978-4537130294 24 July 9, 2013 978-4537130553 25 September 9, 2013 978-4537130706 26 November 9, 2013 978-4537130928 27 January 9, 2014 978-4537131208 28 March 19, 2014 978-4537131413 29 May 19, 2014 978-4537131642 30 July 9, 2014 978-4537131857
Ginga: The Last Wars [ edit ] No. Release date ISBN 01 September 9, 2015 978-4537133332 02 November 9, 2015 978-4537133592 03 January 9, 2016 978-4537133912 04 March 9, 2016 978-4537134148 05 May 9, 2016 978-4537134391 06 July 9, 2016 978-4537134612 07 September 9, 2016 978-4537134810 08 November 9, 2016 978-4537135060 09 February 9, 2017 978-4537135442 10 April 8, 2017 978-4537135688 11 June 8, 2017 978-4537135909 12 August 9, 2017 978-4537136111 13 October 7, 2017 978-4537136357 14 December 9, 2017 978-4537136630 15 February 9, 2018 978-4537136913 16 April 9, 2018 978-4537137255 17 June 9, 2018 978-4537137552 18 August 9, 2018 978-4537137897 19 October 9, 2018 978-4537138191 20 December 7, 2018 978-4537138535 21 February 9, 2019 978-4537138771 22 March 29, 2019 978-4537138986
Ginga Densetsu Noah [ edit ] No. Release date ISBN 01 August 29, 2019 978-4537139648 02 October 28, 2019 978-4537139969 03 December 19, 2019 978-4537141801 04 February 28, 2020 978-4537142075 05 April 27, 2020 978-4537142372 06 July 29, 2020 978-4537142679 07 September 28, 2020 978-4537142846 08 December 19, 2020 978-4537143218 09 February 27, 2021 978-4537143454 10 May 19, 2021 978-4537143720 11 July 29, 2021 978-4537143942 12 October 7, 2021 978-4537144161 13 December 9, 2021 978-4537144376 14 February 9, 2022 978-4537144611 15 May 27, 2022 978-4537145083 16 July 19, 2022 978-4537145281 17 September 29, 2022 978-4537145519
References [ edit ] ^ a b "Weed Fan - Timeline" (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ 銀牙伝説ウィード 制作年度: 2005 (in Japanese). Animax . Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2010 . ^ a b c Thomson, Jason (December 2, 2010). "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga: Weed" . Anime News Network . Retrieved December 3, 2010 . ^ 銀牙伝説ウィード (1) (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ a b 銀牙伝説ウィード (60) (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ 銀牙伝説ウィード (1) (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ ニチブンコミック文庫 銀牙伝説ウィード (22) (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ Takahashi, Yoshihiro (March 2001). Weed, volume 1 . Fremont, California : ComicsOne . p. 2. ISBN 9781588990815 . ^ Takahashi, Yoshihiro (June 2001). Weed, volume 3 . Fremont, California : ComicsOne . p. 2. ISBN 1-58899-083-4 . ^ "ComicsOne Titles Back from DrMaster" . ICv2. March 25, 2005. Retrieved December 4, 2010 . ^ コミック新刊案内 下記の発売日は予定です。 予告無く変更する場合があります。 (in Japanese). Aoki Books. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2010 . ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 旅立ち編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156597 . Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 戦士の証明編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156694 . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 犬族の務め編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156783 . ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 男の約束編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156856 . Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル タイマン勝負編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156937 . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. ^ 銀銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 大将の器編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537156988 . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 同種対決編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537157070 . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィードスペシャル 受け継がれし牙編 (Gコミックス) [コミック] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha . ASIN 4537157127 . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .