Shion no Ō (しおんの王, Shion no Ō? lit. Shion's King), subtitled The Flowers of Hard Blood, is the title of an ongoing Japanese mystery manga written by Katori Masaru and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It is published by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Afternoon, and has been collected in eight bound volumes as of May 2008. It has been adapted as a twenty-two episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which began airing in Japan on October 13, 2007. A video game for the Nintendo DS will be released on April 10, 2008 by Mainichi Communications.
Running time:
~23 minutes per episode Episode titles: 1.Shion's path 2. Secrets 3. The Sound of a Shougi Piece 4. Demon Move 5. The Courageous Move 6. Provocation 7. Playing Pieces 8. The Door to Dreams 9. Master and Apprentice 10. Magic Spell 11. Doubt 12. Reading the Fox 13. Two Sides of an Object 14. Musical Challenge 15. Time's Answer 16. The Heavenly Eye 17. Mind Reading 18. Halted Time 19. Recalling Move 20. Demon Killer 21. The True Criminal 22. Towards Tomorrow
Opening Theme:
"LADY LOVE" by RIZE
Ending Theme:
"My dear friend" by Teruma Aoyama
Production
Fuji TV
Pony Canyon Shion's King Production Committee
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Animation: Studio DEEN
Production staff:
Director: Toshifumi Kawase Series Composition: Takashi Yamada Music: Kousuke Yamashita Original creator: Jiro Ando (art), Masaru Katori (story) Character Design: Seiya Numata Art director: Yutaka Mukumoto Chief Animation Director: Seiya Numata Producer: Kouji Yamamoto (Fuji TV), Shinichi Ikeda, Yuuichiro Takahata Animation producer: Keiichi Matsuda Colour setting: Takeshi Mochida Editing: Masahiro Matsumura Theme Song Composition: Hitoshi Harukawa (ED), Ken Harada (OP), RIZE (OP) Theme Song Lyrics: JESSE (OP), Kenn Kato (ED) Theme Song Performance:RIZE (OP), Teruma Aoyama (OP)
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