Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story

Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story
	Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Shizuya Kondou
静かなるドン; (Shizukanaru Don)
Genre	Yakuza, Comedy
Manga
Written by	Tatsuo Nitta [ja]
Published by	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
Magazine	Weekly Manga Sunday
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 15, 1988 – January 8, 2013
Volumes	108
Original video animation
Directed by	Hajime Kamegaki
Written by	Kuniaki Ashikawa
Music by	Shinji Miyazaki
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Released	April 12, 1991
Runtime	40 minutes

Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story (Japanese: 静かなるドン, Hepburn: Shizukanaru Don, aka. "The Quiet Don") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta [ja], about a Yakuza boss who works in a lingerie manufacturer during the day. It started serialization in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's seinen magazine, Weekly Manga Sunday on November 15, 1988.^[1] The manga was licensed and published in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture [zh] before being transferred to Sun Ho Culture [zh].

Media

Manga

Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 6, 1989.^[2] The last tankōbon, the 108th volume, was released on June 29, 2013.^[3] Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha re-released the manga in 16 bunkobon volumes between July 28, 2005, and June 25, 2006.^[4]^[5] The manga was licensed in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture up to volume 66 before it went bankrupt on March 31, 2003.^[6]^[7] Volumes 67 onwards were licensed by Sun Ho.^[8]

Live-action films

Two live-action film adaptations were released in 2000 and 2009.^[9]

In January 2023, T-Joy announced a live-action film project adaptation comprising four "episodes". The first two are set to release on May 12, while the other half will premiere a week later. They were directed by Kento Yamaguchi, who wrote the scripts with Riuji Yoshizaki.^[9]

Other adaptations

The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Directed by Hajime Kamegaki, it was released in Japan by Toho on April 12, 1991.^[10] It was made into a Japanese television drama series in 1994^[9] and into a drama CD in 2010.

Reception

It has sold over 45 million copies in Japan as of 2016.^[11] In 2013, it won the Grand Prize of the 42nd Japan Cartoonists Association Award as the judges declared it was an important manga to support Weekly Manga Sunday and due to its "absurdity and fun."^[12]

References

^ Nitta, Tatsuo (April 6, 1989). 静かなるドン [Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story] (in Japanese). Vol. 1. Japan: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. ISBN 978-4-408-16034-4.
^ 静かなるドン(1) [Shizukanaru Don 1] (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ 静かなるドン(108)完結 [Shizukanaru Don 108] (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
^ 実業之日本社漫画文庫静かなるドン(1) [Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha Manga Bunko Shizukanaru Don 1] (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ 実業之日本社漫画文庫静かなるドン(16) [Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha Manga Bunko Shizukanaru Don 16] (in Japanese). Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ 大然事件餘波蕩漾 [Da Ran Culture's Incident Continues] (in Chinese). Liberty Times. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ 港台漫画出版社列传之——大然篇 [Taiwanese Manga Publishers - Da Ran Culture] (in Chinese). acgtalk.com. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ 內衣教父(91) [Shizukanaru Don 91] (in Chinese). wulalife.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 10, 2023). "The Quiet Don Manga's New Live-Action Film Project Reveals More Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^ 「静かなるドン」 [Shizukanaru Don] (in Japanese). tms-e.com. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
^ 累計発行部数4,500万部『静かなるドン』が中国でドラマ化／注目トピックス経済総合. Reuters (in Japanese). 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ "Shizukanaru Don Wins 42nd Japan Cartoonist Awards". Anime News Network. May 11, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.