Ban-Ō (バンオウ-盤王-) is a Japanese manga series written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 2022 to June 2024.
Media
Manga
Written by Toshiya Watabiki and illustrated by Garaku Akinai, Ban-Ō was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service from December 16, 2022,[1] to June 7, 2024. Its chapters were collected into eight tankōbon volumes from April 4, 2023 to July 4, 2024.[2][3]
The series had a collaboration with the Shogi Wars mobile video game from October 13 to November 13, 2023.[10]
Reception
The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2023, it was ranked 10th out of 61 nominees and won the U-NEXT Award.[11] The series was ranked 2nd in the 2023 Manga Numa Awards hosted by comedians Akira Kawashima and Kenji Yamauchi.[12]