Weed was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It is a sequel to his 1980s series Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin-, and follows the son of Gin, the title character from the original series.[1] It began serialization in Weekly Manga Goraku magazine in 1999.[1][2][3] The Japanese publisher Nihon Bungeisha released the series in collected volumes from January 2000[4] to September 2009.[5] Cumulatively, 60 volumes were published.[5] In October 2006, Nihon Bungeisha released the first volume of a reprinted edition of Weed.[6] The company has released 22 volumes of the reprint edition, with the latest published in December 2007.[7] The American company ComicsOne licensed the series for release in the United States and Canada in 2000 with the first three volumes released between March and June 2001.[8][9] Additionally, they provided an Adobe Digital Editions e-book version.[3] ComicsOne later went bankrupt. American publisher DrMaster acquired the rights to some of ComicsOne's titles, but not Weed.[10] While the physical copies are out-of-print, the e-book version is still available.[3] Under their G-Comics imprint, Nihon Bungeisha released several Weed omnibus editions labeled as "specials". A series of three specials were released in April 2004 called Gajō no Kettō Hen (牙城の血闘編).[11] Throughout 2009 and 2010, another set of eight "specials" were produced: Tabidachi Hen (September 2009),[12] Senshi no Shōmei Hen (October 2009),[13] Inuzoku no Tsutome Hen (November 2009),[14] Otoko no Yakusoku Hen (December 2009),[15] Taiman Shōbu Hen (January 2010),[16] Taishō no Utsuwa Hen (February 2010),[17] Dōshu Taiketsu Hen (March 2010),[18] and Uketsuga Reshi Kiba Hen (April 2010).[19]

Volume list

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Weed

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
01 January 1, 2000978-4537098914March 2001978-1588990815
02 March 1, 2000978-4537099072April 2001978-1588990822
03 April 1, 2000978-4537099140June 2001978-1588990839
04 July 1, 2000978-4537099287
05 September 1, 2000978-4537099430
06 November 1, 2000978-4537099553
07 January 1, 2001978-4537099690
08 March 1, 2001978-4537099829
09 May 1, 2001978-4537099942
10 July 1, 2001978-4537100099
11 September 1, 2001978-4537100242
12 November 1, 2001978-4537100402
13 January 1, 2002978-4537100525
14 March 8, 2002978-4537100686
15 May 9, 2002978-4537100846
16 July 9, 2002978-4537101003
17 September 1, 2002978-4537101164
18 November 7, 2002978-4537101355
19 January 9, 2003978-4537101553
20 March 1, 2003978-4537101737
21 May 9, 2003978-4537101928
22 July 9, 2003978-4537102086
23 September 9, 2003978-4537102253
24 November 7, 2003978-4537102420
25 January 9, 2004978-4537102628
26 March 9, 2004978-4537102789
27 May 7, 2004978-4537102949
28 July 8, 2004978-4537103120
29 September 9, 2004978-4537103298
30 November 9, 2004978-4537103496
31 January 11, 2005978-4537103687
32 March 9, 2005978-4537103830
33 May 11, 2005978-4537104004
34 July 8, 2005978-4537104165
35 September 9, 2005978-4537104332
36 November 9, 2005978-4537104509
37 January 10, 2006978-4537104691
38 March 9, 2006978-4537104820
39 May 11, 2006978-4537104950
40 July 6, 2006978-4537105070
41 September 8, 2006978-4537105308
42 November 9, 2006978-4537105452
43 January 12, 2007978-4537105919
44 March 9, 2007978-4537106114
45 May 10, 2007978-4537106404
46 July 9, 2007978-4537106824
47 September 7, 2007978-4537107012
48 November 9, 2007978-4537107401
49 January 11, 2008978-4537107791
50 March 10, 2008978-4537107975
51 May 10, 2008978-4537108224
52 July 10, 2008978-4537108484
53 September 8, 2008978-4537108729
54 November 7, 2008978-4537108897
55 December 8, 2008978-4537109030
56 January 19, 2009978-4537109191
57 March 9, 2009978-4537109368
58 May 9, 2009978-4537109559
59 July 9, 2009978-4537109771
60 September 18, 2009978-4537124910

Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion

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No. Release date ISBN
01 November 18, 2009978-4537125238
  • Chapters 1-7
02 January 18, 2010978-4537125573
  • Chapters 8-15
03 March 20, 2010978-4537125726
  • Chapters 16-23
04 May 20, 2010978-4537125986
  • Chapters 24-31
05 July 20, 2010978-4537126198
  • Chapters 32-39
06 September 18, 2010978-4537126389
  • Chapters 40-47
07 November 18, 2010978-4537126686
  • Chapters 48-55
08 January 19, 2011978-4537127089
  • Chapters 56-63
09 March 18, 2011978-4537127249
  • Chapters 64-71
10 May 18, 2011978-4537127416
  • Chapters 72-79
11 July 16, 2011978-4537127638
  • Chapters 80-87
12 September 17, 2011978-4537127843
  • Chapters 88-95
13 October 19, 2011978-4537127966
  • Chapters 96-103
14 November 18, 2011978-4537128079
  • Chapters 104-111
15 January 18, 2012978-4537128567
  • Chapters 112-119
16 March 17, 2012978-4537128659
  • Chapters 120-127
17 May 18, 2012978-4537128857
  • Chapters 128-135
18 July 19, 2012978-4537129106
  • Chapters 136-143
19 September 7, 2012978-4537129304
  • Chapters 144-151
20 November 7, 2012978-4537129519
  • Chapters 152-159
21 January 9, 2013978-4537129922
  • Chapters 160-167
22 March 9, 2013978-4537130058
  • Chapters 168-175
23 May 9, 2013978-4537130294
  • Chapters 176-183
24 July 9, 2013978-4537130553
  • Chapters 184-191
25 September 9, 2013978-4537130706
  • Chapters 192-199
26 November 9, 2013978-4537130928
  • Chapters 200-207
27 January 9, 2014978-4537131208
  • Chapters 208-215
28 March 19, 2014978-4537131413

216-223

  • Chapters
29 May 19, 2014978-4537131642
  • Chapters 224-231
30 July 9, 2014978-4537131857
  • Chapters 232-239

Ginga: The Last Wars

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No. Release date ISBN
01 September 9, 2015978-4537133332
  • Chapters 1-8
02 November 9, 2015978-4537133592
  • Chapters 9-16
03 January 9, 2016978-4537133912
  • Chapters 17-24
04 March 9, 2016978-4537134148
  • Chapters 25-32
05 May 9, 2016978-4537134391
  • Chapters 33-40
06 July 9, 2016978-4537134612
  • Chapters 41-48
07 September 9, 2016978-4537134810
  • Chapters 49-56
08 November 9, 2016978-4537135060
  • Chapters 57-64
09 February 9, 2017978-4537135442
  • Chapters 65-72
10 April 8, 2017978-4537135688
  • Chapters 73-80
11 June 8, 2017978-4537135909
  • Chapters 81-88
12 August 9, 2017978-4537136111
  • Chapters 89-96
13 October 7, 2017978-4537136357
  • Chapters 97-104
14 December 9, 2017978-4537136630
  • Chapters 105-112
15 February 9, 2018978-4537136913
  • Chapters 113-120
16 April 9, 2018978-4537137255
  • Chapters 121-128
17 June 9, 2018978-4537137552
  • Chapters 129-136
18 August 9, 2018978-4537137897
  • Chapters 137-144
19 October 9, 2018978-4537138191
  • Chapters 145-152
20 December 7, 2018978-4537138535
  • Chapters 153-160
21 February 9, 2019978-4537138771
  • Chapters 161-168
22 March 29, 2019978-4537138986
  • Chapters 169-176

Ginga Densetsu Noah

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No. Release date ISBN
01 August 29, 2019978-4537139648
  • Chapters 1–8
02 October 28, 2019978-4537139969
  • Chapters 9-16
03 December 19, 2019978-4537141801
  • Chapters 17-24
04 February 28, 2020978-4537142075
  • Chapters 25-32
05 April 27, 2020978-4537142372
  • Chapters 33-40
06 July 29, 2020978-4537142679
  • Chapters 41-48
07 September 28, 2020978-4537142846
  • Chapters 49-56
08 December 19, 2020978-4537143218
  • Chapters 57-64
09 February 27, 2021978-4537143454
  • Chapters 65-72
10 May 19, 2021978-4537143720
  • Chapters 73-80
11 July 29, 2021978-4537143942
  • Chapters 81-88
12 October 7, 2021978-4537144161
  • Chapters 89-96
13 December 9, 2021978-4537144376
  • Chapters 97-104
14 February 9, 2022978-4537144611
  • Chapters 105-112
15 May 27, 2022978-4537145083
16 July 19, 2022978-4537145281
17 September 29, 2022978-4537145519

Ginga Densetsu: Requiem

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No. Release date ISBN
01 May 9, 2024978-4537148169
  • Chapters 1-8
02 August 7, 2024978-4537148633
  • Chapters 9-16

References

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  2. ^ 銀牙伝説ウィード 制作年度: 2005 (in Japanese). Animax. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
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  9. ^ Takahashi, Yoshihiro (June 2001). Weed, volume 3. Fremont, California: ComicsOne. p. 2. ISBN 1-58899-083-4.
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