The series is largely based on numerous stories from 1001 Nights (Arabian nights), most notably the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. As of April 2018, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation. In 2014, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic received the 59th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. It was also licensed by Kazé in United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia.Ī spin-off series, titled Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, written by Ohtaka and illustrated by Yoshifumi Ohtera, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May to June 2013, and later on Shogakukan's website Ura Sunday from September 2013 to April 2018. The anime series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.Īn anime television adaptation by A-1 Pictures was broadcast in Japan from October 2012 to March 2013, followed by a second season, titled Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, broadcast from October 2013 to March 2014. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2009 to October 2017, with its chapters collected and published into 37 tankōbon volumes. The full series began serialization on in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday, but was moved to Ura Sunday in September 2013, in a biweekly webcomic format.Īs of April 18, 2017, 13 tankōbon volumes have been published.Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic ( マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It told the story of Sinbad's conquest of the first Dungeon, Baal.
Empowered with new abilities and even greater determination, Sinbad leaves Parthevia on his own adventure to change the world.Ī 70 page prototype of this series was released on January 30, 2013, together with the first DVD & Blu-ray of the main Magi series. Afterward, Sinbad returns home one last time to be with his mother on her deathbed. However, warriors from Reim also try to conquer the Dungeon at the same time, bringing Sinbad into conflict with a noble nicknamed "Drakon".įollowing a fierce battle, Sinbad becomes the world's first-ever Dungeon Capturer. Yunan decides to choose Sinbad as his King candidate and guides him to the Dungeon called "Baal", where untold treasures await him should he conquer it. One day, Sinbad happens upon the mysterious Yunan and provides him with shelter, unaware that he's one of the mystical magi.Įsra asks Yunan to help Sinbad channel all his great ambitions and fierce determinations. Long before he would become the famous King of Sindria, Sinbad was a small boy of humble beginnings, living in the Parthevia Empire with his father Badr and his mother Esra.īadr is forced back into a war where he ultimately loses his life, leaving Sinbad alone to take care of his sick mother.
The Magi: Adventures of Sinbad series follows the origins of Sinbad.
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