Later parts of the story also explore the different subcultures within the Ainu, and the hardships they suffered by being caught in Japanese-Russian territorial conflicts. Specific focus is given to the indigenous Ainu people and their culture, such as exploring their language and the way they respectfully use all parts of nature to thank the Kamuy that they believe provide them. Golden Kamuy takes place in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War, primarily in Hokkaido and the surrounding regions, detailing the many real-life political, technological and cultural developments of the era several key parts of the series, such as the character Hijikata Toshizō, are fictionalized versions of real-life people and events.
The manga won the 9th Manga Taishō in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. The anime is licensed by Crunchyroll and Funimation.Īs of June 2022, Golden Kamuy had over 22 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The manga has been licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media since 2016. A live-action film adaptation has been announced. A fourth season produced by Brain's Base is set to premiere in October 2022. A third season aired from October to December 2020.
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The Ainu language in the story is supervised by Hiroshi Nakagawa, an Ainu language linguist from Chiba University.Īn anime television series adaptation produced by Geno Studio aired with two seasons from April to December 2018.
The story follows Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the early twentieth-century Russo-Japanese War, and his quest to find a huge fortune of gold of the Ainu people, helped by a young Ainu girl named Asirpa. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from August 2014 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in thirty-one tankōbon volumes. Golden Kamuy ( Japanese: ゴールデンカムイ, Hepburn: Gōruden Kamui) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Noda.