Battle Royale (Tokyopop)

    (Tokyopop, 2003-2006)
™ and © 2000 Koushun Takami/Masayuki Taguchi
Black and white series; read right to left.

A cross between Survivor, Lord of the Flies, and The Most Dangerous Game, this brutal saga depicts how demented adults force a class of ninth graders to kill or be killed on a remote island. In this perverse “Program,” the clock starts ticking as each student has three days to become King of the Hill and endures broken friendships, deception, and betrayal.

Originally published as a novel in 1999, this story was reincarnated as a manga and cult movie. Now, the comic has hit Western audiences like a bullet to the head. Unabashedly, it revels in sudden impacts, exit wounds, and sadomasochistic cruelty that far surpass any Western rival. It’s as entrancing as watching a slow–motion multi–vehicle car wreck.

— Oliver Chin

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#1

  5/1/2003
  $9.99
  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#1 (2nd printing)

  5/1/2003
  $9.99
  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#1 (3rd printing)

  5/1/2003
  $9.99
  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#1 (4th printing)

  5/1/2003
  $0.00
  $9.00
1 copy available for $8.99 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#2

  7/1/2003
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No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#3

  9/1/2003
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#4

  11/1/2003
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#5

  1/1/2004
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#6

  3/1/2004
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#7

  6/1/2004
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#8

  8/1/2004
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#9

  10/1/2004
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#10

  12/1/2004
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#10 (2nd printing)

  12/1/2004
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  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#10 (3rd printing)

  12/1/2004
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  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#11

  2/1/2005
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No copies available 		Graphic novel; B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#12

  4/1/2005
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No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#12 (2nd printing)

  4/1/2005
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  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#12 (3rd printing)

  4/1/2005
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  $9.99
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#13

  7/1/2005
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  $14.00
No copies available 		B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#13 (2nd printing)

  7/1/2005
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  $9.99
No copies available 		Graphic novel; B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#14

  11/1/2005
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#14 (2nd printing)

  11/1/2005
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  $9.99
No copies available 		Graphic novel; Read right to left; B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi

#15

  4/1/2006
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#15 (2nd printing)

 
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No copies available 		Graphic novel; Read right to left; B&WKoushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Tomo Iwo, Keith GiffenMasayuki Taguchi

Book #1 Hardcover

  10/1/2007
  $24.99
  $13.00
1 copy available for $13.00 		Ultimate Edition; Hardcover; Collects Battle Royale (Tokyopop) #1-3Koushun TakamiMasayuki Taguchi

Book #2 Hardcover

  2/1/2008
  $24.99
  $13.00
1 copy available for $13.00 		Ultimate Edition; Hardcover; Collects Battle Royale (Tokyopop) #4-6Koushun TakamiMasayuki Taguchi

Book #3 Hardcover

  5/1/2006
  $24.99
  $13.00
1 copy available for $13.00 		Ultimate Edition; Hardcover; Collects Battle Royale (Tokyopop) #7-9Koushun TakamiMasayuki Taguchi

Book #4 Hardcover

  10/1/2008
  $24.99
  $24.99
No copies available 		Ultimate Edition; Hardcover; Collects Battle Royale (Tokyopop) #10-12Koushun TakamiMasayuki Taguchi

Book #5 Hardcover

  2/1/2009
  $24.99
  $24.99
No copies available 		Ultimate Edition; Hardcover; Collects Battle Royale (Tokyopop) #13-15Koushun Takami, Masayuki TaguchiMasayuki Taguchi