Noragami

Noragami: Stray God (ノラガミ, Noragami) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Adachitoka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since December 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes as of February 2023.

Noragami: Stray God
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yato (left) and Hiyori Iki (right), along with Yukine in his sword form (middle)
ノラガミ
Genre
Manga
Written byAdachitoka
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintMonthly Shōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 6, 2010 – present
Volumes26 + 2 extra
Anime television series
Directed byKotaro Tamura
Written byDeko Akao
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioBones
Licensed byCrunchyroll[lower-alpha 1]
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, BS11, TVA
Original run January 5, 2014 – March 23, 2014
Episodes12 + 2 OVA
Anime television series
Noragami Aragoto
Directed byKotaro Tamura
Written byDeko Akao
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioBones
Licensed byCrunchyroll[lower-alpha 1]
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, BS Fuji, RKK, AT-X
Original run October 2, 2015 – December 25, 2015
Episodes13 + 2 OVA

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was broadcast from January to March 2014. A 13-episode second season, titled Noragami Aragoto, was broadcast from October to December 2015.

Plot
See also: List of Noragami characters

Hiyori Iki was a normal middle school student until she was involved in a bus accident while trying to protect a stranger. This incident causes her soul to frequently slip out of her body, and she becomes aware of the existence of two parallel worlds: the Near Shore, where regular humans and creatures reside, and the Far Shore, where phantoms (demonic beasts) and human souls linger. Through her soul, she meets the strange, nameless god without a shrine, Yato. Yato is determined to make a name for himself out there by accepting any wish for 5 yen, including Hiyori's to fix her body. Alongside Yato's "Regalia", a weapon forged from the spirit of a deceased human's soul, named Yukine, the trio go through many adventures struggling with their friendship, identity, and pasts.

Media

Manga
See also: List of Noragami chapters

Written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Adachitoka, Noragami started in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine on December 6, 2010.[3] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 15, 2011.[4] As of February 16, 2023, 26 volumes have been released.[5] In February 2023, it was announced that the manga is set to end with its 27th volume, set to be released by the end of the same year.[6] Extra chapters were published in the spin-off magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine+ since October 20, 2011.[7][8] Seven of these chapters were collected in a single volume, titled Noragami: Stray Stories (ノラガミ拾遺集, Noragami Shūishū), on November 15, 2013,[9] while other extra chapters were included as add-on content to the limited edition of the 20th volume, released on February 15, 2019.[10][11]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA in 2014.[12] The first volume was released on September 2, 2014.[13] Noragami: Stray Stories was released on December 1, 2015.[14] As of January 10, 2023, 25 volumes have been released.[15] Kodansha USA started releasing the series in a three-in-one volume omnibus edition, with the first volume released on September 13, 2022.[16] The sixth and latest volume (consisting of the original volumes 16–18) was released on July 4, 2023.[17]

Anime
See also: List of Noragami episodes

An anime television series adaptation was announced in June 2013.[18] Produced Bones and directed by Kotaro Tamura, with character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto,[19] prior to its television premiere, the first episode was screened at 2013's Anime Festival Asia on November 10, 2013.[20][21] The series was broadcast for 13 episodes on Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11, and TVA from January 5 to March 23, 2014.[19] Two additional original animation DVDs (OADs) were bundled with the limited edition of the 10th and 11th manga volumes, respectively released on February 17 and July 17, 2014.[22][23]

A second season, titled Noragami Aragoto (ノラガミ ARAGOTO), was broadcast from October 3 to December 26, 2015.[24][25][lower-alpha 2] Two OADs were bundled with the limited edition of the 15th and 16th manga volumes, respectively released on November 17, 2015, and March 17, 2016.[27][24]

In North America, both series were licensed by Funimation.[28][29] They released Noragami on DVD and Blu-ray on July 7, 2015,[30][31] while Noragami Aragoto was released on February 21, 2017.[32] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll in 2022.[33] Madman Entertainment licensed the anime for distribution in Australia and New Zealand.[34]

Music

The music for the series was composed by Taku Iwasaki. Two original soundtrack albums were released by Avex on February 19, 2014,[35] and March 25, 2016;[36] the second album was originally released on November 25, 2015, but the Noragami Aragoto production committee halted shipments and recalled the discs from stores following a controversy surrounding an improper usage of sounds related to Islam.[37]

The opening theme for Noragami is "Goya no Machiawase" (午夜の待ち合わせ, Overnight Appointment), performed by Hello Sleepwalkers,[38] while the ending theme is "Heart Realize" (ハートリアライズ, Hāto Riaraizu), with composition by Supercell and performed by Tia.[39] The opening theme song for Noragami Aragoto is "Kyōran Hey Kids!!" (狂乱 Hey Kids!!) by The Oral Cigarettes,[40] and the ending theme song is "Nirvana" (ニルバナ, Nirubana) by Tia.[41]

Drama CD

The limited edition of the ninth volume of the manga was bundled with a drama CD, released on December 17, 2013.[42][43]

Video game

A mobile game, titled Noragami: Kami to Enishi (ノラガミ—神ト縁—, lit. "Noragami: Gods and Fate"), was released by developer Sakura Soft for Android devices on October 29, 2015;[44][45] an iOS release became available on November 14 of that same year.[46]

Reception

Noragami was the 14th top selling manga series in Japan during the first half of 2014, with over 1.8 million copies sold.[47] By August 2018, the manga had over 6.3 million copies in circulation.[48]

It was nominated for the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen manga category in 2014.[49]

Notes
  1. In North America through Crunchyroll (formerly known as Funimation), in the United Kingdom through Crunchyroll UK and Ireland (formerly known as Manga Entertainment) and in Australia through Madman Anime.
  2. Tokyo MX listed the air dates for the series on Friday at 25:05, which is effectively Saturday at 1:05 a.m. JST.[26]

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