Silver Fang

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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes. The manga became digitally available in English through the Apple's iTunes App Store in 2011. It was licensed in North America in 2020 by Manga Planet.

The series tells the story of a young Akita Inu pup called Gin (Japanese for "silver") who leaves his master, a young boy named Daisuke, to join a pack of wild dogs. The pack is gathering strong dogs from all over Japan to fight a giant, monstrous, bloodthirsty and deranged Ussuri brown bear named Akakabuto (Japanese for "red helmet") and his entire army of bears. The story begins from the point of view of the humans, but swings to the dogs afterwards. Takahashi was reportedly inspired by a news article about hunting dogs that had been abandoned by their owners and had begun living as wild animals.

The manga was adapted as a 21-episode anime television series by Toei Animation, simply titled as Silver Fang, which aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from April to September 1986.

It received the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award for best series.

A sequel manga by Takahashi, titled Weed, was published from 1999 to 2009, with four other series following since.

Media

Manga

No.	Release date	ISBN
01	July 10, 1984	Template:ISBNT
01. 02. 03.
02	October 9, 1984	Template:ISBNT
04. 05. 06. 07.
03	January 10, 1985	Template:ISBNT
08. 09. 10. 11.
04	April 10, 1985	Template:ISBNT
12. 13. 14. 15.
05	July 10, 1985	Template:ISBNT
16. 17. 18. 19.
06	October 9, 1985	Template:ISBNT
20. 21. 22.
07	January 10, 1986	Template:ISBNT
23. 24. 25.
08	April 10, 1986	Template:ISBNT
26. 27. 28.
09	July 10, 1986	Template:ISBNT
29. 30. 31.
10	September 10, 1986	Template:ISBNT
32. 33. 34.
11	December 5, 1986	Template:ISBNT
35. 36. 37.
12	February 10, 1987	Template:ISBNT
38. 39. 40.
13	April 10, 1987	Template:ISBNT
41. 42.
14	June 10, 1987	Template:ISBNT
43. 44.
15	August 10, 1987	Template:ISBNT
45. 46.
16	October 9, 1987	Template:ISBNT
47. 48.
17	January 8, 1988	Template:ISBNT
49. 50.
18	April 8, 1988	Template:ISBNT
51. 53. 54. 55.

Anime

The TV series was produced by TV Asahi and Toei Animation, with Tomoharu Katsumata serving as series director, Mitsuru Majima and Kenji Terada writing the scripts, Jōji Yanase designing the characters, and Gorō Oumi composing the music. It was broadcast every Monday from 19:30 to 20:00 (Japan Standard Time) on TV Asahi affiliate stations from April 7 to September 22, 1986, for a total of 21 episodes. The anime adaptation ended with the Akakabuto arc, and the Hakkenshi arc was not produced. In addition, the development of the last half of the story is simplified, with some dogs lacking any lines and their appearances reduced compared to the original manga. Takayuki Miyauchi performed both the opening and ending themes, "Nagareboshi Gin" and "TOMORROW".

Reception

It received the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award for best series. In Finland, the 1986 anime series has achieved a strong cult following.

External links

• Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin on Toei Animation website
• Stage play Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin - Kizuna-hen
• Stage play Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin - Gajō Kessen-hen
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