Helck (manga)

Helck is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nanaki Nanao. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday website and MangaONE app from May 2014 to December 2017, with its chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight premiered in July 2023.

Helck
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written byNanaki Nanao
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintUra Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Ura Sunday
  • MangaONE
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 5, 2014 – December 18, 2017
Volumes12
Manga
Piwi: Fushigi na Ikimono
Written byNanaki Nanao
Published byShogakukan
ImprintUra Sunday Comics
MagazineMangaONE
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 16, 2018 – October 8, 2018
Volumes1
Manga
Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga
Written byNanaki Nanao
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
  • NA: Comikey
ImprintUra Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Ura Sunday
  • MangaONE
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 31, 2020 – present
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byTatsuo Sato
Written by
  • Toshizo Nemoto
  • Mitsutaka Hirota
Music byYoshihisa Hirano
StudioSatelight
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Original networkNTV, BS NTV, AT-X
Original run July 12, 2023 – present
Episodes16

Plot

It has been three months since the Demon Lord was defeated by a lone human hero. While the humans celebrated their victory, the demon realm quickly organized a tournament to choose their next Lord. One peculiar contestant quickly rising up through the tournament is a human hero named Helck, who claims to hate his own kind. Vermilio the Red, one of the Four Elite Lords overseeing the tournament, immediately suspects Helck of being a saboteur and tries to rig the following matches into games of skill, but Helck continues to win. Vermilio soon finds out that Helck is a wanted criminal in the human realm, suspected of killing his brother, who happens to be the legendary hero Cless, the one who killed the Demon Lord. Vermilio still wants to know, what is Helck's true motivation for entering the tournament? What happened in the human realm over the past three months? And what are these mysterious winged soldiers now threatening the demon realm in place of the humans?

Characters
Helck (ヘルク, Heruku)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[3]
Vermilio (ヴァミリオ, Vamirio)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[3]
Azudra (アズドラ, Azudora)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[3]
Hon (ホン)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[3]
Asta (アスタ, Asuta)
Voiced by: Shiki Aoki[3]
Ista (イスタ, Isuta)
Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi[3]
Kenros (ケンロス, Kenrosu)
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino[3]
Hyura (ヒュラ)
Voiced by: Rena Maeda[3]
Doruushi (ドルーシ, Dorūshi)
Voiced by: Takuya Nakashima[3]
Rococo (ロココ, Rokoko)
Voiced by: Sora Tokui[3]
Piwi (ピウイ, Piui)
Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[3]
Cless (クレス, Kuresu)
Voiced by: Motoharu Ono[3]
Alicia (アリシア, Arishia)
Voiced by: Reina Kondō[3]
Rafaed (ラファエド, Rafaedo)
Voiced by: Atsushi Miyauchi[3]
Mikaros (ミカロス, Mikarosu)
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa[3]
Sharuami (シャルアミ)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[3]
Edil (エディル, Ediru)
Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami[3]
Zelgeon (ゼルジオン, Zerujion)
Voiced by: Shūta Morishima[3]
Haraoru (ハラオル)
Voiced by: Satoshi Niwa[3]
Elise (イーリス, Īrisu)
Voiced by: Aimi[3]
Witch (魔女, Majo)
Voiced by: Yukana[4]
Narrator (ナレーション, Narēshon)
Voiced by: Shūichi Ikeda[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Nanaki Nanao, Helck was serialized in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday website and MangaONE app from May 5, 2014,[5] to December 18, 2017.[6] Shogakukan collected its chapters into twelve tankōbon volumes, published from August 2014 to May 2018.[7][8] In April 2022, Shogakukan began publishing new edition volumes that feature color pages from the original series run and new covers.[9][10]

In June 2022, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[11]

In July 2023, Shogakukan Asia announced thath they licensed the series for South East Asian publication.[12]

A spin-off manga titled Piwi: Fushigi na Ikimono was serialized in the MangaONE app from July 16 to October 8, 2018. It has been collected into a single tankōbon volume, published on November 12 of the same year.[13]

A related manga titled Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga began serialization in the Ura Sunday website and the MangaONE app on August 31, 2020. It has been collected into five tankōbon volumes as of July 2023.[14] The series is licensed digitally in English by Comikey.[15]

Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 August 18, 2014[7]978-4-09-125236-4
2 December 12, 2014[16]978-4-09-125547-1
3 May 12, 2015[17]978-4-09-126138-0
4 August 12, 2015[18]978-4-09-126330-8
5 November 12, 2015[19]978-4-09-126630-9
6 March 11, 2016[20]978-4-09-127024-5
7 July 19, 2016[21]978-4-09-127359-8
8 November 18, 2016[22]978-4-09-127440-3
9 April 12, 2017[23]978-4-09-127587-5
10 July 19, 2017[24]978-4-09-127658-2
11 November 15, 2017[25]978-4-09-128025-1
12 May 11, 2018[8]978-4-09-128294-1

New edition
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 12, 2022[10]978-4-09-851077-1January 10, 2023[26]978-1-9747-3672-0
2 May 12, 2022[27]978-4-09-851103-7March 14, 2023[28]978-1-9747-3673-7
3 June 10, 2022[29]978-4-09-851162-4May 9, 2023[30]978-1-9747-3701-7
4 July 12, 2022[31]978-4-09-851196-9July 11, 2023[32]978-1-9747-3746-8
5 August 10, 2022[33]978-4-09-851236-2September 12, 2023[34]978-1-9747-4040-6
6 September 12, 2022[35]978-4-09-851282-9November 14, 2023[36]978-1-9747-4080-2
7 October 12, 2022[37]978-4-09-851337-6January 9, 2024[38]978-1-9747-4286-8
8 February 17, 2023[39]978-4-09-851634-6——
9 April 18, 2023[40]978-4-09-852009-1——
10 May 12, 2023[41]978-4-09-852063-3——
11 June 12, 2023[42]978-4-09-852137-1——
12 July 12, 2023[43]978-4-09-852546-1——

Piwi: Fushigi na Ikimono
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 November 12, 2018[44]978-4-09-128720-5

Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 12, 2021[45]978-4-09-850456-5
2 June 17, 2021[46]978-4-09-850597-5
3 February 17, 2022[47]978-4-09-850891-4
4 February 17, 2023[48]978-4-09-851633-9
5 July 12, 2023[14]978-4-09-852547-8
6 October 12, 2023[49]978-4-09-852866-0

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced by Nanaki Nanao on February 14, 2022,[2] later revealed to be a television series.[50] It is produced by Satelight and directed by Tatsuo Sato, with scripts written by Toshizo Nemoto and Mitsutaka Hirota, character designs handled by Yoshinori Deno, and music composed by Yoshihisa Hirano. The series premiered on Nippon TV's AnichU programming block and other networks on July 12, 2023, and will air for two continuous cours.[lower-alpha 1] For the first cour, the opening theme song is "It's My Soul" by Hiroki Nanami, while the ending theme song is "Statice" (スターチス) by Saji.[4] For the second cour, the opening theme song is "Help" by Aimi.[52] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and will be streaming it on Hidive.[53]

Episodes
No.Title [54][lower-alpha 2]Directed by [lower-alpha 3]Written by [lower-alpha 3]Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 3]Original air date [56][lower-alpha 1]
1"Helck the Hero"
Transcription: "Yūsha Heruku" (Japanese: 勇者ヘルク)		Naomichi YamatoToshizo NemotoKagetsu AizawaJuly 12, 2023 (2023-07-12)
2"Anne from Management"
Transcription: "Un'ei Sutaffu no An" (Japanese: 運営スタッフのアン)		Takaaki IshiyamaToshizo NemotoHiroshi HaraJuly 19, 2023 (2023-07-19)[lower-alpha 4]
3"The Unknown Enemy"
Transcription: "Michi no Teki" (Japanese: 未知の敵)		Masayuki IimuraToshizo NemotoKagetsu AizawaJuly 26, 2023 (2023-07-26)
4"Shock"
Transcription: "Shōgeki" (Japanese: 衝撃)		Makoto SokuzaToshizo NemotoManabu YukawaAugust 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
5"The Remote Island Village"
Transcription: "Kotō no Mura" (Japanese: 孤島の村)		Yasuyuki FuseToshizo NemotoHiroshi HaraAugust 9, 2023 (2023-08-09)
6"Invasion"
Transcription: "Shūrai" (Japanese: 襲来)		Masayuki IimuraToshizo NemotoKenji SetōAugust 16, 2023 (2023-08-16)
7"The Human King"
Transcription: "Ningen no Ō" (Japanese: 人間の王)		Satoshi ŌsedoMitsutaka HirotaDashiyo HatsumiAugust 23, 2023 (2023-08-23)[lower-alpha 5]
8"Back to the Continent"
Transcription: "Tairiku e" (Japanese: 大陸へ)		Tōru HamasakiMitsutaka HirotaTatsuo SatoAugust 30, 2023 (2023-08-30)
9"Barbarians of the Tothman Tribe"
Transcription: "Banzoku Tōsuman" (Japanese: 蛮族トースマン)		Yasuyuki FuseMitsutaka HirotaNoriaki SaitōSeptember 6, 2023 (2023-09-06)[lower-alpha 6]
10"In Pursuit of a Map"
Transcription: "Chizu o Motomete" (Japanese: 地図を求めて)		Masayuki IimuraToshizo NemotoManabu YukawaSeptember 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)[lower-alpha 7]
11"The Troubadour's Song"
Transcription: "Ginyūshijin no Uta" (Japanese: 吟遊詩人の唄)		Ken MoritaToshizo NemotoNoriaki SaitōSeptember 20, 2023 (2023-09-20)[lower-alpha 8]
12"The Spirit of Faith"
Transcription: "Shinjiru Kokoro" (Japanese: 信じる心)		Tsuyoshi YoshimotoToshizo NemotoHiroshi HaraSeptember 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)[lower-alpha 6]
13"With Younger Brother in Tow"
Transcription: "Otōto to Tomo ni" (Japanese: 弟と共に)		Yasuyuki FuseMitsutaka HirotaTatsuo SatoOctober 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)[lower-alpha 6]
14"The Mercenaries"
Transcription: "Yōheidan" (Japanese: 傭兵団)		Tōru HamasakiMitsutaka HirotaAkari RanzakiOctober 11, 2023 (2023-10-11)
15"The Power of Heroes"
Transcription: "Yūsha no Chikara" (Japanese: 勇者の力)		Ken MoritaMitsutaka HirotaSatoshi ŌsedoOctober 18, 2023 (2023-10-18)[lower-alpha 9]
16"The Truth Behind Awakening"
Transcription: "Kakusei no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 覚醒の真実)		Makoto SokuzaMitsutaka HirotaNoriaki SaitōOctober 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)
17"Traitors"
Transcription: "Hangyakusha" (Japanese: 反逆者)		TBATBATBANovember 1, 2023 (2023-11-01)

Reception

In 2015, Helck placed eighth in the first Next Manga Award.[57] In 2017, the series placed fifth in the male category of the Hyakuman Hito ga Erabu Hontō ni Omoshiroi WEB Comic wa Kore da! polls.[58] The series' prequel, Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga, was nominated for the Next Manga Award in the web manga category in 2022 and placed 18th out of 50 nominees.[59][60]

Notes
  1. Nippon TV listed the series premiere on July 11 at 25:29, which is effectively July 12 at 1:29 a.m. JST.[51]
  2. All English titles are taken from Hidive.[55]
  3. Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  4. This episode aired at 1:49 a.m. JST, 20 minutes after the original airtime.
  5. This episode aired at 1:54 a.m. JST, 25 minutes after the original airtime.
  6. This episode aired at 1:39 a.m. JST, 10 minutes after the original airtime.
  7. This episode aired at 2:14 a.m. JST, 45 minutes after the original airtime.
  8. This episode aired at 1:59 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original airtime.
  9. This episode aired at 2:19 a.m. JST, 50 minutes after the original airtime.

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